暘

暘

See also: 旸

暘 U+6698, 暘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6698 ← 暗 [U+6697] CJK Unified Ideographs 暙 → [U+6699]

Translingual

Han character

暘 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 日日一竹 (AAMH), four-corner 6602₇, composition ⿰日昜)

1. rising sun
2. sunshine

References

• KangXi: page 498, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14066
• Dae Jaweon: page 867, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1523, character 9
• Unihan data for U+6698

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Chinese

trad.		暘
simp.		旸

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
湯	*l̥ʰaːŋ, *l̥ʰaːŋs, *hljaŋ
踼	*l̥ʰaːŋ, *l̥ʰaːŋʔ, *l'aːŋ, *l'aːŋs
蝪	*l̥ʰaːŋ
薚	*l̥ʰaːŋ
簜	*l̥ʰaːŋ, *l'aːŋʔ
盪	*l̥ʰaːŋ, *l̥ʰaːŋs, *l'aːŋʔ
偒	*l̥ʰaːŋʔ
蕩	*l̥ʰaːŋs, *l'aːŋʔ
燙	*l̥ʰaːŋs
啺	*l'aːŋ
碭	*l'aːŋ, *l'aːŋs
婸	*l'aːŋʔ
愓	*l'aːŋʔ
璗	*l'aːŋʔ
崵	*l'aːŋʔ, *laŋ
逿	*l'aːŋs
暢	*l̥ʰaŋs
畼	*l̥ʰaŋs
腸	*l'aŋ
場	*l'aŋ
傷	*hljaŋ, *hljaŋs
殤	*hljaŋ
觴	*hljaŋ
慯	*hljaŋ, *hljaŋs
禓	*hljaŋ, *laŋ
塲	*hljaŋ
陽	*laŋ
楊	*laŋ
揚	*laŋ
瘍	*laŋ
煬	*laŋ, *laŋs
鍚	*laŋ
暘	*laŋ
颺	*laŋ, *laŋs
昜	*laŋ
輰	*laŋ
敭	*laŋ
鰑	*laŋ
諹	*laŋ, *laŋs
瑒	*laŋ, *rlaːŋʔ
鸉	*laŋ
餳	*ljaːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *laŋ) : semantic 日 (“sun”) + phonetic 昜 (OC *laŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yáng (yang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yáng
    • Wade–Giles: yang²
    • Yale: yáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yang
    • Palladius: ян (jan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng⁴
    • Yale: yèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /jɨɐŋ/

Rime
Character	暘
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	與章切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/iɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/iaŋ/
Wang Li	/jĭaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	joeng4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*laŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	暘
Reading #	1/1
No.	14596
Phonetic component	昜
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	陽
Old Chinese	/*laŋ/

Definitions

暘

1. rising sun
2. sunshine

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Japanese

Kanji

暘

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: よう (yō)
• Kan-on: よう (yō)
• Kun: ひので (hinode); あきらか (akiraka); はれる (hareru)
• Nanori: あきら (akira)

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Korean

Hanja

暘 (eum 양 (yang))

1. yin and yang

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Vietnamese

Han character

暘: Hán Nôm readings: dương

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References

• Nom Foundation