昂

See also: 昻 and 䀚

昂 U+6602, 昂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6602 ← 昁 [U+6601] CJK Unified Ideographs 昃 → [U+6603]

Translingual

Han character

昂 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 日竹女中 (AHVL), four-corner 6012₇, composition ⿱日卬)

Derived characters

• 㭿, 𠵫, 𢯤, 𩜟, 𪸺

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 490, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13783
• Dae Jaweon: page 851, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1495, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6602

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 昂
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
卬	*ŋaːŋ, *ŋaŋʔ
枊	*ŋaːŋ, *ŋaːŋs
昂	*ŋaːŋ
仰	*ŋaŋʔ, *ŋaŋs
迎	*ŋaŋ, *ŋraŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋaːŋ) : semantic 日 (“sun”) + phonetic 卬 (OC *ŋaːŋ, *ŋaŋʔ, “man standing and man kneeling”).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): áng (ang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄤˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ngang²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngong⁴, ngong⁵
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngông / ngòng

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ngong¹

• Eastern Min (BUC): ngòng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): gông / gâng / không

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngang¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶ngaon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: áng
    • Zhuyin: ㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: áng
    • Wade–Giles: ang²
    • Yale: áng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: arng
    • Palladius: ан (an)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑŋ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ngang²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ngang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaŋ²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngong⁴, ngong⁵
    • Yale: ngòhng, ngóhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngong⁴, ngong⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngong⁴, ngong⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːŋ²¹/, /ŋɔːŋ¹³/

Note: ngong5 - variant.

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngông / ngòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngong´ / ngongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngong¹ / ngong²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋoŋ²⁴/, /ŋoŋ¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋɔŋ⁴⁴/

Note: ngông - substitute character for "dizzy", "disoriented".

• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ngòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋouŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gông
    • Tâi-lô: gông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /ɡɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gâng
    • Tâi-lô: gâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gaang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡaŋ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: không
    • Tâi-lô: không
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶ngaon
    • MiniDict: ngaon^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ngaan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋɑ̃²³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 昂
Mandarin	Beijing	/aŋ³⁵/
	Harbin	/aŋ²⁴/
	Tianjin	/nɑŋ⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/ŋaŋ⁴²/
	Qingdao	/ɣaŋ²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/aŋ⁴²/
	Xi'an	/ŋaŋ²¹/
	Xining	/nɔ̃⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ɑŋ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/ɑ̃⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/ŋaŋ⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/ŋaŋ²¹³/
	Chengdu	/ŋaŋ³¹/ /iaŋ³¹/
	Guiyang	/ŋaŋ²¹/ /aŋ²¹/ 新
	Kunming	/ã̠³¹/
	Nanjing	/aŋ²⁴/
	Hefei	/ʐɑ̃⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/ɣɒ̃¹¹/
	Pingyao	/ŋɑŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/ŋɑ̃³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/ŋɑ̃²³/
	Suzhou	/ŋɑ̃¹³/
	Hangzhou	/ŋɑŋ²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/ŋuɔ³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/ŋa⁴⁴/
	Tunxi
Xiang	Changsha	/ŋan¹³/
	Xiangtan	/ŋan¹²/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/ŋoŋ⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan	/ŋoŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/ŋɔŋ²¹/
	Nanning	/ŋɔŋ²¹/
	Hong Kong	/ŋɔŋ²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/gɔŋ³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/ŋouŋ⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/ŋɔŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/ŋaŋ³³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/ŋaŋ³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ngang

Rime
Character	昂
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	五岡切
Baxter	ngang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋaŋ/
Li Rong	/ŋɑŋ/
Wang Li	/ŋɑŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	áng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngong4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	昂
Reading #	1/1
No.	29
Phonetic component	卬
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	卬
Old Chinese	/*ŋaːŋ/

Definitions

昂

1. to raise; to lift
2. to rise
3. high spirited; upright
4. a surname

Compounds

• 人物軒昂／人物轩昂
• 低昂
• 器宇軒昂／器宇轩昂 (qìyǔxuān'áng)
• 德昂族 (Dé'ángzú)
• 意氣軒昂／意气轩昂
• 慷慨激昂 (kāngkǎijī'áng)
• 應昂／应昂
• 昂奮／昂奋 (ángfèn)
• 昂揚／昂扬 (ángyáng)
• 昂昂
• 昂昂溪 (Áng'ángxī)
• 昂昂烈烈
• 昂然 (ángrán)
• 昂藏 (ángcáng)
• 昂貴／昂贵 (ángguì)
• 昂頭挺立／昂头挺立
• 昂首 (ángshǒu)
• 昂首挺立
• 昂首挺胸
• 昂首望天
• 昂首闊步／昂首阔步 (ángshǒukuòbù)
• 氟利昂 (fúlì'áng)
• 氣宇昂昂／气宇昂昂
• 氣宇軒昂／气宇轩昂 (qìyǔxuān'áng)
• 氣昂昂／气昂昂 (qì'áng'áng)
• 波昂
• 激昂 (jī'áng)
• 激昂慷慨
• 瞵視昂藏／瞵视昂藏
• 筋骨昂然
• 聳壑昂霄／耸壑昂霄
• 軒昂／轩昂 (xuān'áng)
• 軒昂氣宇／轩昂气宇
• 軒昂自若／轩昂自若
• 里昂 (Lǐ'áng)
• 高昂 (gāo'áng)
• 高昂鬥志／高昂斗志
• 鬥志昂揚／斗志昂扬 (dòuzhì'ángyáng)
• 鬥志高昂／斗志高昂

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàng (yang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàng
    • Wade–Giles: yang⁴
    • Yale: yàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanq
    • Palladius: ян (jan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ⁵¹/

Definitions

昂

1. ^‡ Only used in 昂昂 (yàngyàng, “virtuous; respectable (of a ruler)”).

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ngong⁵

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngong²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngong⁵
    • Yale: ngóhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngong⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngong⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːŋ¹³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ngong²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵑɡɔŋ⁵⁵/

Definitions

昂

1. Alternative form of 仰 (“to raise one's head; to have one's face and belly face upward”)

Compounds

• 打昂瞓／打昂𰥛
• 昂坪 (Ángpíng)
• 昂船洲 (Ángchuánzhōu)

 

Japanese

Kanji

昂

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. high spirited
2. to raise the head

Readings

• Go-on: ごう (gō)
• Kan-on: ごう (gō)
• Kan’yō-on: こう (kō)
• Kun: あがる (agaru, 昂がる); たかい (takai, 昂い)

Compounds

• 意気軒昂(いきけんこう) (ikikenkō)
• 軒昂(けんこう) (kenkō)
• 激昂(げきこう) (gekikō), 激昂(げっこう) (gekkō)
• 昂進(こうしん) (kōshin)
• 昂然(こうぜん) (kōzen)
• 昂騰(こうとう) (kōtō)
• 昂奮(こうふん) (kōfun)
• 昂揚(こうよう) (kōyō)
• 心悸昂進(しんきこうしん) (shinkikōshin)

Korean

Hanja

昂 • (ang) (hangeul 앙, revised ang, McCune–Reischauer ang, Yale ang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

昂: Hán Nôm readings: ngang, ngáng, ngàng, ngãng, ngâng

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