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洪
洪
See also: 洚
Translingual
Han character
洪 (radical 85 水+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 水廿金 (ETC), four-corner 34181, composition ⿰氵共)
References
- KangXi: page 621, character 21
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17402
- Dae Jaweon: page 1017, character 13
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1602, character 4
- Unihan data for U+6D2A
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
洪 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 洪
| |
|---|---|
| Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (共) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 港 | *kroːŋʔ, *ɡloːŋs |
| 巷 | *ɡroːŋs |
| 衖 | *ɡroːŋs |
| 鬨 | *ɡroːŋs, *ɡloːŋs |
| 烘 | *qʰloːŋ, *qʰloːŋs, *ɡoːŋ, *ɡloːŋs |
| 洪 | *ɡloːŋ |
| 鉷 | *ɡloːŋ |
| 谼 | *ɡloːŋ |
| 葓 | *ɡoːŋ |
| 哄 | *ɡloːŋs |
| 蕻 | *ɡloːŋs |
| 恭 | *kloŋ |
| 供 | *kloŋ, *kloŋs |
| 龔 | *kloŋ |
| 珙 | *kloŋ, *kloŋʔ |
| 共 | *kloŋ, *ɡloŋs |
| 髸 | *kloŋ |
| 拱 | *kloŋʔ |
| 拲 | *kloŋʔ, *kloɡ |
| 蛬 | *kloŋʔ, *ɡloŋ |
| 栱 | *kloŋʔ |
| 輁 | *kloŋʔ, *ɡloŋ |
| 舼 | *ɡloŋ |
| 輂 | *kloɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡloːŋ) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 共 (OC *kloŋ, *ɡloŋs) – a flood.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ
- Wade-Giles: hung2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hongr
- IPA (key): /xʊŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: hung4
- Yale: hùhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: hung4
- IPA (key): /hʊŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 洪 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 東 (1) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 戸公切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɦuŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɦuŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ɣuŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɦəwŋ/ |
| Li Rong |
/ɣuŋ/ |
| Wang Li |
/ɣuŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ɣuŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
hóng |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 洪 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4156 |
| Phonetic component |
共 |
| Rime group |
東 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
洪 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ɡloːŋ/ |
Definitions
洪
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Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
洪
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Readings
Compounds
- 洪牙利 (Hangarī)
- 洪水 (kōzui)
- 洪積 (kōseki)
- 洪積世 (kōsekisei)
- 洪積層 (kōsekisō)
- 洪大 (kōdai)
- 日洪親善 (Nikkō shinzen)
Korean
Hanja
洪 • (hong) (hangeul 홍, revised hong, McCune-Reischauer hong, Yale hong)
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