光芒

Chinese

		light; ray; bright	Miscanthus sinensis
trad. (光芒)		光	芒
simp. #(光芒)		光	芒
anagram		芒光

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guāngmáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤ ㄇㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong¹ mong⁴

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kông-mòng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-bông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guāngmáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤ ㄇㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guangmáng
    • Wade–Giles: kuang¹-mang²
    • Yale: gwāng-máng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guangmang
    • Palladius: гуанман (guanman)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ mɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwong¹ mong⁴
    • Yale: gwōng mòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwong¹ mong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: guong¹ mong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ mɔːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kông-mòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: gong^ˊ mong^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gong¹ mong²
    • Sinological IPA: /koŋ²⁴ moŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-bông
    • Tâi-lô: kong-bông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kongboong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ bɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: kwang mang

Rime
Character	光	芒
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	唐 (102)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	古黃切	莫郎切
Baxter	kwang	mang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kwɑŋ/	/mɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑŋ/	/mɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑŋ/	/mɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwaŋ/	/maŋ/
Li Rong	/kuɑŋ/	/mɑŋ/
Wang Li	/kuɑŋ/	/mɑŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kwɑŋ/	/mɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guāng	máng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwong1	mong4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kʷˤaŋ  mˤaŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷaːŋ  maːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	光	芒
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	guāng	máng
Middle Chinese	‹ kwang ›	‹ mang ›
Old Chinese	/*kʷˁaŋ/	/*mˁaŋ/
English	light, brightness	awn, beard of grain
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	光	芒
Reading #	1/2	1/2
No.	4506	12640
Phonetic component	光	亡
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime		茫
Old Chinese	/*kʷaːŋ/	/*maːŋ/
Notes	灮隸變

Noun

光芒

1. (literally) rays of light; radiance
2. (figuratively) honor; glory

Synonyms

• (rays of light): 光線／光线 (guāngxiàn)
• (honor): 光彩 (guāngcǎi), 光榮／光荣 (guāngróng), 榮耀／荣耀 (róngyào), 榮譽／荣誉 (róngyù)

Derived terms

• 光芒萬丈 / 光芒万丈 (guāngmángwànzhàng)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (光芒):

• → Japanese: 光芒(こうぼう) (kōbō)
• → Korean: 광망(光芒) (gwangmang)