盎

盎 U+76CE, 盎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-76CE ← 盍 [U+76CD] CJK Unified Ideographs 盏 → [U+76CF]

See also: 㼜

Translingual

Han character

盎 (Kangxi radical 108, 皿+5, 10 strokes, Cangjie input 中大月廿 (LKBT), four-corner 5010₇, composition ⿱央皿)

Derived characters

• 醠

Additional Derived Characters

• 𠹃, 𣺻, 𱠡, 𣉗, 𣖮, 𤮃, 𧏱, 𧪪, 𬤔, 𡂍, 𫙬, 𳎟, 𤭹, 𱾄

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 794, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22981
• Dae Jaweon: page 1209, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2559, character 9
• Unihan data for U+76CE

Chinese

trad.		盎
simp. #		盎

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
鴦	*qaːŋ, *qaŋ
佒	*qaːŋ
咉	*qaːŋ, *qaːŋʔ
眏	*qaːŋ
姎	*qaːŋ, *qaːŋʔ
坱	*qaːŋʔ
映	*qaːŋʔ, *qraŋs
泱	*qaːŋʔ, *qaŋ
盎	*qaːŋʔ, *qaːŋs
駚	*qaːŋʔ, *qaŋʔ
軮	*qaːŋʔ
醠	*qaːŋʔ, *qaːŋs
央	*qaŋ
秧	*qaŋ, *qaŋʔ
殃	*qaŋ
鞅	*qaŋ, *qaŋʔ, *qaŋs
鉠	*qaŋ, *qraŋ
雵	*qaŋ
胦	*qaŋ, *qroːŋ
柍	*qaŋʔ
詇	*qaŋʔ, *qaŋs, *qraŋs
岟	*qaŋʔ
炴	*qaŋʔ
怏	*qaŋʔ, *qaŋs
紻	*qaŋʔ
英	*qraŋ
瑛	*qraŋ
霙	*qraŋ
韺	*qraŋ
媖	*qraŋ
渶	*qraŋ
鶧	*qraŋ
楧	*qraŋ
暎	*qraŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qaːŋʔ, *qaːŋs): phonetic 央 (OC *qaŋ) + semantic 皿 (“dish; vessel”)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): àng (ang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ong³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): òng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: àng
    • Zhuyin: ㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: àng
    • Wade–Giles: ang⁴
    • Yale: àng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: anq
    • Palladius: ан (an)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ong³
    • Yale: ong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːŋ³³/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: òng
    • Tâi-lô: òng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oxng
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ɔŋ²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔŋ⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔŋ²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ɔŋ¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: 'angX, 'angH

Rime
Character	盎	盎
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	烏朗切	烏浪切
Baxter	'angX	'angH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑŋX/	/ʔɑŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑŋX/	/ʔɑŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑŋX/	/ʔɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaŋX/	/ʔaŋH/
Li Rong	/ʔɑŋX/	/ʔɑŋH/
Wang Li	/ɑŋX/	/ɑŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɑŋX/	/ʔɑŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ǎng	àng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ong2	ong3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qaːŋʔ/, /*qaːŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	盎	盎
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14482	14487
Phonetic component	央	央
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	坱	盎
Old Chinese	/*qaːŋʔ/	/*qaːŋs/

Definitions

盎

1. (historical) an earthen vessel with a big belly and a small mouth
2. brimming; overflowing

Compounds

• 古意盎然
• 生意盎然
• 生趣盎然
• 盎然 (àngrán)
• 盎盂相敲
• 盎盂相繫 / 盎盂相系
• 盎盎
• 睟面盎背
• 興味盎然 / 兴味盎然
• 興致盎然 / 兴致盎然

Descendants

• → Proto-Tai: *ʔaːŋᴮ (“basin”)
  • Proto-Southwestern Tai: *ʔaːŋᴮ¹ (“basin”)
    • Thai: อ่าง (àang, “basin”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): âng

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ang¹

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: âng
    • Hakka Romanization System: ang^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ang¹
    • Sinological IPA: /aŋ²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ang¹
    • Sinological IPA: /aŋ⁴⁴/

Definitions

盎

1. (Hakka) alternative form of 罌 / 罂 (“bottle”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): àng (ang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ong³ / on¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: àng
    • Zhuyin: ㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: àng
    • Wade–Giles: ang⁴
    • Yale: àng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: anq
    • Palladius: ан (an)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ong³ / on¹
    • Yale: ong / ōn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ong³ / on¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ong³ / on¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːŋ³³/, /ɔːn⁵⁵/

Note: on1 - used in words for “ounce”.

Definitions

盎

1. Used in transcription.
2. (Cantonese) clipping of 盎士 (on¹ si^6-2), alternative form of 安士 (on¹ si^6-2, “ounce”)

Compounds

• 盎司 (àngsī)
• 盎士
• 盎斯 (àngsī)
• 盎格魯撒克遜人 / 盎格鲁撒克逊人

References

• “盎”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

盎

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. cup
2. pot
3. bowl
4. abundant

Readings

• On (unclassified): おう (ō)
• Kun: はち (hachi, 盎)

Korean

Hanja

盎 • (ang) (hangeul 앙, revised ang, McCune–Reischauer ang, Yale ang)

1. 동이: an earthen vessel with a big belly and a small mouth
2. spill over

Vietnamese

Han character

盎: Hán Việt readings: áng
盎: Nôm readings: áng, ang, đám, ăng, ảng

1. chữ Nôm form of ang (“(Northern Vietnam) a kind of water container”)
2. chữ Nôm form of áng
   1. (archaic) father
   2. (literary) Classifier for something of a magnificent and dazzling beauty, especially cloud or literary pieces
3. chữ Nôm form of đám (“cluster; heap”)