昂

昂

See also: 昻 and 䀚

昂 U+6602, 昂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6602 ← 昁 [U+6601] CJK Unified Ideographs 昃 → [U+6603]

Translingual

Han character

昂 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 日竹女中 (AHVL), four-corner 6012₇, composition ⿱日卬)

Derived characters

• 㭿, 𠵫, 𢯤, 𩜟, 𪸺

References

• KangXi: page 490, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13783
• Dae Jaweon: page 851, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1495, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6602

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 昂
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
卬	*ŋaːŋ, *ŋaŋʔ
枊	*ŋaːŋ, *ŋaːŋs
昂	*ŋaːŋ
仰	*ŋaŋʔ, *ŋaŋs
迎	*ŋaŋ, *ŋraŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ŋaːŋ) : semantic 日 (“sun”) + phonetic 卬 (OC *ŋaːŋ, *ŋaŋʔ, “man standing and man kneeling”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): áng (ang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄤˊ

  (Chengdu, SP): ngang²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngong⁴, ngong⁵
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngông / ngòng

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ngong¹

• Min Dong (BUC): ngòng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): gông / gâng / không

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngang¹

• Wu (Wiktionary): ngaan (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: áng
    • Zhuyin: ㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: áng
    • Wade–Giles: ang²
    • Yale: áng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: arng
    • Palladius: ан (an)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑŋ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ngang²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ngang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaŋ²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngong⁴, ngong⁵
    • Yale: ngòhng, ngóhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngong⁴, ngong⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngong⁴, ngong⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːŋ²¹/, /ŋɔːŋ¹³/

Note: ngong5 - variant.

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngông / ngòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngong´ / ngongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngong¹ / ngong²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋoŋ²⁴/, /ŋoŋ¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋɔŋ⁴⁴/

Note: ngông - substitute character for "dizzy", "disoriented".

• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ngòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋouŋ⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gông
    • Tâi-lô: gông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /ɡɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gâng
    • Tâi-lô: gâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gaang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡaŋ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: không
    • Tâi-lô: không
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: ngaan (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɑ̃²³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 昂
Mandarin	Beijing	/aŋ³⁵/
	Harbin	/aŋ²⁴/
	Tianjin	/nɑŋ⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/ŋaŋ⁴²/
	Qingdao	/ɣaŋ²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/aŋ⁴²/
	Xi'an	/ŋaŋ²¹/
	Xining	/nɔ̃⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ɑŋ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/ɑ̃⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/ŋaŋ⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/ŋaŋ²¹³/
	Chengdu	/ŋaŋ³¹/ /iaŋ³¹/
	Guiyang	/ŋaŋ²¹/ /aŋ²¹/ 新
	Kunming	/ã̠³¹/
	Nanjing	/aŋ²⁴/
	Hefei	/ʐɑ̃⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/ɣɒ̃¹¹/
	Pingyao	/ŋɑŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/ŋɑ̃³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/ŋɑ̃²³/
	Suzhou	/ŋɑ̃¹³/
	Hangzhou	/ŋɑŋ²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/ŋuɔ³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/ŋa⁴⁴/
	Tunxi
Xiang	Changsha	/ŋan¹³/
	Xiangtan	/ŋan¹²/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/ŋoŋ⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan	/ŋoŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/ŋɔŋ²¹/
	Nanning	/ŋɔŋ²¹/
	Hong Kong	/ŋɔŋ²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/gɔŋ³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/ŋouŋ⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/ŋɔŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/ŋaŋ³³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/ŋaŋ³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ŋɑŋ/

Rime
Character	昂
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	五岡切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋaŋ/
Li Rong	/ŋɑŋ/
Wang Li	/ŋɑŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	áng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngong4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	昂
Reading #	1/1
No.	29
Phonetic component	卬
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	卬
Old Chinese	/*ŋaːŋ/

Definitions

昂

1. to raise; to lift
2. to rise
3. high spirited; upright
4. a surname

Compounds

低昂 德昂族 (Dé'ángzú) 慷慨激昂 (kāngkǎijī'áng) 昂昂 (áng'áng) 昂昂溪 (Áng'ángxī) 昂昂烈烈 昂然 (ángrán) 昂藏 (ángcáng) 昂首 (ángshǒu) 昂首挺立 昂首挺胸 昂首望天 氟利昂 (fúlì'áng)

波昂 激昂 (jī'áng) 激昂慷慨 筋骨昂然 高昂 (gāo'áng) 里昂 (Lǐ'áng) 人物軒昂／人物轩昂 器宇軒昂／器宇轩昂 意氣軒昂／意气轩昂 應昂／应昂 昂奮／昂奋 (ángfèn) 昂揚／昂扬 (ángyáng) 昂貴／昂贵 (ángguì)

昂頭挺立／昂头挺立 昂首闊步／昂首阔步 (ángshǒukuòbù) 氣宇昂昂／气宇昂昂 氣宇軒昂／气宇轩昂 (qìyǔxuān'áng) 氣昂昂／气昂昂 (qì'áng'áng) 瞵視昂藏／瞵视昂藏 聳壑昂霄／耸壑昂霄 軒昂／轩昂 (xuān'áng) 軒昂氣宇／轩昂气宇 軒昂自若／轩昂自若 高昂鬥志／高昂斗志 鬥志昂揚／斗志昂扬 (dòuzhì'ángyáng) 鬥志高昂／斗志高昂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàng (yang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàng
    • Wade–Giles: yang⁴
    • Yale: yàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanq
    • Palladius: ян (jan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ⁵¹/

Definitions

昂

1. ^‡ Only used in 昂昂 (yàngyàng, “virtuous; respectable (of a ruler)”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): ngong⁵

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngong²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngong⁵
    • Yale: ngóhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngong⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngong⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːŋ¹³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ngong²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵑɡɔŋ⁵⁵/

Definitions

昂

1. Alternative form of 仰 (“to raise one's head; to have one's face and belly face upward”).

Compounds

昂坪 (Ángpíng)

昂船洲 (Ángchuánzhōu)

打昂瞓／打昂𰥛

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Japanese

Kanji

昂

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. high spirited
2. to raise the head

Readings

• Go-on: ごう (gō)
• Kan-on: ごう (gō)
• Kan’yō-on: こう (kō)
• Kun: あがる (agaru, 昂がる); たかい (takai, 昂い)

Compounds

• 意気軒昂(いきけんこう) (ikikenkō)
• 軒昂(けんこう) (kenkō)
• 激昂(げきこう) (gekikō), 激昂(げっこう) (gekkō)
• 昂進(こうしん) (kōshin)
• 昂然(こうぜん) (kōzen)
• 昂騰(こうとう) (kōtō)
• 昂奮(こうふん) (kōfun)
• 昂揚(こうよう) (kōyō)
• 心悸昂進(しんきこうしん) (shinkikōshin)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

昂: Hán Nôm readings: ngang, ngáng, ngàng, ngãng, ngâng

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