曚

曚 U+66DA, 曚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-66DA ← 曙 [U+66D9] CJK Unified Ideographs 曛 → [U+66DB]

Translingual

Han character

曚 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 日廿月人 (ATBO), four-corner 6403₂, composition ⿰日蒙)

1. twilight just before the sun rises

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 501, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14223
• Dae Jaweon: page 871, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1537, character 21
• Unihan data for U+66DA

Chinese

trad.		曚
simp. #		曚

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
蒙	*moːŋ
冡	*moːŋ
濛	*moːŋ, *moːŋʔ
艨	*moːŋ, *moːŋs
朦	*moːŋ, *moːŋʔ
矇	*moːŋ
饛	*moːŋ
檬	*moːŋ
鸏	*moːŋ, *moːŋʔ
幪	*moːŋ
蠓	*moːŋ, *moːŋʔ
靀	*moːŋ
曚	*moːŋʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méng (meng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méng
    • Wade–Giles: mêng²
    • Yale: méng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meng
    • Palladius: мэн (mɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mung⁴
    • Yale: mùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: muwngX

Rime
Character	曚
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	莫孔切
Baxter	muwngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/muŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/muŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/məwŋX/
Li Rong	/muŋX/
Wang Li	/muŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/muŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	měng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mung5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*moːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	曚
Reading #	1/1
No.	8985
Phonetic component	冡
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	蠓
Old Chinese	/*moːŋʔ/

Definitions

曚

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Compounds

• 曚曨／曚昽 (ménglóng)

 

Japanese

Kanji

曚

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: む (mu)
• Kan-on: ぼう (bō)
• Kan’yō-on: もう (mō)
• Kun: くらい (kurai, 曚い)

Korean

Hanja

曚 (eum 몽 (mong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

曚: Hán Nôm readings: mồng

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