穹蒼

穹蒼

See also: 穹苍

Chinese

		arched; lofty; vast	dark blue; fly; musca dark blue; fly; musca; deep green
trad. (穹蒼)		穹	蒼
simp. (穹苍)		穹	苍
anagram		蒼穹／苍穹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qióngcāng, qiōngcāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄘㄤ, ㄑㄩㄥ ㄘㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kung⁴ cong¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiûng-chhông
• Min Nan (POJ): kiong-chhong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: qióngcāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄘㄤ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyongtsang
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiōngcāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄥ ㄘㄤ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiongtsang
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kung⁴ cong¹
    • Yale: kùhng chōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kung⁴ tsong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kung⁴ cong¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ²¹ t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiûng-chhông
    • Hakka Romanization System: giung´ cong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giung¹ cong¹
    • IPA: /ki̯uŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰoŋ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiong-chhong
    • Tâi-lô: kiong-tshong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiongzhofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɔŋ³³ t͡sʰɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

穹蒼

1. (literary) firmament; sky

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (穹蒼):

• → Japanese: 穹 (きゅう)蒼 (そう) (kyūsō)
• → Korean: 궁창 (穹蒼, gungchang)
• → Vietnamese: khung thương (穹蒼)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
穹	蒼
きゅう Jinmeiyō	そう Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きゅうそー [kyùúsóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [kʲɨᵝːso̞ː]

Noun

穹蒼 (hiragana きゅうそう, rōmaji kyūsō, historical hiragana きゅうさう)

1. firmament

Synonyms

• 大空 (おおぞら) (ōzora)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

See also

• Appendix:Gikun Usage in Meiji Version of Japanese Bible/穹蒼