蒼穹

蒼穹

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cāngqióng, cāngqiōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄤ ㄑㄩㄥˊ, ㄘㄤ ㄑㄩㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cong¹ kung⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): chhong-khiong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: cāngqióng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄤ ㄑㄩㄥˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsangchyong
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cangcyóng
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰjʊŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: cāngqiōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄤ ㄑㄩㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsangchiong
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cangcyong
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰjʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cong¹ kung⁴
    • Yale: chōng kùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsong¹ kung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cong¹ kung⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhong-khiong
    • Tâi-lô: tshong-khiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhongqiofng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔŋ³³ kʰiɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡sʰɑŋ  kʰɨuŋ/▼

Rime
Character	蒼	穹
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)	東 (2)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	七岡切	去宮切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/kʰɨuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/kʰiuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/kʰiuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰaŋ/	/kʰuwŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/kʰiuŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/kʰĭuŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/kʰi̯uŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cāng	qiōng

Noun

蒼穹

1. (literary) blue dome of heaven; heavens