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卬
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Translingual
Han character
卬 (Kangxi radical 26, 卩+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 竹女尸中 (HVSL) or 竹山尸中 (HUSL), four-corner 77720, composition ⿰⿱丿𠄌卩)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 158, character 49
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2841
- Dae Jaweon: page 363, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 310, character 12
- Unihan data for U+536C
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Chinese
Glyph origin
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 匕 + 卩: a man standing and a man kneeling; compare 化 (huà), 比 (bǐ), 北 (běi) and 尼 (ní).
Etymology 1
The sense “I” has been hypothesized to be from 我 (OC *ŋaːlʔ, “I”) (ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa) with an attached vocative suffix *-ŋ (Sagart, 1999: 134). However, evidence for the latter suffix is sparse; Sagart otherwise only adduces the pair of words 女 (OC *naʔ, *nas, “woman”) and 娘 (OC *naŋ, “mother (originally as a term of address)”).
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ngong4
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gông
- Wu (Tongxiang, Wugniu): 2ghaon
- Xiang (Loudi, Wiktionary): ng3
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: áng
- Zhuyin: ㄤˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: áng
- Wade–Giles: ang2
- Yale: áng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: arng
- Palladius: ан (an)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˀɑŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: ngong4
- Yale: ngòhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: ngong4
- Guangdong Romanization: ngong4
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋɔːŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Xiang
- (Loudi)
- Wiktionary: ng3
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋ̍⁴²/
- (Loudi)
- Middle Chinese: ngang
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k.ŋ]ˤaŋ/, /*ŋˤaŋ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːŋ/
Definitions
卬
- (Classical or dialectal Mandarin, Old Xiang) I; me
- Synonym: 姎 (yāng)
- 招招舟子，人涉卬否。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Zhāozhāo zhōuzǐ, rén shè áng fǒu. [Pinyin]
- The boatman keeps beckoning, and others cross with him, but I do not.
- (Classical) to meet, converge
- obsolete form of 昂 (“to raise; to be stirred, be roused; high”)
- (historical) (～州) place to the south of 交州 (Jiāozhōu) and 廣州／广州 (Guǎngzhōu)
- a surname
Usage notes
When used as a component in other characters, 卬 can be referred to as 昂字底.
Synonyms
Compounds
- 人涉卬否
- 低卬
- 卬卬 (áng'áng)
- 卬州
- 卬然
- 卬燥
- 卬角
- 卬貴 / 卬贵
- 卬頭闊步 / 卬头阔步
- 卬首信眉
- 巍卬
- 激卬
- 顒卬 / 颙卬
- 高卬
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 卬 – see 仰 (“to raise the head to look; to look up to; to admire; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 仰). |
Compounds
- 卬曲
- 卬望
- 卬給 / 卬给
- 卬食
- 卬鼻
- 瞻卬
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Definitions
卬
- (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien) to stare blankly; to be in a daze
- (Zhangzhou Hokkien) clumsy; awkward; sluggish (usually said in reduplication)
Compounds
Etymology 4
| For pronunciation and definitions of 卬 – see 卯 (“fourth of twelve earthly branches; rabbit of Chinese zodiac; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 卯). |
References
- 羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “卬”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00275
- “卬”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
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