昂

See also: 昻 and 䀚

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 㭿, 𠵫, 𢯤, 𩜟, 𪸺

References

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		昂
alternative forms		昻

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 昂
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋaːŋ) : semantic 日 (“sun”) + phonetic 卬 (OC *ŋaːŋ, *ŋaŋʔ, “man standing and man kneeling”).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): áng (ang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄤˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ngang²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngong⁴ / ngong⁵
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): ngong¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): gông / gâng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: áng
    • Zhuyin: ㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: áng
    • Wade–Giles: ang²
    • Yale: áng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: arng
    • Palladius: ан (an)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑŋ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ngang²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ngang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaŋ²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ngong⁴ / ngong⁵
    • Yale: ngòhng / ngóhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngong⁴ / ngong⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngong⁴ / ngong⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːŋ²¹/, /ŋɔːŋ¹³/

Note: ngong5 - variant.

• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋɔŋ⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gông
    • Tâi-lô: gông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /ɡɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gâng
    • Tâi-lô: gâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gaang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡaŋ¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaŋ³³/

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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 (Hokkien)	/gɔŋ³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/ŋouŋ⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/ŋɔŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/ŋaŋ³³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/ŋaŋ³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ngang

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
Baxter	ngang
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngong4

• 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

(deprecated template usage) 昂

1. to raise; to lift
2. to rise
3. high spirited; upright
4. a surname

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàng (yang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàng
    • Wade–Giles: yang⁴
    • Yale: yàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanq
    • Palladius: ян (jan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ⁵¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 昂

1. ^‡ Only used in 昂昂 (yàngyàng, “virtuous; respectable (of a ruler)”).

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Japanese

Kanji

昂

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. high spirited
2. to raise the head

Readings

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

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), 激昂(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

(deprecated template usage) 昂 (ngang, ngáng, ngàng, ngãng)

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