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洋

洋

Translingual

Han character

洋 (radical 85 水+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 水廿手 (ETQ), four-corner 38151, composition ⿰氵羊)

References

  • KangXi: page 619, character 28
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17363
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1014, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1615, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+6D0B

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 洋

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (羊) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
样 *ʔslaːŋ, *laŋ
佯 *zlaŋ, *laŋ
詳 *ljaŋ, *laŋ
洋 *ljaŋ, *laŋ
翔 *ljaŋ
庠 *ljaŋ
祥 *ljaŋ
痒 *ljaŋ, *laŋʔ
姜 *klaŋ
羌 *kʰlaŋ
蜣 *kʰlaŋ
猐 *kʰlaŋ
唴 *kʰlaŋs
羊 *laŋ
徉 *laŋ
烊 *laŋ
蛘 *laŋ, *laŋʔ
眻 *laŋ, *laŋs
鴹 *laŋ
恙 *laŋs
羕 *laŋs
樣 *laŋs
漾 *laŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ljaŋ, *laŋ) : semantic 氵 ‎(“water”) + phonetic 羊 ‎(OC *laŋ).

Etymology

“Multitudinous; vast; ocean”:

Schuessler (2007) compares it with Tibetan ཡངས་པ ‎(yangs pa, “wide; extensive; vast; spacious”). In contrast, Starostin sets up Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lɨ̆ŋ ‎(“wave”), encompassing this and Tibetan ཀློང ‎(klong, “space; expanse; wave”), Burmese လှိုင်း ‎(hluing:, “wave; to abound; plentiful”).

Compare 羕 (OC *laŋs, “(of rivers) long”), 漾 (OC *laŋs, “waves; (of rivers) long”).

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 洋
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 陽 (105)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 與章切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /jɨɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /jiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /iɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /jɨaŋ/
Li
Rong		 /iaŋ/
Wang
Li		 /jĭaŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /i̯aŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yáng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 洋
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yáng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ yang ›
Old
Chinese		 /*ɢ(r)aŋ/
English "great expanse of water"

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 洋
Reading # 2/2
No. 14536
Phonetic
component		 羊
Rime
group		 陽
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 陽
Old
Chinese		 /*laŋ/

Definitions

洋

  1. Name of a river in southern Shaanxi.
  2. multitudinous; vast
  3. ocean; vast area of sea; great expanse of water
  4. overseas; foreign; western; imported
  5. modern; stylish; fashionable
  6. novel; unusual
  7. (historical) foreign money; dollar
  8. (Min) vast expanse of flat land
  9. A surname​.

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 洋
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 邪 (17)
Final (韻) 陽 (105)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 似羊切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /zɨɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ziɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ziɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /zɨaŋ/
Li
Rong		 /ziaŋ/
Wang
Li		 /zĭaŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /zi̯aŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xiáng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 洋
Reading # 1/2
No. 14525
Phonetic
component		 羊
Rime
group		 陽
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 詳
Old
Chinese		 /*ljaŋ/

Definitions

洋

  1. †Alternative form of 翔 (xiáng, “to soar; wing; side”).
  2. †Alternative form of 祥 (xiáng, “good fortune; to bless”).
  3. †Alternative form of 祥 (xiáng, “gentle; tender”).
  4. †Alternative term for 彌河／弥河 (“Mi River in Shandong”).
  5. † (～州) Yang Prefecture (ancient prefecture in Shaanxi)

Japanese

Kanji

洋

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

Proper noun

洋 ‎(hiragana ひろし, romaji Hiroshi)

  1. A male given name

Korean

Hanja

洋 • ‎(yang) (hangeul 양, revised yang, McCune-Reischauer yang, Yale yang)

  1. ocean
  2. western(西洋)

compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

洋 (dương)

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