爌

Translingual

Han character

爌 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+15, 19 strokes, cangjie input 火戈廿金 (FITC), four-corner 9088₆, composition ⿰火廣)

1. bright and spacious

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 686, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19548
• Dae Jaweon: page 1099, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2243, character 13
• Unihan data for U+720C

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		爌

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huàng, kuàng (huang⁴, kuang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˋ, ㄎㄨㄤˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huàng
    • Wade–Giles: huang⁴
    • Yale: hwàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huanq
    • Palladius: хуан (xuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuàng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuang⁴
    • Yale: kwàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuanq
    • Palladius: куан (kuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: xwangX, khwangX, khwangH

Rime
Character	爌	爌	爌
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	溪 (29)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	唐 (102)	唐 (102)	唐 (102)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I	I
Fanqie	呼晃切	丘晃切	苦謗切
Baxter	xwangX	khwangX	khwangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hwɑŋX/	/kʰwɑŋX/	/kʰwɑŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷɑŋX/	/kʰʷɑŋX/	/kʰʷɑŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɑŋX/	/kʰuɑŋX/	/kʰuɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwaŋX/	/kʰwaŋX/	/kʰwaŋH/
Li Rong	/xuɑŋX/	/kʰuɑŋX/	/kʰuɑŋH/
Wang Li	/xuɑŋX/	/kʰuɑŋX/	/kʰuɑŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/xwɑŋX/	/kʰwɑŋX/	/kʰwɑŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huǎng	kuǎng	kuàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fong2	fong2	fong3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷaːŋʔ/, /*kʰʷaːŋs/, /*qʰʷaːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	爌	爌	爌
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	5371	5374	5379
Phonetic component	黄	黄	黄
Rime group	陽	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	懬	曠	慌
Old Chinese	/*kʰʷaːŋʔ/	/*kʰʷaːŋs/	/*qʰʷaːŋʔ/
Notes	見漢賦	同曠見漢賦	見漢賦

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 爌

1. ^† flame light
2. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 晃 (huǎng).
3. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 熀 (huǎng).
4. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 曠／旷 (kuàng).
5. ^† Used in 爌炾／𤆓炾.
6. (Taiwan) (～肉) slow-braised pork belly

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Korean

Hanja

爌 • (gwang) (hangeul 광, revised gwang, McCune–Reischauer kwang, Yale kwang)

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