曠

See also: 旷 and 昿

曠 U+66E0, 曠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-66E0 ← 曟 [U+66DF] CJK Unified Ideographs 曡 → [U+66E1]

Translingual

Traditional	曠
Shinjitai (extended)	昿
Simplified	旷

Han character

曠 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+15, 19 strokes, Cangjie input 日戈廿金 (AITC), four-corner 6008₆, composition ⿰日廣)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 501, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14245
• Dae Jaweon: page 871, character 33
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1539, character 17
• Unihan data for U+66E0

Chinese

trad.		曠
simp.		旷
alternative forms		昿 calligraphic variant 爌／𤆓 “bright; broad” 𣋷 廣／广

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
僙	*kʷaːŋ
廣	*kʷaːŋʔ
鄺	*kʷaːŋʔ, *qʰʷaːŋ
懬	*kʰʷaːŋʔ, *kʰaːŋʔ
爌	*kʰʷaːŋʔ, *kʰʷaːŋs, *qʰʷaːŋʔ
曠	*kʰʷaːŋs
矌	*kʰʷaːŋs
壙	*kʰʷaːŋs
纊	*kʰʷaːŋs
黃	*ɡʷaːŋ
璜	*ɡʷaːŋ
潢	*ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷaːŋs
簧	*ɡʷaːŋ
癀	*ɡʷaːŋ
鱑	*ɡʷaːŋ
獚	*ɡʷaːŋ
蟥	*ɡʷaːŋ
趪	*ɡʷaːŋ
櫎	*ɡʷaːŋʔ
擴	*ɡʷlaːŋs, *kʰʷaːɡ
瀇	*qʷaːŋʔ
獷	*kʷaŋʔ, *kʷraːŋʔ
觵	*kʷraːŋ
礦	*kʷraːŋʔ
鑛	*kʷraːŋʔ
穬	*kʷraːŋʔ
橫	*ɡʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋs, *kʷaːŋ
黌	*ɡʷraːŋ
鐄	*ɡʷraːŋ
嚝	*qʰʷraːŋ
彉	*kʷaːɡ, *qʰʷaːɡ
彍	*kʷaːɡ, *qʰʷaːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰʷaːŋs): semantic 日 (“sun”) + phonetic 廣 (OC *kʷaːŋʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuàng (kuang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwong³ / kong³
• Eastern Min (BUC): kuōng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): korng⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khòng / khǹg / khùiⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kuang³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵khuaon₅
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): kuan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuàng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuang⁴
    • Yale: kwàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuanq
    • Palladius: куан (kuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kwong³ / kong³
    • Yale: kwong / kong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwong³ / kong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuong³ / kong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɔːŋ³³/, /kʰɔːŋ³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kuōng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuoŋ³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: korng⁴
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ko̤̍ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɒŋ⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòng
    • Tâi-lô: khòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoxng
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔŋ¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /kʰɔŋ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khǹg
    • Tâi-lô: khǹg
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qngx
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /kʰŋ̍²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kʰŋ̍¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰŋ̍⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khùiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: khuìnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qvuix
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰuĩ²¹/

Note:

• khòng - literary;
• khǹg/khùiⁿ - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: kuang³
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khuàng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuaŋ²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵khuaon₅
    • MiniDict: khuaon^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²khuaan₂
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰuɑ̃³⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: kuan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯an⁴⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khwangH

Rime
Character	曠
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	唐 (102)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦謗切
Baxter	khwangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰwɑŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰʷɑŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwaŋH/
Li Rong	/kʰuɑŋH/
Wang Li	/kʰuɑŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰwɑŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fong3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k-m̥]ˤaŋ-s/, /*kʷʰˤaŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷaːŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	曠	曠
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kuàng	kuàng
Middle Chinese	‹ khwangH ›	‹ khwangH ›
Old Chinese	/*[k-m̥]ˁaŋ-s/	/*kʷʰˁaŋ-s/
English	desolate, waste	bright
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	曠
Reading #	1/1
No.	5373
Phonetic component	黄
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	曠
Old Chinese	/*kʰʷaːŋs/

Definitions

曠

1. (obsolete) bright; clear
2. broad; vast; extensive

   曠野／旷野  ―  kuàngyě  ―  wilderness

3. free from worries and petty ideas

   心曠神怡／心旷神怡  ―  xīnkuàngshényí  ―  carefree and happy

4. distant (in time)
5. loose-fitting
6. to neglect; to skip (class or work); to waste (time)

   曠工／旷工  ―  kuànggōng  ―  to be absent from work without leave

   • 曠安宅而弗居，舍正路而不由，哀哉！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     旷安宅而弗居，舍正路而不由，哀哉！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Kuàng ān zhái ér fú jū, shě zhènglù ér bù yóu, āi zāi! [Pinyin]

     Alas for them, who leave the tranquil dwelling empty and do not reside in it, and who abandon the right path and do not pursue it?

