# 洸

| 洸 | U+6D38, &#27960; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6D38 |
| ← 洷 [U+6D37] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 洹 → [U+6D39] |

## Translingual
### Han character

洸 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 水火一山 (EFMU), four-corner 3911$_1$, composition ⿰氵光)
* sparkle, glitter

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 622, character 15
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17419
* Dae Jaweon: page 1018, character 13
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1606, character 5
* Unihan data for U+6D38

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 洸
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʷaːŋ, *qʷaːŋ) : semantic 氵 + phonetic 光 (OC *kʷaːŋ, *kʷaːŋs).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): guāng, huàng, huǎng (guang$^1$, huang$^4$, huang$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤ, ㄏㄨㄤˋ, ㄏㄨㄤˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: guāng
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: guang
*** Wade–Giles: kuang$^1$
*** Yale: gwāng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guang
*** Palladius: гуан (guan)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huàng
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huàng
*** Wade–Giles: huang$^4$
*** Yale: hwàng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huanq
*** Palladius: хуан (xuan)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huǎng
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huǎng
*** Wade–Giles: huang$^3$
*** Yale: hwǎng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoang
*** Palladius: хуан (xuan)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gwong$^1$
*** Yale: gwōng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gwong$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: guong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: kwang, 'wang
Rime :
| Character | 洸 | 洸 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 唐 (102) | 唐 (102) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 古黃切 | 烏光切 |
| Baxter | kwang | 'wang |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kwɑŋ/ | /ʔwɑŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʷɑŋ/ | /ʔʷɑŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kuɑŋ/ | /ʔuɑŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kwaŋ/ | /ʔwaŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /kuɑŋ/ | /ʔuɑŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /kuɑŋ/ | /uɑŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kwɑŋ/ | /ʔwɑŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | guāng | wāng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gwong$^1$ | wong$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʷaːŋ/, /*qʷaːŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 洸 | 洸 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 4508 | 4523 |
| Phonetic component | 光 | 光 |
| Rime group | 陽 | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | | 汪 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʷaːŋ/ | /*qʷaːŋ/ |

### Definitions

洸
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### Compounds

* 洸洸
* 洸洋

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B02081

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* (of water) Surging; spreading.
* (of water) Expansive; both deep and wide.
* (of a living being) Courageous.
* (of light) Dim; faint.

#### Readings

* Go-on: こう (kō)
* Kan-on: こう (kō)
* Kun: ほのか (honoka, 洸か)

## Korean
### Hanja

洸 (eum 광 (gwang))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

洸: Hán Nôm readings: thoáng
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#### References

* Nom Foundation