香
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Translingual[edit]
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Han character[edit]
香 (radical 186 香+0, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹木日 (HDA), four-corner 20609, composition ⿱禾日)
- Kangxi radical #186, ⾹.
Derived glyphs[edit]
References[edit]
- KangXi: page 1428, character 21
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44518
- Dae Jaweon: page 1955, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4423, character 1
- Unihan data for U+9999
Chinese[edit]
simp. and trad. |
香 |
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Glyph origin[edit]
Historical forms of the character 香 | |||
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Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (香) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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Old Chinese | |
香 | *qʰaŋ |
萫 | *qʰaŋs |
In the oracle bone script, it was ideogrammic compound (會意): 黍 (“glutinous millet”) + 口 (“mouth”).
In the seal script, the 口 was replaced with the related 甘 (“sweet”).
Currently, the 黍 has simplified into 禾, and the form of the bottom component 甘 has become akin to the unrelated 曰 or 日.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hiông
- Min Bei (KCR): hióng
- Min Dong (BUC): hiŏng
- Min Nan (POJ): hiuⁿ / hioⁿ / hiauⁿ / hiong / hiang
- Wu (Wiktionary): xian (T1)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ
- Wade-Giles: hsiang1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiang
- IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: hoeng1
- Yale: hēung
- Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng1
- Guangdong Romanization: hêng1
- IPA (key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiông
- Hakka Romanization System: hiong´
- Hagfa Pinyim: hiong1
- IPA: /hi̯oŋ²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hióng
- IPA (key): /xiɔŋ⁵⁴/
- (Jian'ou)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: hiŏng
- IPA (key): /hyoŋ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung)
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hioⁿ
- Tâi-lô: hionn
- Phofsit Daibuun: hvioy
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɔ̃⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Penang)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiauⁿ
- Tâi-lô: hiaunn
- Phofsit Daibuun: hviaw
- IPA (Penang): /hiãʊ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiong
- Tâi-lô: hiong
- Phofsit Daibuun: hiofng
- IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiang
- Tâi-lô: hiang
- Phofsit Daibuun: hiafng
- IPA (Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hiaŋ⁴⁴/
Note:
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: xian (T1)
- IPA (key): /ɕiã⁵³/
- (Shanghainese)
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Dialectal data▼
Variety | Location | 香 |
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Mandarin | Beijing | /ɕiɑŋ⁵⁵/ |
Harbin | /ɕiaŋ⁴⁴/ | |
Tianjin | /ɕiɑŋ²¹/ | |
Jinan | /ɕiaŋ²¹³/ | |
Qingdao | /ɕiaŋ²¹³/ | |
Zhengzhou | /ɕiaŋ²⁴/ | |
Xi'an | /ɕiaŋ²¹/ | |
Xining | /ɕiɔ̃⁴⁴/ | |
Yinchuan | /ɕiɑŋ⁴⁴/ | |
Lanzhou | /ɕiɑ̃³¹/ | |
Ürümqi | /ɕiɑŋ⁴⁴/ | |
Wuhan | /ɕiaŋ⁵⁵/ | |
Chengdu | /ɕiaŋ⁵⁵/ | |
Guiyang | /ɕiaŋ⁵⁵/ | |
Kunming | /ɕiã̠/ | |
Nanjing | /ɕiaŋ³¹/ | |
Hefei | /ɕiɑ̃²¹/ | |
Jin | Taiyuan | /ɕiɒ̃¹¹/ |
Pingyao | /ɕiɑŋ¹³/ | |
Hohhot | /ɕiɑ̃³¹/ | |
Wu | Shanghai | /ɕiã⁵³/ |
Suzhou | /ɕiã⁵⁵/ | |
Hangzhou | /ɕiɑŋ³³/ | |
Wenzhou | /ɕi³³/ | |
Hui | Shexian | /ɕia³¹/ |
Tunxi | /ɕiau¹¹/ | |
Xiang | Changsha | /ɕian³³/ |
Xiangtan | /sian³³/ | |
Gan | Nanchang | /ɕiɔŋ⁴²/ |
Hakka | Meixian | /hioŋ⁴⁴/ |