   • 以義動則無曠事矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     以义动则无旷事矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Lü Buwei, Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals, 239 BCE

     Yǐ yì dòng zé wú kuàng shì yǐ. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

7. a surname

Compounds

• 寬曠 / 宽旷 (kuānkuàng)
• 心怡神曠 / 心怡神旷
• 心曠神怡 / 心旷神怡 (xīnkuàngshényí)
• 心曠神恬 / 心旷神恬
• 心曠神愉 / 心旷神愉
• 怨女曠夫 / 怨女旷夫 (yuànnǚ kuàngfū)
• 放曠 / 放旷
• 曠世 / 旷世 (kuàngshì)
• 曠世之度 / 旷世之度
• 曠世奇才 / 旷世奇才
• 曠世無匹 / 旷世无匹
• 曠世逸才 / 旷世逸才 (kuàngshìyìcái)
• 曠久 / 旷久
• 曠代 / 旷代
• 曠代一人 / 旷代一人
• 曠古 / 旷古 (kuànggǔ)
• 曠古一人 / 旷古一人
• 曠古未有 / 旷古未有
• 曠古未聞 / 旷古未闻
• 曠古絕倫 / 旷古绝伦
• 曠士 / 旷士
• 曠夫 / 旷夫 (kuàngfū)
• 曠夫怨女 / 旷夫怨女 (kuàngfū yuànnǚ)
• 曠官 / 旷官
• 曠工 / 旷工 (kuànggōng)
• 曠年 / 旷年
• 曠度 / 旷度
• 曠廢 / 旷废 (kuàngfèi)
• 曠放 / 旷放
• 曠日 / 旷日
• 曠日引久 / 旷日引久
• 曠日引月 / 旷日引月
• 曠日彌久 / 旷日弥久
• 曠日持久 / 旷日持久 (kuàngrìchíjiǔ)
• 曠日經久 / 旷日经久
• 曠日長久 / 旷日长久
• 曠曠 / 旷旷
• 曠然 / 旷然
• 曠然太平 / 旷然太平
• 曠職 / 旷职
• 曠職僨事 / 旷职偾事
• 曠若發矇 / 旷若发蒙
• 曠若發蒙 / 旷若发蒙
• 曠蕩 / 旷荡
• 曠課 / 旷课 (kuàngkè)
• 曠費 / 旷费
• 曠達 / 旷达 (kuàngdá)
• 曠遠 / 旷远
• 曠邈無家 / 旷邈无家
• 曠野 / 旷野 (kuàngyě)
• 歷日曠久 / 历日旷久
• 淹旬曠月 / 淹旬旷月
• 神怡心曠 / 神怡心旷
• 空曠 / 空旷 (kōngkuàng)
• 荒郊曠野 / 荒郊旷野
• 開曠 / 开旷 (kāikuàng)
• 隆恩曠典 / 隆恩旷典
• 高曠 / 高旷 (gāokuàng)
• 鰥曠 / 鳏旷

Descendants

Others:

• → Vietnamese: khoảng, quãng

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	昿
Print standard	曠

Kanji

曠

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 昿)

1. wide open space, void
2. worthless

Readings

• Go-on: こう (kō)^{←くわう (kwau, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←くわう (kwau, historical)}
• Kun: あら (ara, 曠)、あきらか (akiraka, 曠らか)、むなしい (munashii, 曠しい)、ひろい (hiroi, 曠い)
• Nanori: ひろし (hiroshi)

Korean

Hanja

曠 • (gwang) (hangeul 광, revised gwang, McCune–Reischauer kwang, Yale kwang)

1. extensive, wide, broad
2. empty

Vietnamese

Han character

曠: Hán Nôm readings: khoảng, khoáng, quãng, thoáng

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