簧

簧	U+7C27, 簧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7C27

← 簦
[U+7C26]

CJK Unified Ideographs

簨 →
[U+7C28]

Translingual

Han character

簧 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹廿中金 (HTLC), four-corner 8880₆, composition ⿱𥫗黄)

References

KangXi: page 900, character 11

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26541

Dae Jaweon: page 1326, character 3

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3006, character 15

Unihan data for U+7C27

Chinese

trad.		簧
simp. ^#		簧

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huáng (huang²)
(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vông
Min Dong (BUC): uòng
Min Nan (POJ): hông

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huáng
  - Wade–Giles: huang²
  - Yale: hwáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwang
  - Palladius: хуан (xuan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xwɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wong⁴
  - Yale: wòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹/
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: uòng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uoŋ⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông
  - Tâi-lô: hông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²³/

Middle Chinese: /ɦwɑŋ/

Rime
Character	簧
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	唐 (102)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡光切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦwɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwaŋ/
Li Rong	/ɣuɑŋ/
Wang Li	/ɣuɑŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣwɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wong⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷaːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	簧
Reading #	1/1
No.	5383
Phonetic component	黄
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	黃
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷaːŋ/

Definitions

簧

reed (of a musical instrument)
spring coil
sweet words

Compounds

二簧
反二簧
如簧之舌
巧言如簧
皮簧
笙簧 (shēnghuáng)
簧片 (huángpiàn)
簧管 (huángguǎn)
簧鼓
鼓簧

鼓舌如簧 (gǔshérúhuáng)
一簧兩舌／一簧两舌
唱雙簧／唱双簧 (chàngshuānghuáng)
單簧管／单簧管 (dānhuángguǎn)
彈簧／弹簧 (tánhuáng)
彈簧刀／弹簧刀 (tánhuángdāo)
彈簧床／弹簧床 (tánhuángchuáng)
彈簧秤／弹簧秤 (tánhuángchèng)
彈簧鋼／弹簧钢 (tánhuánggāng)
彈簧門／弹簧门 (tánhuángmén)

打簧錶／打簧表
攤簧／摊簧
杭州灘簧／杭州滩簧
演雙簧／演双簧
灘簧／滩簧 (tānhuáng)
簧樂器／簧乐器 (huángyuèqì)
繃簧／绷簧 (bēnghuáng)
銅簧／铜簧
雙簧／双簧 (shuānghuáng)
雙簧管／双簧管 (shuānghuángguǎn)

Japanese

Kanji

簧

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

flute reed

Readings

Go-on: おう (ō)
Kan-on: こう (kō)
Kun: した (shita, 簧)

Korean

Hanja

簧 • (hwang) (hangeul 황)

reed of woodwind instrument

Derived terms

笙簧 (생황)

Vietnamese

Han character

簧: Hán Nôm readings: hoàng

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