枉

Translingual

Han character

枉 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木一土 (DMG), four-corner 4191₄, composition ⿰木王)

Derived characters

• 𠶖, 㳹, 𣒳

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 514, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14530
• Dae Jaweon: page 902, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1163, character 7
• Unihan data for U+6789

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		枉

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
暀	*ɢʷaŋs, *ɢʷaŋʔ, *ɢʷaŋs
誑	*kʷaŋs, *ɡʷaŋ, *kʷaŋs
枉	*qʷaŋʔ
往	*ɢʷaŋ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǎng (wang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vóng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): óng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): uang²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎng
    • Wade–Giles: wang³
    • Yale: wǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woang
    • Palladius: ван (van)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wong²
    • Yale: wóng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vóng
    • Hakka Romanization System: vong`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vong³
    • Sinological IPA: /voŋ³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óng
    • Tâi-lô: óng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: orng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: uang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uaŋ⁵²/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 枉
Mandarin	Beijing	/uɑŋ²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/uaŋ⁵³/ /uaŋ²¹³/
	Tianjin	/vɑŋ⁵³/
	Jinan	/vaŋ⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/vaŋ⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/uaŋ⁵³/
	Xi'an	/uaŋ⁵³/
	Xining	/uɔ̃⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/vɑŋ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/vɑ̃⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/vɑŋ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/uaŋ⁴²/
	Chengdu	/uaŋ⁵³/
	Guiyang	/uaŋ⁴²/
	Kunming	/uã̠/
	Nanjing	/uaŋ²¹²/
	Hefei	/uɑ̃²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/vɒ̃¹¹/
	Pingyao	/uɑŋ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/vɑ̃⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/uɑ̃³⁵/
	Suzhou	/uɑ̃⁵¹/
	Hangzhou	/ʔuɑŋ⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/j̠yɔ³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/o³⁵/
	Tunxi	/au³¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/uan⁴¹/
	Xiangtan	/uɔn⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/uɔŋ²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/voŋ³¹/
	Taoyuan	/voŋ³¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/wɔŋ³⁵/
	Nanning	/wɔŋ³⁵/
	Hong Kong	/wɔŋ³⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/ɔŋ⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/uoŋ³²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/uaŋ³³/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/uaŋ⁵³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/uaŋ²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jwangX

Rime
Character	枉
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	紆往切
Baxter	'jwangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʉɐŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷiɐŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuɑŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuaŋX/
Li Rong	/ʔiuaŋX/
Wang Li	/ĭwaŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔiwaŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wǎng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wong2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʷaŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʷaŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	枉
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wǎng
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjwangX ›
Old Chinese	/*qʷaŋʔ/
English	crooked; depraved
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	枉
Reading #	1/1
No.	12759
Phonetic component	往
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	枉
Old Chinese	/*qʷaŋʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 枉

1. bent; crooked
2. wrong
3. to distort; to twist; to bend
4. useless; in vain; to no avail

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Japanese

Kanji

枉

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: おう (ō)
• Kan-on: おう (ō)
• Kun: まがる (magaru, 枉がる); まげる (mageru, 枉げる); まげて (magete, 枉げて); むだに (mudani, 枉に)

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Korean

Hanja

枉 • (wang) (hangeul 왕, revised wang, McCune–Reischauer wang, Yale wang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 枉 (uổng)

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