潢

Translingual

Han character

潢 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+12 in traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean, 水+11 in mainland China, 15 strokes in traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean, 14 strokes in mainland China, cangjie input 水廿中金 (ETLC) or 水廿一金 (ETMC), four-corner 3418₆, composition ⿰氵黄(G) or ⿰氵黃(HTJK))

1. expanse of water, lake, pond
2. to dye paper

Derived characters

• 㶂, 𮦹

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 649, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18251
• Dae Jaweon: page 1059, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1713, character 8
• Unihan data for U+6F62

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Chinese

trad.		潢
simp. #		潢

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 *ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷaːŋs) : semantic 氵 (“river”) + phonetic 黄 ()

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huáng (huang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hóng / hông

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huáng
    • Wade–Giles: huang²
    • Yale: hwáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwang
    • Palladius: хуан (xuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wong⁴
    • Yale: wòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóng / hông
    • Tâi-lô: hóng / hông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: horng, hoong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁵³/, /hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/, /hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁵³/, /hɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁵³/, /hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴¹/, /hɔŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: hwang, hwangH

Rime
Character	潢	潢
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	唐 (102)	唐 (102)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	胡光切	乎曠切
Baxter	hwang	hwangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦwɑŋ/	/ɦwɑŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɑŋ/	/ɦʷɑŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɑŋ/	/ɣuɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwaŋ/	/ɦwaŋH/
Li Rong	/ɣuɑŋ/	/ɣuɑŋH/
Wang Li	/ɣuɑŋ/	/ɣuɑŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣwɑŋ/	/ɣwɑŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huáng	huàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wong4	wong6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷaːŋ/, /*ɡʷaːŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	潢	潢
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	5382	5391
Phonetic component	黄	黄
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	黃	攩
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷaːŋ/	/*ɡʷaːŋs/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

潢

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. expanse of water
2. lake
3. pond

Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō), おう (ō)
• Kun: いけ (ike)

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Korean

Hanja

潢 • (hwang) (hangeul 황, revised hwang, McCune–Reischauer hwang, Yale hwang)

1. pool
2. pond
3. deep

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 潢 (hoàng)

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