# 昂

| 昂 | U+6602, &#26114; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6602 |
| ← 昁 [U+6601] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 昃 → [U+6603] |

## Translingual
### Han character

昂 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 日竹女中 (AHVL), four-corner 6012$_7$, composition ⿱日卬)

#### Derived characters

* 𠵫, 𱞞, 𢯤, 㭿, 𪸺, 𰸖, 𩜟, 𲅠

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 490, character 33
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13783
* Dae Jaweon: page 851, character 32
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1495, character 3
* Unihan data for U+6602

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 昂 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 卬 | *ŋaːŋ, *ŋaŋʔ |
| 枊 | *ŋaːŋ, *ŋaːŋs |
| 昂 | *ŋaːŋ |
| 仰 | *ŋaŋʔ, *ŋaŋs |
| 迎 | *ŋaŋ, *ŋraŋs |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋaːŋ): semantic 日 (“sun”) + phonetic 卬 (OC *ŋaːŋ, *ŋaŋʔ, “man standing and man kneeling”).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): áng (ang$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄤˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ngang$^2$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ngong$^4$ / ngong$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ngông / ngòng
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ngong$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): ngòng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): gông / gâng / không
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ngang$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$ngaon
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: áng
*** Zhuyin: ㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: áng
*** Wade–Giles: ang$^2$
*** Yale: áng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: arng
*** Palladius: ан (an)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀɑŋ³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ngang$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ngang
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋaŋ²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ngong$^4$ / ngong$^5$
*** Yale: ngòhng / ngóhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ngong$^4$ / ngong$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ngong$^4$ / ngong$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋɔːŋ²¹/, /ŋɔːŋ¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngông / ngòng
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngong$^ˊ$ / ngong$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngong$^1$ / ngong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋoŋ²⁴/, /ŋoŋ¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ngong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋɔŋ⁴⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ngòng
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋouŋ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gông
*** Tâi-lô: gông
*** Phofsit Daibuun: goong
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɔŋ²³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /ɡɔŋ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gâng
*** Tâi-lô: gâng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: gaang
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡaŋ¹³/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: không
*** Tâi-lô: không
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qoong
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔŋ²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔŋ²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ngang$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngang
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋaŋ³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$ngaon
*** MiniDict: ngaon$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$ngaan
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋɑ̃²³/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit昂 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /aŋ³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /aŋ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /nɑŋ⁴⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ŋaŋ⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /ɣaŋ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /aŋ⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /ŋaŋ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /nɔ̃⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ɑŋ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ɑ̃⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ŋaŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /ŋaŋ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /ŋaŋ³¹/ /iaŋ³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /ŋaŋ²¹/ /aŋ²¹/ 新 |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ã̠³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /aŋ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ʐɑ̃⁵⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /ɣɒ̃¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /ŋɑŋ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /ŋɑ̃³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ŋɑ̃²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /ŋɑ̃¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /ŋɑŋ²¹³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /ŋuɔ³¹/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /ŋa⁴⁴/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ŋan¹³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /ŋan¹²/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | |
| Hakka | Meixian | /ŋoŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /ŋoŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /ŋɔŋ²¹/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /ŋɔŋ²¹/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /ŋɔŋ²¹/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /gɔŋ³⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /ŋouŋ⁵³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /ŋɔŋ²¹/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /ŋaŋ³³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /ŋaŋ³¹/ |
* Middle Chinese: ngang
Rime :
| Character | 昂 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 唐 (101) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 五岡切 |
| Baxter | ngang |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ŋɑŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ŋɑŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ŋɑŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ŋaŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /ŋɑŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /ŋɑŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ŋɑŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | áng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ngong$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 昂 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 29 |
| Phonetic component | 卬 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 卬 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋaːŋ/ |

#### Definitions

昂
* to raise; to lift
* to rise
* high spirited; upright
* a surname

#### Compounds

* 人物軒昂 / 人物轩昂
* 低昂
* 器宇軒昂 / 器宇轩昂 (qìyǔxuān'áng)
* 德昂族 (Dé'ángzú)
* 意氣軒昂 / 意气轩昂
* 慷慨激昂 (kāngkǎijī'áng)
* 應昂 / 应昂
* 昂奮 / 昂奋 (ángfèn)
* 昂揚 / 昂扬 (ángyáng)
* 昂昂
* 昂昂溪 (Áng'ángxī)
* 昂昂烈烈
* 昂然 (ángrán)
* 昂藏 (ángcáng)
* 昂貴 / 昂贵 (ángguì)
* 昂頭挺立 / 昂头挺立
* 昂首 (ángshǒu)
* 昂首挺立
* 昂首挺胸
* 昂首望天
* 昂首闊步 / 昂首阔步 (ángshǒukuòbù)
* 氟利昂 (fúlì'áng)
* 氣宇昂昂 / 气宇昂昂
* 氣宇軒昂 / 气宇轩昂 (qìyǔxuān'áng)
* 氣昂昂 / 气昂昂 (qì'áng'áng)
* 波昂
* 激昂 (jī'áng)
* 激昂慷慨
* 瞵視昂藏 / 瞵视昂藏
* 筋骨昂然
* 聳壑昂霄 / 耸壑昂霄
* 軒昂 / 轩昂 (xuān'áng)
* 軒昂氣宇 / 轩昂气宇
* 軒昂自若 / 轩昂自若
* 里昂 (Lǐ'áng)
* 高昂 (gāo'áng)
* 高昂鬥志 / 高昂斗志
* 鬥志昂揚 / 斗志昂扬 (dòuzhì'ángyáng)
* 鬥志高昂 / 斗志高昂

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yàng (yang$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yàng
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yàng
*** Wade–Giles: yang$^4$
*** Yale: yàng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanq
*** Palladius: ян (jan)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɑŋ⁵¹/

#### Definitions

昂
* (historical dictionaries only) Only used in 昂昂 (yàngyàng, “virtuous; respectable (of a ruler)”).

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ngong$^5$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngong$^2$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ngong$^5$
*** Yale: ngóhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ngong$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ngong$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋɔːŋ¹³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ngong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵑɡɔŋ⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

昂
* Alternative form of 仰 (“to raise one's head; to have one's face and belly face upward”)

#### Compounds

* 打昂瞓 / 打昂𰥛
* 昂坪 (Ángpíng)
* 昂船洲 (Ángchuánzhōu)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* high spirited
* to raise the head

#### Readings

* Go-on: ごう (gō)
* Kan-on: ごう (gō)
* Kan’yō-on: こう (kō)
* Kun: あがる (agaru, 昂がる)、たかい (takai, 昂い)

#### Compounds

* 意気軒昂(いきけんこう) (ikikenkō)
* 軒昂(けんこう) (kenkō)
* 激昂(げきこう) (gekikō), 激昂(げっこう) (gekkō)
* 昂進(こうしん) (kōshin)
* 昂然(こうぜん) (kōzen)
* 昂騰(こうとう) (kōtō)
* 昂奮(こうふん) (kōfun)
* 昂揚(こうよう) (kōyō)
* 心悸昂進(しんきこうしん) (shinkikōshin)

## Korean
### Hanja

昂 • (ang) (hangeul 앙, revised ang, McCune–Reischauer ang, Yale ang)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

昂: Hán Nôm readings: ngang, ngáng, ngàng, ngãng, ngâng
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