洪

See also: 洚

洪 U+6D2A, 洪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6D2A ← 洩 [U+6D29] CJK Unified Ideographs 洫 → [U+6D2B]

Translingual

Han character

洪 (radical 85, 水+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 水廿金 (ETC), four-corner 3418₁, composition ⿰氵共)

References

• KangXi: page 621, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17402
• Dae Jaweon: page 1017, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1602, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6D2A

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		洪

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 洪
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
港	*kroːŋʔ, *ɡloːŋs
巷	*ɡroːŋs
衖	*ɡroːŋs
鬨	*ɡroːŋs, *ɡloːŋs
烘	*qʰloːŋ, *qʰloːŋs, *ɡoːŋ, *ɡloːŋs
洪	*ɡloːŋ
鉷	*ɡloːŋ
谼	*ɡloːŋ
葓	*ɡoːŋ
哄	*ɡloːŋs
蕻	*ɡloːŋs
恭	*kloŋ
供	*kloŋ, *kloŋs
龔	*kloŋ
珙	*kloŋ, *kloŋʔ
共	*kloŋ, *ɡloŋs
髸	*kloŋ
拱	*kloŋʔ
拲	*kloŋʔ, *kloɡ
蛬	*kloŋʔ, *ɡloŋ
栱	*kloŋʔ
輁	*kloŋʔ, *ɡloŋ
舼	*ɡloŋ
輂	*kloɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡloːŋ): semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 共 (OC *kloŋ, *ɡloŋs).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hóng (hong²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fùng
• Min Bei (KCR): ǒ̤ng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): âng / hông

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hong⁵ / ang⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): hhon (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: hóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ
    • Wade–Giles: hung2
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horng
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hóng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung⁴
    • Yale: hùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: fungˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fung²
    • Sinological IPA: /fuŋ¹¹/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ǒ̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔŋ²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: âng / hông
    • Tâi-lô: âng / hông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: aang, hoong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /aŋ²⁴/, /hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /aŋ²⁴/, /hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /aŋ¹³/, /hɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /aŋ²⁴/, /hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /aŋ²³/, /hɔŋ²³/

Note:

• âng - vernacular (incl. surname);
• hông - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: hong⁵ / ang⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hông / âng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hoŋ⁵⁵/, /aŋ⁵⁵/

Note: ang5 - surname.

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: hhon (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɦʊŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦuŋ/

Rime
Character	洪
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	戸公切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəwŋ/
Li Rong	/ɣuŋ/
Wang Li	/ɣuŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣuŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hung4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡloːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	洪
Reading #	1/1
No.	4156
Phonetic component	共
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	洪
Old Chinese	/*ɡloːŋ/

Definitions

洪

1. Strongest
2. flood
3. big; vast; grand

   天地玄黄，宇宙洪荒。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

   From: Zhou Xingsi, Thousand Character Classic, circa 6^th century CE

   Tiāndì xuánhuáng, yǔzhòu hónghuāng. [Pinyin]

   The sky was black and earth yellow; space and time vast, limitless.

4. A surname.

   洪秀全  ―  Hóng Xiùquán  ―  Hong Xiuquan

Compounds

Derived terms from 洪

• 付諸洪喬／付诸洪乔
• 分洪 (fēnhóng)
• 大洪水 (dàhóngshuǐ)
• 寬洪／宽洪
• 寬洪大度／宽洪大度
• 寬洪大量／宽洪大量
• 寬洪海量／宽洪海量
• 山洪 (shānhóng)
• 排洪溢道
• 攔洪壩／拦洪坝
• 景洪 (Jǐnghóng)
• 暴洪 (bàohóng)
• 朱洪武
• 泄洪
• 洩洪／泄洪 (xièhóng)
• 洪亮 (hóngliàng)
• 洪剛／洪刚
• 洪化
• 洪善 (Hóngshàn)
• 洪喬之誤／洪乔之误
• 洪喬擲水／洪乔掷水
• 洪基
• 洪大 (hóngdà)
• 洪山 (Hóngshān)
• 洪山嘴 (Hóngshānzuǐ)
• 洪峰 (hóngfēng)
• 洪幫／洪帮
• 洪恩

• 洪惟
• 洪憲／洪宪
• 洪憲帝制／洪宪帝制
• 洪春 (Hóngchūn)
• 洪業／洪业
• 洪武 (Hóngwǔ)
• 洪武正韻／洪武正韵
• 洪水 (hóngshuǐ)
• 洪水猛獸／洪水猛兽 (hóngshuǐměngshòu)
• 洪河
• 洪泉 (Hóngquán)
• 洪波
• 洪波滾雪／洪波滚雪
• 洪流 (hóngliú)
• 洪淵／洪渊
• 洪湖 (Hónghú)
• 洪澇／洪涝 (hónglào)
• 洪澤湖／洪泽湖 (Hóngzé Hú)
• 洪濤／洪涛
• 洪災／洪灾 (hóngzāi)
• 洪烈
• 洪爐／洪炉 (hónglú)
• 洪爐燎髮／洪炉燎发 (hónglúliáofà)
• 洪生
• 洪福 (hóngfú)
• 洪福齊天／洪福齐天
• 洪積世／洪积世
• 洪積層／洪积层

• 洪範／洪范
• 洪聖／洪圣 (Hóngshèng)
• 洪聖爺／洪圣爷 (Hóngshèngyé)
• 洪荒 (hónghuāng)
• 洪荒時代／洪荒时代
• 洪覆
• 洪規／洪规
• 洪誓
• 洪軌／洪轨
• 洪都拉斯 (Hóngdūlāsī)
• 洪量 (hóngliàng)
• 洪鈞／洪钧
• 洪鍾／洪钟
• 洪鐘／洪钟
• 洪門／洪门
• 洪關／洪关 (Hóngguān)
• 洪音
• 洪飲／洪饮
• 溢洪道
• 烘爐／烘炉 (hōnglú)
• 疏洪道
• 發洪／发洪
• 蓄洪
• 防洪 (fánghóng)
• 阿洪
• 阿洪魯庫木／阿洪鲁库木 (Āhóng Lǔkùmù)
• 齊天洪福／齐天洪福

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Japanese

Kanji

洪

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ぐ (gu)
• Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)
• Kun: おおみず (ōmizu, 洪)

Compounds

• 洪(ハン)牙(ガ)利(リー) (Hangarī)
• 洪水(こうずい) (kōzui)
• 洪積(こうせき) (kōseki)
• 洪積世(こうせきせい) (kōsekisei)
• 洪積層(こうせきそう) (kōsekisō)
• 洪大(こうだい) (kōdai)
• 日洪親善(にっこうしんぜん) (Nikkō shinzen)

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Korean

Hanja

洪 • (hong) (hangeul 홍, revised hong, McCune–Reischauer hong, Yale hong)

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Vietnamese

Han character

洪: Hán Nôm readings: hồng, hòng

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