曠

曠

See also: 旷 and 昿

曠 U+66E0, 曠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-66E0 ← 曟 [U+66DF] CJK Unified Ideographs 曡 → [U+66E1]

Translingual

Traditional	曠
Shinjitai (extended)	昿
Simplified	旷

Han character

曠 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+15, 19 strokes, cangjie input 日戈廿金 (AITC), four-corner 6008₆, composition ⿰日廣)

References

• KangXi: page 501, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14245
• Dae Jaweon: page 871, character 33
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1539, character 17
• Unihan data for U+66E0

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Chinese

trad.		曠
simp.		旷
alternative forms		昿 calligraphic variant 爌／𤆓 “bright; broad” 𣋷 廣／广

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
僙	*kʷaːŋ
廣	*kʷaːŋʔ
鄺	*kʷaːŋʔ, *qʰʷaːŋ
懬	*kʰʷaːŋʔ, *kʰaːŋʔ
爌	*kʰʷaːŋʔ, *kʰʷaːŋs, *qʰʷaːŋʔ
曠	*kʰʷaːŋs
矌	*kʰʷaːŋs
壙	*kʰʷaːŋs
纊	*kʰʷaːŋs
黃	*ɡʷaːŋ
璜	*ɡʷaːŋ
潢	*ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷaːŋs
簧	*ɡʷaːŋ
癀	*ɡʷaːŋ
鱑	*ɡʷaːŋ
獚	*ɡʷaːŋ
蟥	*ɡʷaːŋ
趪	*ɡʷaːŋ
櫎	*ɡʷaːŋʔ
擴	*ɡʷlaːŋs, *kʰʷaːɡ
瀇	*qʷaːŋʔ
獷	*kʷaŋʔ, *kʷraːŋʔ
觵	*kʷraːŋ
礦	*kʷraːŋʔ
鑛	*kʷraːŋʔ
穬	*kʷraːŋʔ
橫	*ɡʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋs, *kʷaːŋ
黌	*ɡʷraːŋ
鐄	*ɡʷraːŋ
嚝	*qʰʷraːŋ
彉	*kʷaːɡ, *qʰʷaːɡ
彍	*kʷaːɡ, *qʰʷaːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kʰʷaːŋs) : semantic 日 (“sun”) + phonetic 廣 (OC *kʷaːŋʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuàng (kuang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwong³, kong³
• Min Dong (BUC): kuōng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): khòng / khǹg

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kuang³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuàng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuang⁴
    • Yale: kwàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuanq
    • Palladius: куан (kuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰwɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwong³, kong³
    • Yale: kwong, kong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwong³, kong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuong³, kong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɔːŋ³³/, /kʰɔːŋ³³/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kuōng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuoŋ³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòng
    • Tâi-lô: khòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoxng
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /kʰɔŋ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khǹg
    • Tâi-lô: khǹg
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qngx
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰŋ̍²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰŋ̍¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰŋ̍⁴¹/

Note:

• khòng - literary;
• khǹg - vernacular.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kuang³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khuàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuaŋ²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /kʰwɑŋ^H/

Rime
Character	曠
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	唐 (102)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦謗切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰwɑŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰʷɑŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwaŋH/
Li Rong	/kʰuɑŋH/
Wang Li	/kʰuɑŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰwɑŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kwong3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k-m̥]ˤaŋ-s/, /*kʷʰˤaŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷaːŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	曠	曠
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kuàng	kuàng
Middle Chinese	‹ khwangH ›	‹ khwangH ›
Old Chinese	/*[k-m̥]ˁaŋ-s/	/*kʷʰˁaŋ-s/
English	desolate, waste	bright
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	曠
Reading #	1/1
No.	5373
Phonetic component	黄
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	曠
Old Chinese	/*kʰʷaːŋs/

Definitions

曠

1. (obsolete) bright; clear
2. broad; vast; extensive

   曠野／旷野  ―  kuàngyě  ―  wilderness

3. free from worries and petty ideas

   心曠神怡／心旷神怡  ―  xīnkuàngshényí  ―  carefree and happy

4. distant (in time)
5. loose-fitting
6. to neglect; to skip (class or work); to waste (time)

   曠工／旷工  ―  kuànggōng  ―  to be absent from work without leave

   • 曠安宅而弗居，舍正路而不由，哀哉！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     旷安宅而弗居，舍正路而不由，哀哉！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Kuàng ān zhái ér fú jū, shě zhènglù ér bù yóu, āi zāi! [Pinyin]

     Alas for them, who leave the tranquil dwelling empty and do not reside in it, and who abandon the right path and do not pursue it?

   • 以義動則無曠事矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     以义动则无旷事矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Lü Buwei, Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals, 239 BCE

     Yǐ yì dòng zé wú kuàng shì yǐ. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

7. a surname

Compounds

寬曠／宽旷 (kuānkuàng) 心怡神曠／心怡神旷 心曠神怡／心旷神怡 (xīnkuàngshényí) 心曠神恬／心旷神恬 心曠神愉／心旷神愉 怨女曠夫／怨女旷夫 (yuànnǚ kuàngfū) 放曠／放旷 曠世／旷世 (kuàngshì) 曠世之度／旷世之度 曠世奇才／旷世奇才 曠世無匹／旷世无匹 曠世逸才／旷世逸才 (kuàngshìyìcái) 曠久／旷久 曠代／旷代 曠代一人／旷代一人 曠古／旷古 (kuànggǔ) 曠古一人／旷古一人 曠古未有／旷古未有 曠古未聞／旷古未闻 曠古絕倫／旷古绝伦

曠士／旷士 曠夫／旷夫 (kuàngfū) 曠夫怨女／旷夫怨女 (kuàngfū yuànnǚ) 曠官／旷官 曠工／旷工 (kuànggōng) 曠年／旷年 曠度／旷度 曠廢／旷废 (kuàngfèi) 曠放／旷放 曠日／旷日 曠日引久／旷日引久 曠日引月／旷日引月 曠日彌久／旷日弥久 曠日持久／旷日持久 (kuàngrìchíjiǔ) 曠日經久／旷日经久 曠日長久／旷日长久 曠曠／旷旷 曠然／旷然 曠然太平／旷然太平 曠職／旷职

曠職僨事／旷职偾事 曠若發矇／旷若发蒙 曠若發蒙／旷若发蒙 曠蕩／旷荡 曠課／旷课 (kuàngkè) 曠費／旷费 曠達／旷达 (kuàngdá) 曠遠／旷远 曠邈無家／旷邈无家 曠野／旷野 (kuàngyě) 歷日曠久／历日旷久 淹旬曠月／淹旬旷月 神怡心曠／神怡心旷 空曠／空旷 (kōngkuàng) 荒郊曠野／荒郊旷野 開曠／开旷 隆恩曠典／隆恩旷典 高曠／高旷 鰥曠／鳏旷

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Japanese

Shinjitai	昿
Kyūjitai	曠

Kanji

曠

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 昿)

1. wide open space, void
2. worthless

Readings

• Go-on: こう (kō)^{←くわう (kwau, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←くわう (kwau, historical)}
• Kun: あら (ara, 曠); あきらか (akiraka, 曠らか); むなしい (munashii, 曠しい); ひろい (hiroi, 曠い)
• Nanori: ひろし (hiroshi)

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Korean

Hanja

曠 • (gwang) (hangeul 광, revised gwang, McCune–Reischauer kwang, Yale kwang)

1. extensive, wide, broad
2. empty

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Vietnamese

Han character

曠: Hán Nôm readings: khoảng, khoáng, quãng, thoáng

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