昂

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

See also: 昻 and 䀚

Translingual

Han character

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

1. rise, raise
2. proud, bold
3. upright

Derived characters

• 㭿, 𠵫, 𢯤, 𩜟, 𪸺

References

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		昂
alt. forms		昻

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 昂
Large seal script	Small seal script

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, OC *ŋaːŋ): semantic 日 (“sun”) + phonetic 卬 (OC *ŋaːŋ, *ŋaŋʔ, “man standing and man kneeling”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): áng (ang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄤˊ

  (Chengdu, SP): ngang²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngong⁴, ngong⁵
• Min Nan (POJ): gông / gâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: áng
    • Zhuyin: ㄤˊ
    • Wade-Giles: ang²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: angr
    • IPA ^(key): /ˀɑŋ³⁵/
• • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ngang²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ngang
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋaŋ²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngong⁴, ngong⁵
    • Yale: ngòhng, ngóhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngong⁴, ngong⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngong⁴, ngong⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːŋ²¹/, /ŋɔːŋ¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gông
    • Tâi-lô: gông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goong
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /gɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /gɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /gɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /gɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gâng
    • Tâi-lô: gâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gaang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /gaŋ¹³/

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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 (Min Nan)	/gɔŋ³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/ŋouŋ⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/ŋɔŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/ŋaŋ³³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/ŋaŋ³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ŋɑŋ/▼

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
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▼

  (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

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Compounds

• 人物軒昂／人物轩昂
• 低昂
• 器宇軒昂／器宇轩昂
• 德昂族 (dé'ángzú)
• 意氣軒昂／意气轩昂
• 慷慨激昂
• 應昂／应昂
• 昂奮／昂奋
• 昂揚／昂扬 (ángyáng)
• 昂昂
• 昂昂溪
• 昂昂烈烈
• 昂然 (ángrán)

• 昂藏
• 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
• 氣宇昂昂／气宇昂昂
• 氣宇軒昂／气宇轩昂 (qìyǔxuān'áng)
• 氣昂昂／气昂昂
• 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
• 鬥志高昂／斗志高昂

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Japanese

Kanji

昂

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō), ごう (gō)
• Kun: あがる (agaru), たかい (takai)

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 and 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)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: ngang, ngáng, ngàng, ngãng

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