奘

See also: 弉

Translingual

Han character

奘 (Kangxi radical 37, 大+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女土大 (VGK), four-corner 2443₀, composition ⿱壯大)

1. large
2. powerful
3. stout, thick

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 252, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5928
• Dae Jaweon: page 514, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 542, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5958

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Chinese

trad.		奘
simp. #		奘

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
臧	*ʔsaːŋ
牂	*ʔsaːŋ
戕	*kaːl, *ʔsaːŋ, *zaŋ
贓	*ʔsaːŋ
藏	*zaːŋ, *zaːŋs
奘	*zaːŋʔ, *zaːŋs
臟	*zaːŋs
將	*ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋs
漿	*ʔsaŋ
鱂	*ʔsaŋ
蔣	*ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋʔ
螿	*ʔsaŋ
槳	*ʔsaŋʔ
獎	*ʔsaŋʔ
醬	*ʔsaŋs
鏘	*sʰaŋ
蹡	*sʰaŋ, *ʔshaŋs
嶈	*sʰaŋ
斨	*sʰaŋ
爿	*braːn, *zaŋ
牆	*zaŋ
妝	*ʔsraŋ
莊	*ʔsraŋ
裝	*ʔsraŋ, *ʔsraŋs
壯	*ʔsraŋs
疒	*rnɯːɡ, *zraŋ
床	*zraŋ
牀	*zraŋ
狀	*zraŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zaːŋʔ, *zaːŋs) : phonetic 壯 (OC *ʔsraŋs) + semantic 大.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zàng, zhuǎng (zang⁴, zhuang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄤˋ, ㄓㄨㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zong¹ / zong⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zàng
    • Wade–Giles: tsang⁴
    • Yale: dzàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzanq
    • Palladius: цзан (czan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuǎng
    • Wade–Giles: chuang³
    • Yale: jwǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: joang
    • Palladius: чжуан (čžuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zong¹ / zong⁶
    • Yale: jōng / johng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzong¹ / dzong⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zong¹ / zong⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːŋ⁵⁵/, /t͡sɔːŋ²²/

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• Middle Chinese: dzangX, dzangH

Rime
Character	奘	奘
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	徂朗切	徂浪切
Baxter	dzangX	dzangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zɑŋX/	/d͡zɑŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zɑŋX/	/d͡zɑŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zɑŋX/	/d͡zɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zaŋX/	/d͡zaŋH/
Li Rong	/d͡zɑŋX/	/d͡zɑŋH/
Wang Li	/d͡zɑŋX/	/d͡zɑŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱɑŋX/	/d͡zʱɑŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zàng	zàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zong6	zong6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zaːŋʔ/, /*zaːŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	奘	奘
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	10282	10283
Phonetic component	爿	爿
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	奘	藏
Old Chinese	/*zaːŋʔ/	/*zaːŋs/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 奘

1. fat, stout
2. great, huge

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Japanese

Kanji

奘

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): じょう (jō); そう (sō); ぞう (zō)
• Kun: さかん (sakan, 奘ん)

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Korean

Hanja

奘 • (jang) (hangeul 장, revised jang, McCune–Reischauer chang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 奘 (tráng)

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References

• Nom Foundation