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紘

See also: 纮

Translingual

Han character

紘 (radical 120 糸+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女火大戈 (VFKI), four-corner 2493₂, composition ⿰糸厷)

string or cord for a hat
vast, expansive

References

KangXi: page 917, character 20

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27289

Dae Jaweon: page 1347, character 9

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3370, character 6

Unihan data for U+7D18

Chinese

trad.		紘
simp.		纮

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): hóng (hong²)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wang⁴
Min Nan (POJ): hêng / hông

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: hóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ
  - Wade-Giles: hung²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hongr
  - IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wang⁴
  - Yale: wàhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wang⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /wɐŋ²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng / hông
  - Tâi-lô: hîng / hông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: heeng, hoong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ²⁴/, /hɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ²⁴/, /hɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ¹³/, /hɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ²⁴/, /hɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ²³/, /hɔŋ²³/

Middle Chinese: /ɦˠwɛŋ/▼

Rime
Character	紘
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	耕 (118)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	戸萌切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠwɛŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚæŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɐŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwəɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/ɣuɛŋ/
Wang Li	/ɣwæŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣwæŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hóng

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷrɯːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	紘
Reading #	1/1
No.	4136
Phonetic component	厷
Rime group	蒸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	宏
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷrɯːŋ/

Definitions

紘

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Japanese

Kanji

紘

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

On: こう (kō), ぎょう (gyō)

Kun: おおづな (oozuna), ひも (himo)

Proper noun

紘 ‎(hiragana ひろし, romaji Hiroshi)

A male given name

Korean

Hanja

紘 • ‎(goeng) (hangeul 굉, revised goeng, McCune-Reischauer koeng, Yale koyng)

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