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閎

閎

See also: 闳

Translingual

Han character

閎 (radical 169 門+4, 12 strokes, cangjie input 日弓大戈 (ANKI), four-corner 7743₀, composition ⿵門厷)

References

KangXi: page 1331, character 15

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41241

Dae Jaweon: page 1837, character 8

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4287, character 6

Unihan data for U+958E

Chinese

trad.		閎
simp.		闳

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (厷) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
肱	*kʷɯːŋ
宏	*ɡʷrɯːŋ
閎	*ɡʷrɯːŋ
吰	*ɡʷrɯːŋ
竑	*ɡʷrɯːŋ
谹	*ɡʷrɯːŋ
翃	*ɡʷrɯːŋ
紘	*ɡʷrɯːŋ
鈜	*ɡʷrɯːŋ
浤	*ɡʷrɯːŋ
耾	*ɡʷrɯːŋ
雄	*ɡʷɯŋ

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): hóng (hong²)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wang⁴

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/

Middle Chinese: /ɦˠwɛŋ/▼

Rime
Character	閎
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	閎
Reading #	1/1
No.	4131
Phonetic component	厷
Rime group	蒸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	宏
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷrɯːŋ/

Definitions

閎

Japanese

Kanji

閎

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On: こう (kō), おう (ō)

Korean

Hanja

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

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