谼

谼 U+8C3C, 谼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8C3C ← 谻 [U+8C3B] CJK Unified Ideographs 谽 → [U+8C3D]

Translingual

Han character

谼 (Kangxi radical 150, 谷+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金口廿金 (CRTC), four-corner 8468₁, composition ⿰谷共)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1190, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36202
• Dae Jaweon: page 1653, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3904, character 2
• Unihan data for U+8C3C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		谼

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hóng (hong²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴

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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: hung⁴
    • Yale: hùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: huwng

Rime
Character	谼
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	戸公切
Baxter	huwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəwŋ/
Li Rong	/ɣuŋ/
Wang Li	/ɣuŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣuŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hung4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡloːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	谼
Reading #	1/1
No.	4158
Phonetic component	共
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	洪
Old Chinese	/*ɡloːŋ/

Definitions

谼

1. deep ravine; large valley
2. bridge arch

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 谼 – see 洪 (“flood; big; vast; grand; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 洪).