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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 94 +4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 大竹一土 (KHMG), four-corner 41214, composition)

Derived characters

References

  • KangXi: page 707, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20287
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1120, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1334, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+72C2

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*ɡʷaːŋ
*ɡʷaːŋ
*ɡʷaːŋ
*ɡʷaːŋ
*ɡʷaːŋ
*ɡʷaːŋ
*ɡʷaːŋ
*ɡʷaːŋ
*ɡʷaːŋ
*ɡʷaːŋ
*ɡʷaːŋ
*ɡʷaːŋ
*ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋs
*ɡʷaːŋ
*ɡʷaːŋ
*ɡʷaːŋ
*ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋ
*ɡʷaːŋ
*ɡʷaːŋʔ
*qʷaːŋ, *qʷaːŋs, *qʷaŋʔ
*qʷaːŋ
*kʷaŋʔ, *kʰʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋ, *ɢʷaŋs
*kʷaŋʔ
*kʷaŋs, *ɡʷaŋ, *kʷaŋs
*kʰʷaŋ
*kʰʷaŋ
*kʰʷaŋ
*kʰʷaŋ
*kʰʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋs
*kʰʷaŋ
*kʰʷaŋ
*kʰʷaŋ
*kʰʷaŋ
*kʰʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋ
*ɡʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋs
*ɡʷaŋ
*ɡʷaŋ
*ɡʷaŋʔ
*ɢʷaŋ, *ɢʷaŋs
*ɢʷaŋ
*ɢʷaŋ
*ɢʷaŋs
*qʰʷraːŋ
*qʰʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋ
*ɡʷraːŋ
*ɡʷraːŋ
*ɡʷaŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋs) : semantic  + phonetic . The latter is the ancient form of (OC *ɢʷaŋ, “to go”).

Pronunciation



  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /kʰuɑŋ³⁵/
Harbin /kʰuaŋ²⁴/
Tianjin /kʰuɑŋ⁴⁵/
Jinan /kʰuaŋ⁴²/
Qingdao /kʰuaŋ⁴²/
Zhengzhou /kʰuaŋ⁴²/
Xi'an /kʰuaŋ²⁴/
Xining /kʰuɔ̃²⁴/
Yinchuan /kʰuɑŋ⁵³/
Lanzhou /kʰuɑ̃⁵³/
Ürümqi /kʰuɑŋ⁵¹/
Wuhan /kʰuaŋ²¹³/
Chengdu /kʰuaŋ³¹/
Guiyang /kʰuaŋ²¹/
Kunming /kʰuã̠¹/
Nanjing /kʰuaŋ²⁴/
Hefei /kʰuɑ̃⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /kʰuɒ̃¹¹/
Pingyao /kʰuɑŋ¹³/
Hohhot /kʰuɑ̃³¹/
Wu Shanghai /guɑ̃²³/
Suzhou /guɑ̃¹³/
Hangzhou /guɑŋ²¹³/
Wenzhou /d͡ʑyɔ³¹/
Hui Shexian /kʰo⁴⁴/
Tunxi /kʰau⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /kuan¹³/
Xiangtan /guɔn¹²/
Gan Nanchang /kʰuɔŋ²⁴/
Hakka Meixian /kʰoŋ¹¹/
Taoyuan /kʰoŋ¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /kʰɔŋ²¹/
/kʰwɔŋ²¹/
Nanning /kʰɔŋ²¹/
Hong Kong /kʰwɔŋ²¹/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /kɔŋ³⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /kuoŋ⁵³/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /kʰuaŋ²¹/
Shantou (Min Nan) /kʰuaŋ⁵⁵/
Haikou (Min Nan) /xuaŋ³¹/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (30) (30)
Final () (106) (106)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɡʉɐŋ/ /ɡʉɐŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɡʷiɐŋ/ /ɡʷiɐŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɡiuɑŋ/ /ɡiuɑŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/guaŋ/ /guaŋH/
Li
Rong
/ɡiuaŋ/ /ɡiuaŋH/
Wang
Li
/ɡĭwaŋ/ /ɡĭwaŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/giwaŋ/ /giwaŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kuáng guàng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
kuáng
Middle
Chinese
‹ gjwang ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k-ɢʷ]aŋ/
English mad, reckless

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
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 12732 12740
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡʷaŋ/ /*ɡʷaŋs/

Definitions

  1. (of dog) to go crazy; to act aggressively
  2. mad; insane; crazy
  3. wildly arrogant; conceited; stiff-necked
  4. unruly; unrestrained
  5. violent; ferocious
  6. roaring; enormous
  7. (Min Nan) flustered; hurried
  8. (Min Dong) to become angry
  9. (Min Nan) to be hot for; to be crazy about
  10. (Min Nan, of animal) to be in heat
  11. Original form of (kuáng, “to cheat; to deceive”).
  12. Alternative form of (wǎng, “to go to”).

See also

Compounds


Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(gwang) (hangeul , revised gwang, McCune-Reischauer kwang, Yale kwang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(cuồng)

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