汪

汪 U+6C6A, 汪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C6A ← 汩 [U+6C69] CJK Unified Ideographs 汫 → [U+6C6B]

Translingual

Han character

汪 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水一土 (EMG), four-corner 3111₄, composition ⿰氵王)

Derived characters

• 𠴝, 𭖧, 𥆚, 𤶶, 䦞, 𡝝, 𪁘

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 607, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17154
• Dae Jaweon: page 1000, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1557, character 8
• Unihan data for U+6C6A

Chinese

simp. and trad.		汪

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
皇	*ɡʷaːŋ
惶	*ɡʷaːŋ
遑	*ɡʷaːŋ
堭	*ɡʷaːŋ
煌	*ɡʷaːŋ
餭	*ɡʷaːŋ
騜	*ɡʷaːŋ
艎	*ɡʷaːŋ
隍	*ɡʷaːŋ
湟	*ɡʷaːŋ
徨	*ɡʷaːŋ
篁	*ɡʷaːŋ
蝗	*ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋs
凰	*ɡʷaːŋ
偟	*ɡʷaːŋ
媓	*ɡʷaːŋ
韹	*ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋ
葟	*ɡʷaːŋ
皝	*ɡʷaːŋʔ
汪	*qʷaːŋ, *qʷaːŋs, *qʷaŋʔ
尪	*qʷaːŋ
迋	*kʷaŋʔ, *kʰʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋ, *ɢʷaŋs
逛	*kʷaŋʔ
誑	*kʷaŋs, *ɡʷaŋ, *kʷaŋs
匡	*kʰʷaŋ
筐	*kʰʷaŋ
框	*kʰʷaŋ
眶	*kʰʷaŋ
誆	*kʰʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋs
邼	*kʰʷaŋ
恇	*kʰʷaŋ
劻	*kʰʷaŋ
洭	*kʰʷaŋ
軭	*kʰʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋ
狂	*ɡʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋs
軖	*ɡʷaŋ
鵟	*ɡʷaŋ
俇	*ɡʷaŋʔ
王	*ɢʷaŋ, *ɢʷaŋs
蚟	*ɢʷaŋ
彺	*ɢʷaŋ
旺	*ɢʷaŋs
諻	*qʰʷraːŋ
喤	*qʰʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋ
瑝	*ɡʷraːŋ
鍠	*ɡʷraːŋ
揘	*ɡʷaŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʷaːŋ, *qʷaːŋs, *qʷaŋʔ): semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 㞷 ().

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wāng (wang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vông
• Min Dong (BUC): uŏng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): ong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): uang¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Shanghainese): ¹uaon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wang
    • Wade–Giles: wang¹
    • Yale: wāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uang
    • Palladius: ван (van)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong¹
    • Yale: wōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vông
    • Hakka Romanization System: vong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /voŋ²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: uŏng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uoŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ong
    • Tâi-lô: ong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: uang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uaŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wugniu: ¹uaon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation: ¹uaan
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uɑ̃⁵³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 汪
Mandarin	Beijing	/uɑŋ⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/uaŋ⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/vɑŋ²¹/
	Jinan	/vaŋ²¹³/
	Qingdao	/vaŋ²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/uaŋ²⁴/
	Xi'an	/uaŋ²¹/
	Xining	/uɔ̃⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/vɑŋ⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/vɑ̃³¹/
	Ürümqi	/vɑŋ⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/uaŋ⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/uaŋ⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/uaŋ⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/uã̠⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/uaŋ³¹/
	Hefei	/uɑ̃²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/vɒ̃¹¹/
	Pingyao	/uɑŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/vɑ̃³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/uɑ̃⁵³/
	Suzhou	/uɑ̃⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/ʔuɑŋ³³/
	Wenzhou	/uɔ³³/
Hui	Shexian	/o³¹/
	Tunxi	/au¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/uan³³/
	Xiangtan	/uɔn³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/uɔŋ⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/voŋ⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan	/voŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/wɔŋ⁵³/
	Nanning	/wɔŋ⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/wɔŋ⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/ɔŋ⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/uoŋ⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/uaŋ⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/uaŋ³³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/uaŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'wang, 'jwangX, 'wangH

Rime
Character	汪	汪	汪
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	唐 (102)	陽 (106)	唐 (102)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	III	I
Fanqie	烏光切	紆往切	烏浪切
Baxter	'wang	'jwangX	'wangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔwɑŋ/	/ʔʉɐŋX/	/ʔwɑŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷɑŋ/	/ʔʷiɐŋX/	/ʔʷɑŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔuɑŋ/	/ʔiuɑŋX/	/ʔuɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔwaŋ/	/ʔuaŋX/	/ʔwaŋH/
Li Rong	/ʔuɑŋ/	/ʔiuaŋX/	/ʔuɑŋH/
Wang Li	/uɑŋ/	/ĭwaŋX/	/uɑŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔwɑŋ/	/ʔiwaŋX/	/ʔwɑŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wāng	wǎng	wàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wong1	wong2	wong3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʷˤaŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʷaːŋ/, /*qʷaːŋs/, /*qʷaŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	汪
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wāng
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔwang ›
Old Chinese	/*qʷˁaŋ/
English	vast; pool
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	汪	汪	汪
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	12715	12717	12741
Phonetic component	王	王	王
Rime group	陽	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	汪	盎	枉
Old Chinese	/*qʷaːŋ/	/*qʷaːŋs/	/*qʷaŋʔ/

Definitions

汪

1. (of bodies of water) vast and deep
2. Classifier for masses of liquid.
3. (onomatopoeia) woof; bark (the cry of a dog)

   汪汪叫  ―  wāngwāngjiào  ―  to bark

4. a surname, listed 104th in the Hundred Family Surnames

   汪精衛／汪精卫  ―  Wāng Jīngwèi  ―  Wang Jingwei (Chinese politician and Japanese collaborator)

Compounds

• 一汪
• 一片汪洋
• 大度汪洋
• 明汪汪
• 水汪汪 (shuǐwāngwāng)
• 汪家臺／汪家台 (Wāngjiātái)
• 汪廟／汪庙 (Wāngmiào)
• 汪橋／汪桥 (Wāngqiáo)
• 汪汪 (wāngwāng)
• 汪洋 (wāngyáng)
• 汪洋大海 (wāngyángdàhǎi)
• 汪洋浩博
• 汪洋自恣
• 汪洋自肆
• 汪洋閎肆／汪洋闳肆
• 汪濊／汪𰛦
• 汪然
• 汪營／汪营 (Wāngyíng)
• 汪秘 (Wāngmì)
• 汪陳／汪陈 (Wāngchén)
• 汪集 (Wāngjí)
• 油汪汪
• 淚汪汪／泪汪汪 (lèiwāngwāng)
• 淚眼汪汪／泪眼汪汪
• 眼淚汪汪／眼泪汪汪
• 辜汪會談／辜汪会谈

 

Descendants

• → Tagalog: Ong (via Hokkien)

Japanese

Kanji

汪

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. flowing full
2. expanse of water
3. wide
4. deep

Readings

• Go-on: おう (ō)
• Kan-on: おう (ō)
• Kun: ひろい (hiroi); おおい (ōi); いけ (ike)
• Nanori: ひろ (hiro)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

汪: Hán Nôm readings: uông

1. chữ Hán form of Uông (“a surname from Chinese.”).