# 潢

| 潢 | U+6F62, &#28514; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6F62 |
| ← 潡 [U+6F61] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 潣 → [U+6F63] |

## Translingual
### Han character

潢 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+12 in traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean, 水+11 in mainland China, 15 strokes in traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean, 14 strokes in mainland China, cangjie input 水廿中金 (ETLC) or 水廿一金 (ETMC), four-corner 3418$_6$, composition ⿰氵黄(G) or ⿰氵黃(HTJK))
* expanse of water, lake, pond
* to dye paper

#### Derived characters

* 㶂, 𮦹

### Further reading

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 649, character 20
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18251
* Dae Jaweon: page 1059, character 13
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1713, character 8
* Unihan data for U+6F62

## 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷaːŋs) : semantic 氵 (“river”) + phonetic 黄

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): huáng (huang$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wong$^4$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): horng$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hóng / hông
    (Teochew, Peng'im): huang$^5$
* 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/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: horng$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɒŋ¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóng / hông
*** Tâi-lô: hóng / hông
*** Phofsit Daibuun: horng, hoong
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁵³/, /hɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/, /hɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁵³/, /hɔŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁵³/, /hɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴¹/, /hɔŋ²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: huang$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huâng
*** Sinological IPA : /huaŋ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: hwang, hwangH
Rime :
| Character | 潢 | 潢 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 唐 (102) | 唐 (102) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 胡光切 | 乎曠切 |
| Baxter | hwang | hwangH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦwɑŋ/ | /ɦwɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦʷɑŋ/ | /ɦʷɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣuɑŋ/ | /ɣuɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦwaŋ/ | /ɦwaŋ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣuɑŋ/ | /ɣuɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣuɑŋ/ | /ɣuɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɣwɑŋ/ | /ɣwɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | huáng | huàng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wong$^4$ | wong$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷaːŋ/, /*ɡʷaːŋs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 潢 | 潢 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 5382 | 5391 |
| Phonetic component | 黄 | 黄 |
| Rime group | 陽 | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 黃 | 攩 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡʷaːŋ/ | /*ɡʷaːŋs/ |

#### Definitions

潢
* (literary) pool
* to dye paper

#### Compounds

* 天潢
* 天潢貴胄／天潢贵胄
* 弄兵潢池
* 斷港絕潢／断港绝潢
* 潢川 (Huángchuān, “Huangchuan”)
* 潢星
* 潢池
* 潢汙／潢污
* 潢池弄兵
* 潢洋
* 潢漾
* 潢潢
* 潢潦可薦／潢潦可荐
* 裝潢／装潢 (zhuānghuáng)
* 銀潢／银潢 (yínhuáng)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): huàng (huang$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˋ
* Mandarin
** (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/

#### Definitions

潢
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### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): guāng (guang$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤ
* 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/

#### Definitions

潢
* Used in 潢潢.

### References

* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “潢”, 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)
* expanse of water
* lake
* pond

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): こう (kō)、おう (ō)
* Kun: いけ (ike)

## Korean
### Hanja

潢 • (hwang) (hangeul 황, revised hwang, McCune–Reischauer hwang, Yale hwang)
* pool
* pond
* deep

## Vietnamese
### Han character

潢: Hán Nôm readings: hoàng
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