鄺

鄺

See also: 邝

鄺 U+913A, 鄺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-913A ← 鄹 [U+9139] CJK Unified Ideographs 鄻 → [U+913B]

Translingual

Han character

鄺 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+15, 18 strokes, cangjie input 戈金弓中 (ICNL), four-corner 0722₇, composition ⿰廣⻏)

References

• KangXi: page 1279, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39711
• Dae Jaweon: page 1778, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3802, character 9
• Unihan data for U+913A

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Chinese

trad.		鄺
simp.		邝

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

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Kuàng, guǎng (Kuang⁴, guang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄤˋ, ㄍㄨㄤˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): kwong³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): fong¹

• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): kóng

  (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/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guǎng
    • Wade–Giles: kuang³
    • Yale: gwǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goang
    • Palladius: гуан (guan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kwɑŋ²¹⁴/

Note: guǎng is listed as the 又音 (unofficial variant) of kuàng in Taiwan.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwong³
    • Yale: kwong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɔːŋ³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: fong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔŋ³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kóng
    • Tâi-lô: kóng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: korng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kuang³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khuàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuaŋ²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /hwɑŋ/, /kwɑŋ^X/

Rime
Character	鄺	鄺
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	唐 (102)	唐 (102)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	呼光切	古晃切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hwɑŋ/	/kwɑŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷɑŋ/	/kʷɑŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɑŋ/	/kuɑŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwaŋ/	/kwaŋX/
Li Rong	/xuɑŋ/	/kuɑŋX/
Wang Li	/xuɑŋ/	/kuɑŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/xwɑŋ/	/kwɑŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huāng	guǎng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fong1	gwong2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷaːŋʔ/, /*qʰʷaːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鄺	鄺
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	5369	5378
Phonetic component	黄	黄
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	廣	荒
Old Chinese	/*kʷaːŋʔ/	/*qʰʷaːŋ/

Definitions

鄺

1. a surname

Descendants

• (Mandarin) English: Kuang
• (Cantonese) English: Kwong, Fong
• (Hokkien) Tagalog: Kong

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Japanese

Kanji

鄺

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: こう (kō)^{←くわう (kwau, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←くわう (kwau, historical)}

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Korean

Hanja

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

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