# 紘

| 紘 | U+7D18, &#32024; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D18 |
| ← 紗 [U+7D17] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 紙 → [U+7D19] |

## Translingual
### Han character

紘 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女火大戈 (VFKI), four-corner 2493$_2$, composition ⿰糹厷)
* string or cord for a hat
* vast, expansive
* used for measuring amounts of water

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 917, character 20
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27289
* Dae Jaweon: page 1347, character 9
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3370, character 6
* Unihan data for U+7D18

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 肱 | *kʷɯːŋ |
| 宏 | *ɡʷrɯːŋ |
| 閎 | *ɡʷrɯːŋ |
| 吰 | *ɡʷrɯːŋ |
| 竑 | *ɡʷrɯːŋ |
| 谹 | *ɡʷrɯːŋ |
| 翃 | *ɡʷrɯːŋ |
| 紘 | *ɡʷrɯːŋ |
| 鈜 | *ɡʷrɯːŋ |
| 浤 | *ɡʷrɯːŋ |
| 耾 | *ɡʷrɯːŋ |
| 雄 | *ɡʷɯŋ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): hóng (hong$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wang$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hêng / hông
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hóng
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hóng
*** Wade–Giles: hung$^2$
*** Yale: húng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horng
*** Palladius: хун (xun)
*** Sinological IPA : /xʊŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wang$^4$
*** Yale: wàhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wang$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: weng$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɐŋ²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng / hông
*** Tâi-lô: hîng / hông
*** Phofsit Daibuun: heeng, hoong
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ²⁴/, /hɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ²⁴/, /hɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ¹³/, /hɔŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ²⁴/, /hɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ²³/, /hɔŋ²³/
* Middle Chinese: hweang
Rime :
| Character | 紘 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 耕 (118) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 戸萌切 |
| Baxter | hweang |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦˠwɛŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦʷᵚæŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣuɐŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦwəɨjŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣuɛŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣwæŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɣwæŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | hóng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wang$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷrɯːŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 紘 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4136 |
| Phonetic component | 厷 |
| Rime group | 蒸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 宏 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡʷrɯːŋ/ |

### Definitions

紘
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#### Compounds

* 八紘／八纮

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: おう (ō)
* Kan-on: こう (kō)
* On: ぎょう (gyō)
* Kun: おおづな (ōzuna)、ひも (himo)

### Proper noun

紘(ひろし) • (Hiroshi)
* a male given name

## Korean
### Hanja

紘 (eum 굉 (goeng))
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## Vietnamese
### Chữ Hán

紘: Hán Việt readings: hoành
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