# 晃

| 晃 | U+6643, &#26179; 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 6021$_1$, composition ⿱日光)
* bright, dazzling
* 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
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 晃 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | 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 (huang$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fong$^2$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): horng$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hóng / hōng / kóng / hǒng
* Mandarin
** (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: fong$^2$
*** Yale: fóng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fong$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɔːŋ³⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: horng$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɒŋ⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: horng$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /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/
* 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 | /ɦwɑŋ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦʷɑŋ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣuɑŋ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦwaŋ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣuɑŋ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣuɑŋ$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɣwɑŋ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | huàng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wong$^6$ |
* 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
* (literary) shining; shiny
* to glitter; to shine; to dazzle
* to flash past

###### Synonyms

* (shining): 朗朗 (lǎnglǎng), 明亮 (míngliàng)
* (to glitter):
* 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 (huang$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fong$^2$
* 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/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fong$^2$
*** Yale: fóng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fong$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɔːŋ³⁵/

##### Definitions

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

##### Synonyms

* (to delay):
* 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 (ngai$^2$ tai$^2$) (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

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* 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)
* 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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