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曏
曏
See also: 向
Translingual
Han character
曏 (radical 72 日+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 日女竹中 (AVHL), four-corner 60227, composition ⿱日鄉)
References
- KangXi: page 500, character 27
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14195
- Dae Jaweon: page 870, character 18
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1534, character 21
- Unihan data for U+66CF
Chinese
| trad. | 曏 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 向 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 曏
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|---|---|
| Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (鄉) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 曏 | *qʰjaŋʔ, *qʰjaŋs, *qʰaŋʔ, *qʰaŋs |
| 鄉 | *qʰaŋ |
| 薌 | *qʰaŋ |
| 膷 | *qʰaŋ |
| 響 | *qʰaŋʔ |
| 饗 | *qʰaŋʔ |
| 蠁 | *qʰaŋʔ, *qʰaŋs |
| 嚮 | *qʰaŋʔ, *qʰaŋs |
| 卿 | *kʰraŋ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˇ
- Wade-Giles: hsiang3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheang
- IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ
- Wade-Giles: hsiang4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianq
- IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: hoeng3
- Yale: heung
- Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng3
- IPA (key): /hœːŋ³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 曏 | 曏 | 曏 | 曏 |
| Reading # | 1/4 | 2/4 | 3/4 | 4/4 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) | 書 (26) | 書 (26) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (105) | 陽 (105) | 陽 (105) | 陽 (105) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III | III | III |
| Fanqie | 許兩切 | 書兩切 | 式亮切 | 許亮切 |
| Reconstructions | ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/hɨɐŋX/ | /ɕɨɐŋX/ | /ɕɨɐŋH/ | /hɨɐŋH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/hiɐŋX/ | /ɕiɐŋX/ | /ɕiɐŋH/ | /hiɐŋH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/xiɑŋX/ | /ɕiɑŋX/ | /ɕiɑŋH/ | /xiɑŋH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/hɨaŋX/ | /ɕɨaŋX/ | /ɕɨaŋH/ | /hɨaŋH/ |
| Li Rong |
/xiaŋX/ | /ɕiaŋX/ | /ɕiaŋH/ | /xiaŋH/ |
| Wang Li |
/xĭaŋX/ | /ɕĭaŋX/ | /ɕĭaŋH/ | /xĭaŋH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/xi̯aŋX/ | /ɕi̯aŋX/ | /ɕi̯aŋH/ | /xi̯aŋH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
xiǎng | shǎng | shàng | xiàng |
- Old Chinese▼
- (Baxter-Sagart): /*n̥aŋʔ/, /*n̥aŋ-s/, /*n̥aŋʔ/, /*n̥aŋʔ-s/
- (Zhengzhang): /*qʰjaŋʔ/, /*qʰjaŋs/, /*qʰaŋʔ/, /*qʰaŋs/
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 曏 | 曏 | 曏 | 曏 |
| Reading # | 1/4 | 2/4 | 3/4 | 4/4 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
shǎng | shàng | xiǎng | xiàng |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ syangX › | ‹ syangH › | ‹ xjangX › | ‹ xjangH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*n̥aŋʔ/ | /*n̥aŋ-s/ | /*n̥aŋʔ/ (W dialect: *n̥- > MC x-) | /*n̥aŋʔ-s/ (W dialect: *n̥- > MC x-) |
| English | a short time | a short time | a short time | a short time |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | ||||
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 曏 | 曏 | 曏 | 曏 |
| Reading # | 1/4 | 2/4 | 3/4 | 4/4 |
| No. | 13594 | 13595 | 13603 | 13604 |
| Phonetic component |
鄉 | 鄉 | 鄉 | 鄉 |
| Rime group |
陽 | 陽 | 陽 | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
賞 | 餉 | 響 | 向 |
| Old Chinese |
/*qʰjaŋʔ/ | /*qʰjaŋs/ | /*qʰaŋʔ/ | /*qʰaŋs/ |
Definitions
曏
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Japanese
Kanji
曏
- once upon time
- period of time
Readings
Vietnamese
Han character
曏 (hướng)
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