卬

See also: 卯 and 卵

卬 U+536C, 卬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-536C ← 卫 [U+536B] CJK Unified Ideographs 卭 → [U+536D]

Translingual

Han character

卬 (radical 26, 卩+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 竹女尸中 (HVSL), four-corner 2772₀, composition ⿰⿱丿𠄌卩)

1. When used as a component in other characters , 卬 can be referred to as 昂字底.

Derived characters

• 仰 𢗾 抑 枊 䤝 䩕 䭹 迎 岇 䒢 昂 䀚 𨧞

References

• KangXi: page 158, character 49
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2841
• Dae Jaweon: page 363, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 310, character 12
• Unihan data for U+536C

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		卬
alternative forms		𠨐 卭

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 卬
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	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

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 匕 + 卩: a man standing and a man kneeling; compare 化.

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Is the sense “I” from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa ?”)

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): áng (ang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngong⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: áng
    • Zhuyin: ㄤˊ
    • Wade–Giles: ang2
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: arng
    • Tongyong Pinyin: áng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngong⁴
    • Yale: ngòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ŋɑŋ/

Rime
Character	卬
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	五岡切
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

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k.ŋ]ˤaŋ/, /*ŋˤaŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	卬	卬
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	áng	áng
Middle Chinese	‹ ngang ›	‹ ngang ›
Old Chinese	/*[k.ŋ]ˁaŋ/	/*ŋˁaŋ/
English	high; lift high	I, me
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	卬
Reading #	1/2
No.	27
Phonetic component	卬
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	卬
Old Chinese	/*ŋaːŋ/

Definitions

卬

1. (literary or old-style Xiang) I
2. Alternative form of 昂 (áng).
   1. to raise
   2. high
3. A surname​.
4. To admire, or look up to (someone)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 我 (“I”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		吾, 我, 余, 予, 台, 朕
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		我
Mandarin	Beijing	我
	Taiwan	我
	Jinan	我, 俺
	Xi'an	我
	Wuhan	我
	Chengdu	我
	Guilin	我
	Yangzhou	我
	Hefei	我
	Malaysia	我
	Singapore	我
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	我
Cantonese	Guangzhou	我
	Hong Kong	我
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	我
	Macau	我
	Panyu	我
	Huadu (Huashan)	我
	Conghua	我
	Zengcheng	我
	Foshan	我
	Nanhai (Shatou)	我
	Shunde	我
	Sanshui	我
	Gaoming (Mingcheng)	我
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	我
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	我
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	我
	Doumen	我
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	𠊎
	Xinhui	我
	Taishan	我
	Kaiping (Chikan)	我
	Enping (Niujiang)	我
	Heshan (Yayao)	我
	Dongguan	我
	Bao'an (Shajing)	我
	Yangjiang	我
	Nanning	我
	Danzhou	我
	Kuala Lumpur	我
	Singapore	我
Gan	Nanchang	我
Hakka	Meixian	𠊎
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	我
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	𠊎
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	𠊎
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	𠊎
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	𠊎
	Liannan	𠊎
	Conghua (Lütian)	𠊎
	Jiexi	𠊎
	Changting	𠊎
	Wuping	𠊎
	Ninghua	𠊎
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	𠊎
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	𠊎
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	𠊎
	Dongshi (Dabu)	𠊎
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	𠊎
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	𠊎
	Hong Kong	𠊎
Jin	Taiyuan	我
Min Bei	Jian'ou	我
Min Dong	Fuzhou	我, 奴
Min Nan	Xiamen	我, 阮
	Quanzhou	我, 阮
	Zhangzhou	我, 阮
	Taipei	我, 阮
	Kaohsiung	我, 阮
	Tainan	我
	Taichung	我
	Hsinchu	我
	Sanxia	我
	Yilan	我
	Kinmen	我
	Magong	我
	Penang (Hokkien)	我
	Singapore (Hokkien)	我
	Philippines (Manila Hokkien)	我
	Chaozhou	我
	Shantou	我
	Haifeng	我
	Wenchang	我, 儂 humble, used by someone in the younger generation
	Singapore (Teochew)	我
Wu	Shanghai	我, 吾, 阿拉
	Suzhou	我, 奴
	Wenzhou	我
	Ningbo	我, 我儂, 像我
Xiang	Changsha	我
	Shuangfeng	我, 卬

Compounds

• 卬卬

• 卬燥

• 卬首信眉

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎng (yang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˇ
    • Wade–Giles: yang3
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeang
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng⁵
    • Yale: yéuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœ̽ːŋ¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ŋɨɐŋ^X/

Rime
Character	卬
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	魚兩切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨɐŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋiɐŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiɑŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɨaŋX/
Li Rong	/ŋiaŋX/
Wang Li	/ŋĭaŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯aŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎng

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	卬
Reading #	2/2
No.	32
Phonetic component	卬
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	仰
Old Chinese	/*ŋaŋʔ/

Definitions

卬

1. Alternative form of 仰 (yǎng).

Compounds

• 瞻卬

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Japanese

Kanji

卬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. lofty
2. high
3. raise
4. high-priced

Readings

• On (unclassified): ごう (gō)^{←がう (gau, historical)}; きょう (kyō)^{←きやう (kyau, historical)}
• Kun: のぞむ (nozomu); なす (nasu); たかぶる (takaburu)

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Korean

Hanja

卬 • (ang) (hangeul 앙, revised ang, McCune–Reischauer ang)

1. I, oneself
2. high
3. raise

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Vietnamese

Han character

卬 (ngang, ngàng)

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