Taoyuan | /hioŋ²⁴/ | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | /hœŋ⁵³/ |
Nanning | /hœŋ⁵⁵/ | |
Hong Kong | /hœŋ⁵⁵/ | |
Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /hiɔŋ⁵⁵/ /hiũ⁵⁵/ |
Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /hyoŋ⁴⁴/ | |
Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /xiɔŋ⁵⁴/ | |
Shantou (Min Nan) | /hiaŋ³³/ | |
Haikou (Min Nan) | /hiaŋ²³/ /hio²³/ |
Rime | |
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Character | 香 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) |
Final (韻) | 陽 (105) |
Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
Openness (開合) | Open |
Division (等) | III |
Fanqie | 許良切 |
Reconstructions | |
Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/hɨɐŋ/ |
Pan Wuyun |
/hiɐŋ/ |
Shao Rongfen |
/xiɑŋ/ |
Edwin Pulleyblank |
/hɨaŋ/ |
Li Rong |
/xiaŋ/ |
Wang Li |
/xĭaŋ/ |
Bernard Karlgren |
/xi̯aŋ/ |
Expected Mandarin Reflex |
xiāng |
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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Character | 香 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
xiāng |
Middle Chinese |
‹ xjang › |
Old Chinese |
/*qʰaŋ/ |
English | fragrance |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; |
Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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Character | 香 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
No. | 13591 |
Phonetic component |
香 |
Rime group |
陽 |
Rime subdivision |
0 |
Corresponding MC rime |
香 |
Old Chinese |
/*qʰaŋ/ |
Definitions[edit]
香
- fragrant; fragrance
- Antonyms: 臭 (chòu)
- (of food) aromatic; delicious-smelling
- (of eating) enjoyable; (of sleep) sound
- popular
- perfume
- (religion) joss stick; incense (Classifier: 束 m; 支)
- (figuratively) woman
- to kiss
- (Cantonese, euphemistic) to die
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of 香 (“fragrant”) [map] | ||
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Variety | Location | Words |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 香 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 香 |
Taiwan | 香 | |
Jinan | 香 | |
Xi'an | 香 | |
Wuhan | 香 | |
Chengdu | 香 | |
Yangzhou | 香 | |
Hefei | 香 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 香 |
Hong Kong | 香 | |
Taishan | 香 | |
Yangjiang | 香 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 香 |
Hakka | Meixian | 香 |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 香 | |
Liudui (S. Sixian) | 香 | |
Hsinchu (Hailu) | 香 | |
Dongshi (Dabu) | 香 | |
Zhuolan (Raoping) | 香 | |
Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 香 | |
Jin | Taiyuan | 香 |
Min Bei | Jian'ou | 香 |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 香 |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 芳 |
Quanzhou | 芳 | |
Zhangzhou | 芳 | |
Taipei | 芳 | |
Philippines (Manila) | 芳 | |
Chaozhou | 芳 | |
Shantou | 芳 | |
Wu | Suzhou | 香 |
Wenzhou | 香 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 香 |
Shuangfeng | 香 |
Compounds[edit]
Derived terms from 香
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Japanese[edit]
Kanji[edit]
香
Readings[edit]
- Goon: こう (kō, Jōyō)←かう (kau, historical)
- Kan’on: きょう (kyō, Jōyō, uncommon)←きやう (kyau, historical)
- Kun: か (ka, 香, Jōyō); かおり (kaori, 香り, Jōyō)←かをり (kawori, historical); かおる (kaoru, 香る, Jōyō)←かをる (kaworu, historical)
Compounds[edit]
- 香気 (kōki)
- 香具師 (yashi), 香具師 (kōgushi)
- 香車 (kyōsha)
- 香水 (kōsui)
- 香道 (kōdō)
- 香草 (kōsō)
- 香箱 (kōbako)
- 香木 (kōboku)
- 香料 (kōryō)
- 香炉 (kōro)
Noun[edit]
Korean[edit]
Hanja[edit]
香 • (hyang) (hangeul 향, revised hyang, McCune-Reischauer hyang, Yale hyang)
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Vietnamese[edit]
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