垙

垙 U+5799, 垙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5799 ← 垘 [U+5798] CJK Unified Ideographs 垚 → [U+579A]

Translingual

Han character

垙 (radical 32, 土+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 土火一山 (GFMU), four-corner 4911₁, composition ⿰土光)

References

• KangXi: page 228, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5045
• Dae Jaweon: page 464, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 439, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5799

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		垙

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (光) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
光	*kʷaːŋ, *kʷaːŋs
灮	*kʷaːŋ
洸	*kʷaːŋ, *qʷaːŋ
桄	*kʷaːŋ, *kʷaːŋs
胱	*kʷaːŋ
垙	*kʷaːŋ
輄	*kʷaːŋ
恍	*kʷaːŋ, *qʰʷaːŋʔ
茪	*kʷaːŋ
侊	*kʷaːŋ, *kʷraːŋ
晃	*ɡʷaːŋʔ
幌	*ɡʷaːŋʔ
榥	*ɡʷaːŋʔ
滉	*ɡʷaːŋʔ
觥	*kʷraːŋ
駫	*kʷeːŋ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guāng (guang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong¹, gong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: guāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤ
    • Wade–Giles: kuang¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guang
    • IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwong¹, gong¹
    • Yale: gwōng, gōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwong¹, gong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guong¹, gong¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/, /kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /kwɑŋ/▼

Rime
Character	垙
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	唐 (102)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古黃切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kwɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwaŋ/
Li Rong	/kuɑŋ/
Wang Li	/kuɑŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/kwɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guāng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷaːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	垙
Reading #	1/1
No.	4511
Phonetic component	光
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*kʷaːŋ/

Definitions

垙

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References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 86

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Japanese

Kanji

垙

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): くう (kū)
• Kun: ちまた (chimata)