晃

See also: 晄

晃 U+6643, 晃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6643 ← 時 [U+6642] CJK Unified Ideographs 晄 → [U+6644]

Translingual

Han character

晃 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 日火一山 (AFMU), four-corner 6021₁, composition ⿱日光)

1. bright, dazzling
2. to sway, shake

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 494, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13891
• Dae Jaweon: page 860, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1507, character 6
• Unihan data for U+6643

Chinese

simp. and trad.		晃
alternative forms		晄 熀 爌／𤆓 兤 熿

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 晃
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
光	*kʷaːŋ, *kʷaːŋs
灮	*kʷaːŋ
洸	*kʷaːŋ, *qʷaːŋ
桄	*kʷaːŋ, *kʷaːŋs
胱	*kʷaːŋ
垙	*kʷaːŋ
輄	*kʷaːŋ
恍	*kʷaːŋ, *qʰʷaːŋʔ
茪	*kʷaːŋ
侊	*kʷaːŋ, *kʷraːŋ
晃	*ɡʷaːŋʔ
幌	*ɡʷaːŋʔ
榥	*ɡʷaːŋʔ
滉	*ɡʷaːŋʔ
觥	*kʷraːŋ
駫	*kʷeːŋ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǎng (huang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong²
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): horng³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hóng / hōng / kóng / hǒng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǎng
    • Wade–Giles: huang³
    • Yale: hwǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoang
    • Palladius: хуан (xuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fong²
    • Yale: fóng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ³⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: horng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɒŋ⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: horng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɒŋ³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóng
    • Tâi-lô: hóng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: horng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /hɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōng
    • Tâi-lô: hōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hong
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kóng
    • Tâi-lô: kóng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: korng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǒng
    • Tâi-lô: hǒng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ²²/

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• Middle Chinese: hwangX

Rime
Character	晃
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	唐 (102)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡廣切
Baxter	hwangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦwɑŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɑŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɑŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwaŋX/
Li Rong	/ɣuɑŋX/
Wang Li	/ɣuɑŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣwɑŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wong6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷaːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	晃
Reading #	1/1
No.	4519
Phonetic component	光
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	晃
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷaːŋʔ/

Definitions

晃

1. (literary) shining; shiny
2. to glitter; to shine; to dazzle
3. to flash past

Synonyms

• (shining): 朗朗 (lǎnglǎng), 明亮 (míngliàng)
• (to glitter):

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• 忽閃／忽闪
• 煥發／焕发 (huànfā)
• 𥍉爍／𱳅烁 (Hokkien)
• 閃／闪 (shǎn)
• 閃光／闪光 (shǎnguāng)
• 閃動／闪动 (shǎndòng)
• 閃灼／闪灼 (shǎnzhuó)
• 閃爍／闪烁 (shǎnshuò)
• 閃耀／闪耀 (shǎnyào)

 

Compounds

• 一晃 (yīhuǎng)
• 一晃眼
• 亮晃晃
• 明晃晃 (mínghuǎnghuǎng)
• 晃朗
• 晃耀
• 油晃晃
• 白晃晃 (báihuǎnghuǎng)
• 精晃晃
• 虛晃一招／虚晃一招

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huàng (huang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huàng
    • Wade–Giles: huang⁴
    • Yale: hwàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huanq
    • Palladius: хуан (xuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fong²
    • Yale: fóng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ³⁵/

Definitions

晃

1. to sway; to shake

Synonyms

• 擺／摆 (bǎi)
• 搖／摇 (yáo)

Compounds

• 一搖三晃／一摇三晃
• 一晃 (yīhuàng)
• 打晃兒／打晃儿
• 搖搖晃晃／摇摇晃晃 (yáoyáohuànghuàng)
• 搖晃／摇晃
• 搖頭晃腦／摇头晃脑 (yáotóuhuàngnǎo)
• 晃來晃去／晃来晃去
• 晃動／晃动 (huàngdòng)
• 晃悠
• 晃搖／晃摇
• 晃晃悠悠 (huànghuangyōuyōu)
• 晃晃蕩蕩／晃晃荡荡
• 晃腦／晃脑
• 晃蕩／晃荡 (huàngdàng)
• 東轉西晃／东转西晃

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hóaⁿ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: huánn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hvoar
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /huã⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huã⁵⁵⁴/

Definitions

晃

1. (Xiamen Hokkien) to flit quickly (of something)
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to pass unnoticed (of time)
3. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to be evasive (in an answer, report, etc.); to gloss over (a mistake)
4. (Quanzhou Hokkien) to delay; to postpone; to put off

Synonyms

• (to delay):

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• 展緩／展缓 (zhǎnhuǎn)
• 延宕 (yándàng) (literary)
• 延延 (Hokkien)
• 延後／延后 (yánhòu)
• 延期 (yánqī)
• 延緩／延缓 (yánhuǎn)
• 延誤／延误 (yánwù)
• 延遲／延迟 (yánchí)
• 拖 (tuō)
• 拖宕 (tuōdàng)
• 拖延 (tuōyán)
• 拖拉 (tuōlā)
• 拖磨 (tuōmó) (literary)
• 拖逗 (tuōdòu) (literary)
• 挨 (ái)
• 挨延 (Hokkien)
• 挨稽 (Hokkien)
• 挨臺／挨台 (ngai² tai²) (Sichuanese)
• 推宕 (tuīdàng) (literary)
• 捱延 (Hokkien)
• 推延 (tuīyán)
• 捱稽 (Hokkien)
• 推遲／推迟 (tuīchí)
• 暫緩／暂缓 (zànhuǎn)
• 稽延 (jīyán) (literary)
• 緩／缓 (huǎn)
• 耗 (regional)
• 耽延 (dānyán)
• 耽擱／耽搁
• 耽誤／耽误
• 貽誤／贻误 (yíwù)
• 遷延／迁延 (qiānyán) (literary)
• 遲延／迟延 (chíyán)
• 遲滯／迟滞 (chízhì)
• 遲誤／迟误 (chíwù) (formal)
• 順延／顺延 (shùnyán)

 

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01797
• (Cantonese) 粵音資料集叢
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “晃”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 94.

Japanese

Kanji

晃

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. clear

Readings

• Go-on: おう (ō)
• Kan-on: こう (kō)
• Kun: あきらか (akiraka)
• Nanori: あき (aki)、あきつぐ (akitsugu)、あきのり (akinori)、あきら (akira)、あつし (atsushi)、こう (kō)、こうじ (kōji)、こうしょう (kōshō)、こうそう (kōsō)、てる (teru)、のぼる (noboru)、ひかり (hikari)、ひかる (hikaru)、みつ (mitsu)、みつる (mitsuru)

Proper noun

晃(あきら) • (Akira) 

1. a male given name

Korean

Hanja

晃 • (hwang) (hangeul 황, revised hwang, McCune–Reischauer hwang, Yale hwang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

晃: Hán Nôm readings: quáng, hoảng, quàng

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