汪

汪

汪 U+6C6A, 汪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C6A ← 汩 [U+6C69] CJK Unified Ideographs 汫 → [U+6C6B]

Translingual

Han character

汪 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水一土 (EMG), four-corner 3111₄, composition ⿰氵王)

Derived characters

• 𠴝, 𭖧, 𥆚, 𤶶, 䦞, 𡝝, 𪁘

References

• KangXi: page 607, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17154
• Dae Jaweon: page 1000, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1557, character 8
• Unihan data for U+6C6A

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		汪

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
皇	*ɡʷaːŋ
惶	*ɡʷaːŋ
遑	*ɡʷaːŋ
堭	*ɡʷaːŋ
煌	*ɡʷaːŋ
餭	*ɡʷaːŋ
騜	*ɡʷaːŋ
艎	*ɡʷaːŋ
隍	*ɡʷaːŋ
湟	*ɡʷaːŋ
徨	*ɡʷaːŋ
篁	*ɡʷaːŋ
蝗	*ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋs
凰	*ɡʷaːŋ
偟	*ɡʷaːŋ
媓	*ɡʷaːŋ
韹	*ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋ
葟	*ɡʷaːŋ
皝	*ɡʷaːŋʔ
汪	*qʷaːŋ, *qʷaːŋs, *qʷaŋʔ
尪	*qʷaːŋ
迋	*kʷaŋʔ, *kʰʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋ, *ɢʷaŋs
逛	*kʷaŋʔ
誑	*kʷaŋs, *ɡʷaŋ, *kʷaŋs
匡	*kʰʷaŋ
筐	*kʰʷaŋ
框	*kʰʷaŋ
眶	*kʰʷaŋ
誆	*kʰʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋs
邼	*kʰʷaŋ
恇	*kʰʷaŋ
劻	*kʰʷaŋ
洭	*kʰʷaŋ
軭	*kʰʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋ
狂	*ɡʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋs
軖	*ɡʷaŋ
鵟	*ɡʷaŋ
俇	*ɡʷaŋʔ
王	*ɢʷaŋ, *ɢʷaŋs
蚟	*ɢʷaŋ
彺	*ɢʷaŋ
旺	*ɢʷaŋs
諻	*qʰʷraːŋ
喤	*qʰʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋ
瑝	*ɡʷraːŋ
鍠	*ɡʷraːŋ
揘	*ɡʷaŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʷaːŋ, *qʷaːŋs, *qʷaŋʔ) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 㞷 ().

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wāng (wang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vông
• Min Dong (BUC): uŏng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): ong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): uang¹

• Wu (Wiktionary): uaan (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wang
    • Wade–Giles: wang¹
    • Yale: wāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uang
    • Palladius: ван (van)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong¹
    • Yale: wōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vông
    • Hakka Romanization System: vong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /voŋ²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: uŏng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uoŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ong
    • Tâi-lô: ong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: uang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uaŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: uaan (T1)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɯɑ̃⁵³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 汪
Mandarin	Beijing	/uɑŋ⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/uaŋ⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/vɑŋ²¹/
	Jinan	/vaŋ²¹³/
	Qingdao	/vaŋ²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/uaŋ²⁴/
	Xi'an	/uaŋ²¹/
	Xining	/uɔ̃⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/vɑŋ⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/vɑ̃³¹/
	Ürümqi	/vɑŋ⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/uaŋ⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/uaŋ⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/uaŋ⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/uã̠⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/uaŋ³¹/
	Hefei	/uɑ̃²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/vɒ̃¹¹/
	Pingyao	/uɑŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/vɑ̃³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/uɑ̃⁵³/
	Suzhou	/uɑ̃⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/ʔuɑŋ³³/
	Wenzhou	/uɔ³³/
Hui	Shexian	/o³¹/
	Tunxi	/au¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/uan³³/
	Xiangtan	/uɔn³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/uɔŋ⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/voŋ⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan	/voŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/wɔŋ⁵³/
	Nanning	/wɔŋ⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/wɔŋ⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/ɔŋ⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/uoŋ⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/uaŋ⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/uaŋ³³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/uaŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔwɑŋ/, /ʔʉɐŋ^X/, /ʔwɑŋ^H/

Rime
Character	汪	汪	汪
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	唐 (102)	陽 (106)	唐 (102)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	III	I
Fanqie	烏光切	紆往切	烏浪切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔwɑŋ/	/ʔʉɐŋX/	/ʔwɑŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷɑŋ/	/ʔʷiɐŋX/	/ʔʷɑŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔuɑŋ/	/ʔiuɑŋX/	/ʔuɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔwaŋ/	/ʔuaŋX/	/ʔwaŋH/
Li Rong	/ʔuɑŋ/	/ʔiuaŋX/	/ʔuɑŋH/
Wang Li	/uɑŋ/	/ĭwaŋX/	/uɑŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔwɑŋ/	/ʔiwaŋX/	/ʔwɑŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wāng	wǎng	wàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wong1	wong2	wong3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʷˤaŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʷaːŋ/, /*qʷaːŋs/, /*qʷaŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	汪
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wāng
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔwang ›
Old Chinese	/*qʷˁaŋ/
English	vast; pool
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	汪	汪	汪
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	12715	12717	12741
Phonetic component	王	王	王
Rime group	陽	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	汪	盎	枉
Old Chinese	/*qʷaːŋ/	/*qʷaːŋs/	/*qʷaŋʔ/

Definitions

汪

1. (of bodies of water) vast and deep
2. Classifier for masses of liquid.
3. (onomatopoeia) woof; bark (the cry of a dog)

   汪汪叫  ―  wāngwāngjiào  ―  to bark

4. a surname, listed 104th in the Hundred Family Surnames

   汪精衛／汪精卫  ―  Wāng Jīngwèi  ―  Wang Jingwei (Chinese politician and Japanese collaborator)

Compounds

一汪 一片汪洋 大度汪洋 明汪汪 水汪汪 (shuǐwāngwāng) 汪汪 (wāngwāng) 汪洋 (wāngyáng) 汪洋大海 (wāngyángdàhǎi) 汪洋浩博

汪洋自恣 汪洋自肆 汪然 汪秘 (Wāngmì) 汪集 (Wāngjí) 油汪汪 汪家臺／汪家台 (Wāngjiātái) 汪廟／汪庙 (Wāngmiào) 汪橋／汪桥 (Wāngqiáo)

汪洋閎肆／汪洋闳肆 汪濊／汪𰛦 汪營／汪营 (Wāngyíng) 汪陳／汪陈 (Wāngchén) 淚汪汪／泪汪汪 (lèiwāngwāng) 淚眼汪汪／泪眼汪汪 眼淚汪汪／眼泪汪汪 辜汪會談／辜汪会谈

Descendants

• → Tagalog: Ong (via Hokkien)

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Japanese

Kanji

汪

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. flowing full
2. expanse of water
3. wide
4. deep

Readings

• Go-on: おう (ō)
• Kan-on: おう (ō)
• Kun: ひろい (hiroi), おおい (ooi), いけ (ike)
• Nanori: ひろ (hiro)

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Korean

Hanja

汪 • (wang) (hangeul 왕, revised wang, McCune–Reischauer wang, Yale wang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

汪: Hán Nôm readings: uông

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