紘

See also: 纮

紘 U+7D18, 紘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D18 ← 紗 [U+7D17] CJK Unified Ideographs 紙 → [U+7D19]

Translingual

Han character

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

1. string or cord for a hat
2. vast, expansive
3. used for measuring amounts of water

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 917, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27289
• Dae Jaweon: page 1347, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3370, character 6
• Unihan data for U+7D18

Chinese

trad.		紘
simp.		纮
alternative forms		紭／𰬋 archaic 綋／𫟄

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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hêng / hông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hóng
    • Wade–Giles: hung²
    • Yale: húng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horng
    • Palladius: хун (xun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wang⁴
    • Yale: wàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: weng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (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/

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• Middle Chinese: hweang

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
Baxter	hweang
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wang4

• 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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Compounds

• 八紘／八纮

 

Japanese

Kanji

紘

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Go-on: おう (ō)^{←わう (wau, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←くわう (kwau, historical)}
• On: ぎょう (gyō)
• Kun: おおづな (ōzuna); ひも (himo)

Proper noun

紘(ひろし) • (Hiroshi) 

1. a male given name

Korean

Hanja

紘 (eum 굉 (goeng))

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Vietnamese

Chữ Hán

紘: Hán Việt readings: hoành

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