# 筐

| 筐 | U+7B50, &#31568; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B50 |
| ← 筏 [U+7B4F] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 筑 → [U+7B51] |

## Translingual
### Han character

筐 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹尸一土 (HSMG), four-corner 8871$_1$, composition ⿱𥫗匡)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 883, character 8
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26001
* Dae Jaweon: page 1312, character 7
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2961, character 5
* Unihan data for U+7B50

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 皇 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 惶 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 遑 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 堭 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 煌 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 餭 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 騜 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 艎 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 隍 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 湟 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 徨 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 篁 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 蝗 | *ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋs |
| 凰 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 偟 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 媓 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 韹 | *ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋ |
| 葟 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 皝 | *ɡʷaːŋʔ |
| 汪 | *qʷaːŋ, *qʷaːŋs, *qʷaŋʔ |
| 尪 | *qʷaːŋ |
| 迋 | *kʷaŋʔ, *kʰʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋ, *ɢʷaŋs |
| 逛 | *kʷaŋʔ |
| 誑 | *kʷaŋs, *ɡʷaŋ, *kʷaŋs |
| 匡 | *kʰʷaŋ |
| 筐 | *kʰʷaŋ |
| 框 | *kʰʷaŋ |
| 眶 | *kʰʷaŋ |
| 誆 | *kʰʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋs |
| 邼 | *kʰʷaŋ |
| 恇 | *kʰʷaŋ |
| 劻 | *kʰʷaŋ |
| 洭 | *kʰʷaŋ |
| 軭 | *kʰʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋ |
| 狂 | *ɡʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋs |
| 軖 | *ɡʷaŋ |
| 鵟 | *ɡʷaŋ |
| 俇 | *ɡʷaŋʔ |
| 王 | *ɢʷaŋ, *ɢʷaŋs |
| 蚟 | *ɢʷaŋ |
| 彺 | *ɢʷaŋ |
| 旺 | *ɢʷaŋs |
| 諻 | *qʰʷraːŋ |
| 喤 | *qʰʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋ |
| 瑝 | *ɡʷraːŋ |
| 鍠 | *ɡʷraːŋ |
| 揘 | *ɡʷaŋ |

### Etymology

Two etymologies have been proposed:
* From *k- (deverbal noun prefix) + a root related to 方 (OC *C-paŋ, “square”) (Baxter and Sagart, 1998, 2014).
* Related to 矩 (OC *kʷaʔ, “carpenter's square”), with *-ŋ (Schuessler, 2007).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kuāng (kuang$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄤ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hong$^1$ / kwaang$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): kióng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): khong / kheng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): kêng$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kuāng
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄤ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kuang
*** Wade–Giles: kʻuang$^1$
*** Yale: kwāng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuang
*** Palladius: куан (kuan)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hong$^1$ / kwaang$^1$
*** Yale: hōng / kwāang
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hong$^1$ / kwaang$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hong$^1$ / kuang$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɔːŋ⁵⁵/, /kʷʰaːŋ⁵⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: kióng
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰiɔŋ⁵⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khong
*** Tâi-lô: khong
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qofng
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔŋ³³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kheng
*** Tâi-lô: khing
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qefng
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɪŋ³³/
* khong - literary;
* kheng - vernacular.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit筐 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /kʰuɑŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /kʰuaŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /kʰuɑŋ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /kʰuaŋ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /kʰuaŋ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /kʰuaŋ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /kʰuaŋ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /kʰuɔ̃⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /kʰuɑŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /kʰuɑ̃³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /kʰuɑŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /kʰuaŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /kʰuaŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /kʰuaŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /kʰuã̠⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /kʰuaŋ³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /kʰuɑ̃²¹/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /kʰuɒ̃¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /kʰuɑŋ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /kʰuɑ̃³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /kʰuɑ̃⁵³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /kʰuɑ̃⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /kʰuɑŋ³³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /t͡ɕʰyɔ³³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /kʰo³¹/ /t͡ɕʰia³¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /kʰau¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /kʰuan³³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /kʰuɔn³³/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ⁴²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /kʰioŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /kʰioŋ²⁴/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /hɔŋ⁵³/ /kʰwaŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /hɔŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /hɔŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /kʰɔŋ⁵⁵/ /kʰiŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /kʰuoŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /kʰiɔŋ⁵⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /kʰeŋ³³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /xiaŋ²³/ |
* Middle Chinese: khjwang
Rime :
| Character | 筐 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (106) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 去王切 |
| Baxter | khjwang |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʰʉɐŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰʷiɐŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰiuɑŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰuaŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰiuaŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰĭwaŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kʰiwaŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | kuāng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fong$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*k-pʰaŋ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷaŋ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 筐 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | kuāng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ khjwang › |
| Old Chinese | /*k-pʰaŋ/ |
| English | square basket |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 筐 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12722 |
| Phonetic component | 王 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 匡 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰʷaŋ/ |

### Definitions

筐
* bamboo basket or chest (especially square)
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Chuī shēng gǔ huáng, chéng kuāng shì jiāng. [Pinyin]
    The organ is blown till its tongues are all moving. The baskets of offerings [also] are presented to them.

#### Compounds

* 傾筐倒庋 / 倾筐倒庋
* 傾筐倒篋 / 倾筐倒箧
* 懿筐
* 筐子 (kuāngzi)
* 筐篋 / 筐箧
* 筐篋中物 / 筐箧中物
* 管窺筐舉 / 管窥筐举
* 簍筐 / 篓筐 (lǒukuāng)
* 籮筐 / 箩筐 (luókuāng)
* 糞筐 / 粪筐
* 頃筐 / 顷筐

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: こう (kō)
* Kan-on: きょう (kyō)
* Kun: かご (kago)、はこ (hako)

## Korean
### Hanja

筐 • (gwang) (hangeul 광)
* (광주리): basket made of bamboo

## Vietnamese
### Han character

筐: Hán Nôm readings: khuông
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