宖

宖 U+5B96, 宖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B96 ← 宕 [U+5B95] CJK Unified Ideographs 宗 → [U+5B97]

Translingual

Han character

宖 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 十弓戈 (JNI), composition ⿱宀弘)

Derived characters

• 𫒮

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 283, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7104
• Dae Jaweon: page 557, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 923, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5B96

Chinese

simp. and trad.		宖

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (弘) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
弘	*ɡʷɯːŋ
鞃	*ɡʷɯːŋ
苰	*ɡʷɯːŋ
泓	*qʷrɯːŋ
宖	*qʷrɯːŋ, *ɡʷrɯːŋ
紭	*ɡʷrɯːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qʷrɯːŋ, *ɡʷrɯːŋ) : semantic 宀 + phonetic 弘 (OC *ɡʷɯːŋ).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hóng (hong²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wang⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hóng
    • Wade–Giles: hung²
    • Yale: húng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horng
    • Palladius: хун (xun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wang⁴
    • Yale: wàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: weng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: hweang, 'weang

Rime
Character	宖	宖
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	耕 (118)	耕 (118)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	戸萌切	烏宏切
Baxter	hweang	'weang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠwɛŋ/	/ʔˠwɛŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚæŋ/	/ʔʷᵚæŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɐŋ/	/ʔuɐŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwəɨjŋ/	/ʔwəɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/ɣuɛŋ/	/ʔuɛŋ/
Wang Li	/ɣwæŋ/	/wæŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣwæŋ/	/ʔwæŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hóng	wēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wang4	wang1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʷrɯːŋ/, /*ɡʷrɯːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	宖	宖
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	5134	5135
Phonetic component	弘	弘
Rime group	蒸	蒸
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	泓	宏
Old Chinese	/*qʷrɯːŋ/	/*ɡʷrɯːŋ/

Definitions

宖

1. calm, quiet
2. peace, safety

Etymology 2

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 宖 – see 宏 (“wide; spacious; great; vast; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 宏).

References

• “宖”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

宖

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō)
• Kun: やすらか (yasuraka)

Korean

Hanja

宖 • (hoeng) (hangeul 횡)

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