晌

Translingual

Han character

晌 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 日竹月口 (AHBR), four-corner 6702₀, composition ⿰日向)

1. noon, midday
2. moment
3. unit of land measurement equal to seven mou (畝), or the area that can be sown in one day
4. one mou (畝) equals approximately 1 are, or 100 sq. meters. Therefore, one shou (晌) should equal approximately 700 sq. meters

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 495, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13903
• Dae Jaweon: page 860, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1508, character 9
• Unihan data for U+664C

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		晌

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
晌	*hljaŋʔ
餉	*hljaŋs
向	*hljaŋs, *hlaŋs
珦	*hljaŋs, *hlaŋs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǎng (shang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sióng / siáng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǎng
    • Wade–Giles: shang³
    • Yale: shǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaang
    • Palladius: шан (šan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hoeng²
    • Yale: héung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sióng
    • Tâi-lô: sióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siorng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáng
    • Tâi-lô: siáng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siarng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ⁵³/

Note: sióng/siáng - vernacular (俗).

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljaŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	晌
Reading #	1/1
No.	13656
Phonetic component	向
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	賞
Old Chinese	/*hljaŋʔ/
Notes	曏晚起字

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 晌

1. noon; midday
2. daytime; half a day
3. moment; short period of time
4. A unit of land measurement.

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Japanese

Kanji

晌

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しょう (shō)
• Kun: まひる (mahiru)

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Korean

Hanja

晌 (eum 상 (sang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

晌: Hán Nôm readings: thưởng

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References

• Nom Foundation