郺

郺 U+90FA, 郺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-90FA ← 郹 [U+90F9] CJK Unified Ideographs 郻 → [U+90FB]

Translingual

Han character

郺 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 弓弓女女山 (NNVVU), four-corner 2221₇, composition ⿰多邕)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1274, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39506
• Dae Jaweon: page 1772, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3782, character 11
• Unihan data for U+90FA

Chinese

trad.		郺
simp. #		郺

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
郺	*qoːŋʔ, *qoŋ
齆	*qoːŋs
甕	*qoːŋs
罋	*qoːŋs, *qoŋ
雍	*qoŋ, *qoŋs
邕	*qoŋ
嗈	*qoŋ
灉	*qoŋ, *qoŋs
癰	*qoŋ
廱	*qoŋ
雝	*qoŋ
壅	*qoŋ, *qoŋʔ, *qoŋs
饔	*qoŋ
噰	*qoŋ
澭	*qoŋ
擁	*qoŋ, *qoŋʔ
臃	*qoŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qoːŋʔ, *qoŋ): semantic 多 (“many”) + phonetic 邕 (OC *qoŋ)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yōng (yong¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jung¹ / jung²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yong
    • Wade–Giles: yung¹
    • Yale: yūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iong
    • Palladius: юн (jun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jung¹ / jung²
    • Yale: yūng / yúng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung¹ / jung²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yung¹ / yung²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ⁵⁵/, /jʊŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jowng, 'uwngX

Rime
Character	郺	郺
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	於容切	烏孔切
Baxter	'jowng	'uwngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨoŋ/	/ʔuŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔioŋ/	/ʔuŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔioŋ/	/ʔuŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuawŋ/	/ʔəwŋX/
Li Rong	/ʔioŋ/	/ʔuŋX/
Wang Li	/ĭwoŋ/	/uŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯woŋ/	/ʔuŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yōng	wěng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jung1	ung2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qoːŋʔ/, /*qoŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	郺	郺
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	15399	15406
Phonetic component	邕	邕
Rime group	東	東
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	蓊	邕
Old Chinese	/*qoːŋʔ/	/*qoŋ/
Notes	見方言	見方言

Definitions

郺

1. (ancient Chu dialect) many

   • 南楚凡大而多謂之郺，或謂之𨑊。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     南楚凡大而多谓之郺，或谓之𨑊。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Yang Xiong, Fangyan, c. 1^st century BCE

     Nán chǔ fán dà ér duō wèi zhī 郺, huò wèi zhī 𨑊. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

References

• “郺”, 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–