# 簧

| 簧 | U+7C27, &#31783; 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 8880$_6$, composition ⿱𥫗黄)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (huang$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wong$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vông
* Eastern Min (BUC): uòng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): horng$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hông
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huáng
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huáng
*** Wade–Giles: huang$^2$
*** Yale: hwáng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwang
*** Palladius: хуан (xuan)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wong$^4$
*** Yale: wòhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wong$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɔːŋ²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vông
*** Hakka Romanization System: vong$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: vong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /voŋ²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: uòng
*** Sinological IPA : /uoŋ⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: horng$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɒŋ¹³/
* Southern Min
** (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: hwang
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 |
| Baxter | hwang |
| 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 | wong$^4$ |
* 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

* 一簧兩舌／一簧两舌
* 二簧 (èrhuáng)
* 反二簧
* 唱雙簧／唱双簧 (chàngshuānghuáng)
* 單簧管／单簧管 (dānhuángguǎn)
* 如簧之舌
* 巧言如簧
* 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)
* 皮簧
* 笙簧 (shēnghuáng)
* 簧樂器／簧乐器 (huángyuèqì)
* 簧片 (huángpiàn)
* 簧管 (huángguǎn)
* 簧鼓
* 繃簧／绷簧 (bēnghuáng)
* 銅簧／铜簧
* 雙簧／双簧 (shuānghuáng)
* 雙簧管／双簧管 (shuānghuángguǎn)
* 鼓簧
* 鼓舌如簧 (gǔshérúhuáng)

### References

* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “簧”, 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

(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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