朖

See also: 朗

Translingual

Han character

朖 (Kangxi radical 74, 月+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 月戈日女 (BIAV), composition ⿰月良)

1. clear, bright
2. distinct

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 505, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14363
• Dae Jaweon: page 884, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2082, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6716

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		朖

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
剆	*raːl, *raːlʔ
郎	*raːŋ
稂	*raːŋ
桹	*raːŋ
鋃	*raːŋ
硠	*raːŋ
浪	*raːŋ, *raːŋs
蜋	*raːŋ, *raŋ
琅	*raːŋ
狼	*raːŋ
欴	*raːŋ
踉	*raːŋ, *raŋ, *raŋs
莨	*raːŋ, *raːŋs
艆	*raːŋ
駺	*raːŋ
躴	*raːŋ
筤	*raːŋ
閬	*raːŋ, *raːŋs
哴	*raːŋ, *raŋs
蓈	*raːŋ
廊	*raːŋ
榔	*raːŋ, *raːŋʔ
螂	*raːŋ
瑯	*raːŋ
朗	*raːŋʔ
朖	*raːŋʔ
誏	*raːŋʔ
俍	*raːŋʔ
崀	*raːŋʔ
埌	*raːŋs
蒗	*raːŋs
娘	*naŋ
良	*raŋ
粮	*raŋ
悢	*raŋs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎng (lang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): long⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎng
    • Wade–Giles: lang³
    • Yale: lǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laang
    • Palladius: лан (lan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: long⁵
    • Yale: lóhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: long⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: long⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːŋ¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: langX

Rime
Character	朖
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	盧黨切
Baxter	langX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/laŋX/
Li Rong	/lɑŋX/
Wang Li	/lɑŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/lɑŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǎng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	long5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*raːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	朖
Reading #	1/1
No.	8035
Phonetic component	良
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	朗
Old Chinese	/*raːŋʔ/
Notes	同朗說文作此

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

朖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. clear
2. bright
3. distinct

Readings

• Go-on: ろう (rō)
• Kan-on: ろう (rō)
• Kun: あきらか (akiraka, 朖らか); ほがらか (hogaraka, 朖らか)