奣

奣

奣 U+5963, 奣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5963 ← 奢 [U+5962] CJK Unified Ideographs 奤 → [U+5964]

Translingual

Han character

奣 (radical 37, 大+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一大日月 (MKAB), composition ⿱天明)

References

• KangXi: page 253, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5966
• Dae Jaweon: page 515, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1516, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5963

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		奣

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (明) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
莔	*mraːŋ, *qʰɯd
明	*mraŋ
盟	*mraŋ, *mraːŋs
萌	*mreːŋ
奣	*ʔmraːŋʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěng (weng³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wang²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wěng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄥˇ
    • Wade–Giles: wêng³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeng
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯əŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wang²
    • Yale: wáng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wang²
    • Guangdong Romanization: weng²
    • IPA ^(key): /wɐŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔˠwæŋ^X/▼

Rime
Character	奣
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	庚 (110)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	烏猛切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠwæŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷᵚaŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔuaŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔwaɨjŋX/
Li Rong	/ʔuɐŋX/
Wang Li	/wɐŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔwɐŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wěng

Definitions

奣

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References

• (Cantonese) Jyutping Database (粵拼資料庫)

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Japanese

Kanji

奣

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): わん (wan); こう (kō)
• Kun: あきらか (akiraka)