懬

See also: 曠 and 懭

懬 U+61EC, 懬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-61EC ← 懫 [U+61EB] CJK Unified Ideographs 懭 → [U+61ED]

Translingual

Han character

懬 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+15, 19 strokes, cangjie input 戈廿中心 (ITLP) or 戈廿一心 (ITMP), composition ⿸廣心(GHTV) or ⿱廣心(JK))

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 407, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11408
• Dae Jaweon: page 748, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2366, character 9
• Unihan data for U+61EC

Chinese

simp. and trad.		懬
alternative forms		懭／𰐾

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
僙	*kʷaːŋ
廣	*kʷaːŋʔ
鄺	*kʷaːŋʔ, *qʰʷaːŋ
懬	*kʰʷaːŋʔ, *kʰaːŋʔ
爌	*kʰʷaːŋʔ, *kʰʷaːŋs, *qʰʷaːŋʔ
曠	*kʰʷaːŋs
矌	*kʰʷaːŋs
壙	*kʰʷaːŋs
纊	*kʰʷaːŋs
黃	*ɡʷaːŋ
璜	*ɡʷaːŋ
潢	*ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷaːŋs
簧	*ɡʷaːŋ
癀	*ɡʷaːŋ
鱑	*ɡʷaːŋ
獚	*ɡʷaːŋ
蟥	*ɡʷaːŋ
趪	*ɡʷaːŋ
櫎	*ɡʷaːŋʔ
擴	*ɡʷlaːŋs, *kʰʷaːɡ
瀇	*qʷaːŋʔ
獷	*kʷaŋʔ, *kʷraːŋʔ
觵	*kʷraːŋ
礦	*kʷraːŋʔ
鑛	*kʷraːŋʔ
穬	*kʷraːŋʔ
橫	*ɡʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋs, *kʷaːŋ
黌	*ɡʷraːŋ
鐄	*ɡʷraːŋ
嚝	*qʰʷraːŋ
彉	*kʷaːɡ, *qʰʷaːɡ
彍	*kʷaːɡ, *qʰʷaːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰʷaːŋʔ, *kʰaːŋʔ): phonetic 廣 (OC *kʷaːŋʔ) + semantic 心 (“heart”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuàng (kuang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwong³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuàng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuang⁴
    • Yale: kwàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuanq
    • Palladius: куан (kuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kwong³
    • Yale: kwong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɔːŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: khangX, khwangX

Rime
Character	懬	懬
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)	唐 (102)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	苦朗切	丘晃切
Baxter	khangX	khwangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɑŋX/	/kʰwɑŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰɑŋX/	/kʰʷɑŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɑŋX/	/kʰuɑŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰaŋX/	/kʰwaŋX/
Li Rong	/kʰɑŋX/	/kʰuɑŋX/
Wang Li	/kʰɑŋX/	/kʰuɑŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰɑŋX/	/kʰwɑŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kǎng	kuǎng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hong2	fong2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷaːŋʔ/, /*kʰaːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	懬	懬
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	5370	5372
Phonetic component	黄	黄
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	懬	慷
Old Chinese	/*kʰʷaːŋʔ/	/*kʰaːŋʔ/

Definitions

懬

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) broad; vast
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to resent; to loathe
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 曠 / 旷 (kuàng, “empty”)

References

• (Cantonese) Jyutping Database (粵拼資料庫)

Japanese

Kanji

懬

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: こう (kō)^{←くわう (kwau, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kun: ひろい (hiroi, 懬い)、おおきい (ōkii, 懬きい)^{←おほきい (ofokii, 懬きい, historical)}、むなしい (munashii, 懬しい)、つよい (tsuyoi, 懬い)