謊

See also: 谎

謊 U+8B0A, 謊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B0A ← 謉 [U+8B09] CJK Unified Ideographs 謋 → [U+8B0B]

Translingual

Han character

謊 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 卜口廿卜山 (YRTYU), four-corner 0461₁, composition ⿰訁荒)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1174, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35850
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3995, character 2
• Unihan data for U+8B0A

Chinese

trad.		謊
simp.		谎
alternative forms		詤

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
忙	*maːŋ
芒	*maːŋ, *maŋ
茫	*maːŋ
恾	*maːŋ
吂	*maːŋ, *maːŋs
汒	*maːŋ, *maŋs
朚	*maːŋ, *hmaːŋ, *maŋ, *mraːŋ, *mraːŋs
邙	*maːŋ, *maŋ
杗	*maːŋ, *maŋ
荒	*hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋs
肓	*hmaːŋ
衁	*hmaːŋ
巟	*hmaːŋ
詤	*hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋʔ, *hmaŋʔ
慌	*hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋʔ
謊	*hmaːŋʔ
喪	*smaːŋs, *smaːŋ
亡	*maŋ
望	*maŋ, *maŋs
莣	*maŋ
朢	*maŋ, *maŋs
鋩	*maŋ
硭	*maŋ
忘	*maŋ, *maŋs
网	*mlaŋʔ
罔	*mlaŋʔ
蛧	*maŋʔ
網	*mlaŋʔ
輞	*maŋʔ
棢	*maŋʔ
惘	*maŋʔ
菵	*maŋʔ
誷	*maŋʔ
魍	*maŋʔ
妄	*maŋs
盲	*mraːŋ
蝱	*mraːŋ
虻	*mraːŋ
氓	*mraːŋ
甿	*mraːŋ

Originally written as 詤. Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *hmaːŋʔ): semantic 言 (“speech”) + phonetic 荒 (OC *hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋs)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): huǎng (huang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): huang³

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): хуон (huon, II)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): fong¹ / fong²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): fong¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): fong³
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): fong¹
• Jin (Wiktionary): huon²
• Northern Min (KCR): huáng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): horng¹ / horng³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hong / hóng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huang² / huang¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵huaon
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǎng
    • Wade–Giles: huang³
    • Yale: hwǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoang
    • Palladius: хуан (xuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: huang³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xuong
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xuaŋ⁵³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: хуон (huon, II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xuɑŋ⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: fong¹ / fong²
    • Yale: fōng / fóng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong¹ / fong²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong¹ / fong²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ⁵⁵/, /fɔːŋ³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: fong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔŋ³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: fong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔŋ²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fɔŋ⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: huon²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /xuɒ̃⁵³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: huáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xuaŋ⁵⁴/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: horng¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ho̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɒŋ⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: horng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɒŋ⁵⁴⁴/
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: horng³
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hô̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɒŋ⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: horng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɒŋ³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong
    • Tâi-lô: hong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hofng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóng
    • Tâi-lô: hóng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: horng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huang² / huang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huáng / huang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ⁵²/, /huaŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵huaon
    • MiniDict: huaon^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²huaan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /huɑ̃³⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: fan³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɸan⁴¹/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hmaːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	謊
Reading #	1/1
No.	12657
Phonetic component	亡
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	慌
Old Chinese	/*hmaːŋʔ/
Notes	詤晚起字

Definitions

謊

1. lie; untruth

   撒謊／撒谎  ―  sāhuǎng  ―  to tell a lie

2. to deceive; to swindle
3. fake; false

   謊言／谎言  ―  huǎngyán  ―  false words; lie

Compounds

• 吊謊 / 吊谎
• 告謊假 / 告谎假
• 圓謊 / 圆谎 (yuánhuǎng)
• 弔謊 / 吊谎
• 彌天大謊 / 弥天大谎 (mítiāndàhuǎng)
• 打謊 / 打谎
• 扯謊 / 扯谎 (chěhuǎng)
• 扯謊撩白 / 扯谎撩白
• 掉謊 / 掉谎
• 掰謊 / 掰谎
• 搗謊 / 捣谎
• 搗謊駕舌 / 捣谎驾舌
• 撒謊 / 撒谎 (sāhuǎng)
• 支謊 / 支谎
• 架謊鑿空 / 架谎凿空
• 測謊器 / 测谎器 (cèhuǎngqì)
• 測謊機 / 测谎机 (cèhuǎngjī)
• 漫天大謊 / 漫天大谎
• 玄謊 / 玄谎
• 白謊 / 白谎
• 瞞天大謊 / 瞒天大谎
• 瞞天謊 / 瞒天谎
• 空頭謊 / 空头谎
• 粧謊子 / 妆谎子
• 要謊 / 要谎
• 訛言謊語 / 讹言谎语
• 說謊 / 说谎 (shuōhuǎng)
• 調謊 / 调谎
• 謊人 / 谎人
• 謊假 / 谎假
• 謊價 / 谎价
• 謊勢 / 谎势
• 謊告 / 谎告
• 謊喳呼 / 谎喳呼
• 謊喬廝 / 谎乔厮
• 謊嘴 / 谎嘴
• 謊報 / 谎报 (huǎngbào)
• 謊子 / 谎子
• 謊廝 / 谎厮
• 謊徹梢虛 / 谎彻梢虚
• 謊捏 / 谎捏
• 謊敲才 / 谎敲才
• 謊漢 / 谎汉
• 謊漢子 / 谎汉子
• 謊狀 / 谎状
• 謊皮匠 / 谎皮匠
• 謊花 / 谎花
• 謊規模 / 谎规模
• 謊言 / 谎言 (huǎngyán)
• 謊詞 / 谎词
• 謊詐 / 谎诈
• 謊話 / 谎话 (huǎnghuà)
• 謊話連篇 / 谎话连篇
• 謊說 / 谎说
• 謊語 / 谎语
• 謊説 / 谎说
• 謅謊 / 诌谎
• 謊騙 / 谎骗
• 迷天大謊 / 迷天大谎

References

• “謊”, 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–
• “Query for 謊”, in 臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “谎”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 94.

Japanese

Kanji

謊

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. lie

Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō)
• Kun: いつわる (itsuwaru)

Korean

Hanja

謊 (eumhun 잠꼬대할 황 (jamkkodaehal hwang))

1. hanja form^? of 황 (“lie”)

Vietnamese

Han character

謊: Hán Nôm readings: hoang

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