謊

See also: 谎

謊	U+8B0A, 謊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B0A

← 謉
[U+8B09]

CJK Unified Ideographs

謋 →
[U+8B0B]

Translingual

Han character

謊 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 卜口廿卜山 (YRTYU), four-corner 0461₁, composition ⿰訁荒)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1174, character 26
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35850
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3995, character 2
Unihan data for U+8B0A

Chinese

trad.		謊
simp.		谎
alternative forms		詤

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (亡) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
忙	*maːŋ
芒	maːŋ, maŋ
茫	*maːŋ
恾	*maːŋ
吂	maːŋ, maːŋs
汒	maːŋ, maŋs
朚	maːŋ, hmaːŋ, maŋ, mraːŋ, *mraːŋs
邙	maːŋ, maŋ
杗	maːŋ, maŋ
荒	hmaːŋ, hmaːŋs
肓	*hmaːŋ
衁	*hmaːŋ
巟	*hmaːŋ
詤	hmaːŋ, hmaːŋʔ, *hmaŋʔ
慌	hmaːŋ, hmaːŋʔ
謊	*hmaːŋʔ
喪	smaːŋs, smaːŋ
亡	*maŋ
望	maŋ, maŋs
莣	*maŋ
朢	maŋ, maŋs
鋩	*maŋ
硭	*maŋ
忘	maŋ, maŋs
网	*mlaŋʔ
罔	*mlaŋʔ
蛧	*maŋʔ
網	*mlaŋʔ
輞	*maŋʔ
棢	*maŋʔ
惘	*maŋʔ
菵	*maŋʔ
誷	*maŋʔ
魍	*maŋʔ
妄	*maŋs
盲	*mraːŋ
蝱	*mraːŋ
虻	*mraːŋ
氓	*mraːŋ
甿	*mraːŋ

Originally written as 詤. Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *hmaːŋʔ) : semantic 言 (“speech”) + phonetic 荒 (OC *hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋs)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): huǎng (huang³)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˇ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): huang³

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): хуон (huon, II)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): fong¹ / fong²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): fong¹
Gan (Wiktionary): fong³
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): fong¹
Jin (Wiktionary): huon²
Northern Min (KCR): huáng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): horng¹ / horng³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hong / hóng

(Teochew, Peng'im): huang² / huang¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵huaon
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fan³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huǎng
  - Wade–Giles: huang³
  - Yale: hwǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoang
  - Palladius: хуан (xuan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: huang³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xuong
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xuaŋ⁵³/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: хуон (huon, II)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xuɑŋ⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: fong¹ / fong²
  - Yale: fōng / fóng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fong¹ / fong²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fong¹ / fong²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ⁵⁵/, /fɔːŋ³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: fong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔŋ³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: fong³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔŋ²¹³/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: fong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /fɔŋ⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: huon²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /xuɒ̃⁵³/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: huáng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xuaŋ⁵⁴/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: horng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɒŋ⁵³³/
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: horng³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɒŋ⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: horng³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɒŋ³³²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong
  - Tâi-lô: hong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hofng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóng
  - Tâi-lô: hóng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: horng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: huang² / huang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huáng / huang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ⁵²/, /huaŋ³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵huaon
  - MiniDict: huaon^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²huaan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /huɑ̃³⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: fan³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɸan⁴¹/

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*hmaːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	謊
Reading #	1/1
No.	12657
Phonetic component	亡
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	慌
Old Chinese	/*hmaːŋʔ/
Notes	詤晚起字

Definitions

謊

lie; untruth
撒謊／撒谎 ― sāhuǎng ― to tell a lie
to deceive; to swindle
(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) to lie; to tell a lie
fake; false
謊言／谎言 ― huǎngyán ― false words; lie

Compounds

References

“謊”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
“Query for 謊”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “谎”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 94.

Japanese

Kanji

謊

(Hyōgai kanji)

lie

Readings

On (unclassified): こう (kō)
Kun: いつわる (itsuwaru)

Korean

Hanja

謊 (eumhun 잠꼬대할 황 (jamkkodaehal hwang))

hanja form^? of 황 (“lie”)

Vietnamese

Han character

謊: Hán Nôm readings: hoang

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