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芒

芒 U+8292, 芒
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8292
← 芑
[U+8291] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 芓 →
[U+8293]

Translingual

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Han character

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芒 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜女 (TYV), four-corner 44710, composition ⿱艹亡)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1018, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30682
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1476, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3176, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+8292

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 芒
Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
     
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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *maːŋ, *maŋ) : semantic 艹 (“grass”) + phonetic 亡 (OC *maŋ); perhaps, its original form was 方.

Etymology 1

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trad. 芒
simp. # 芒
alternative forms 笀
 
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Unclear. Schuessler (2007) lists two possible comparanda:

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • mè̤ng - vernacular;
  • mòng - literary.
Note:
  • mung2/mng2 - vernacular;
  • morng2 - literary.
Note:
  • bông, bâng - literary;
  • mî/mêe/mê - vernacular.
Note:
  • mang5 - literary;
  • mên5 - vernacular.
Rime
Character 芒 芒
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 陽 (106) 唐 (101)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 武方切 莫郎切
Baxter mjang mang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/mʉɐŋ/ /mɑŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/mʷiɐŋ/ /mɑŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/miuɑŋ/ /mɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/muaŋ/ /maŋ/
Li
Rong 		/miuaŋ/ /mɑŋ/
Wang
Li 		/mĭwaŋ/ /mɑŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/miwaŋ/ /mɑŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		wáng máng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mong4 mong4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 芒
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		máng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ mang ›
Old
Chinese 		/*mˁaŋ/
English awn, beard of grain

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 芒 芒
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 12640 12663
Phonetic
component 		亡 亡
Rime
group 		陽 陽
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		茫 亡
Old
Chinese 		/*maːŋ/ /*maŋ/

Definitions

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芒

  1. (～草) Miscanthus sinensis
  2. (～屬) Miscanthus
    尼泊爾芒／尼泊尔芒  ―  níbó'ěrmáng  ―  Miscanthus nepalensis
  3. awn
    針尖對麥芒／针尖对麦芒  ―  zhēn jiān duì màimáng  ―  lit. "needle's point versus awn of wheat"; fig. "(of two equally strong sides) sharply opposed to each other, neither making any concessions"
    alt. forms: 𪌁
  4. edge of a knife
    鋒芒／锋芒  ―  fēngmáng  ―  cutting edge
  5. ray; beam (of light)
  6. Alternative form of 茫 (máng, “indistinct”)
  7. Alternative form of 忙 (máng, “hurried”)
  8. (obsolete, alt. form 邙) Short for 北邙山 (Běimángshān).
  9. a surname

Compounds

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Etymology 2

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trad. 芒
simp. # 芒
alternative forms 杧

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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芒

  1. Short for 芒果 (mángguǒ, “mango”).

Compounds

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Etymology 3

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trad. 芒
simp. # 芒

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character 芒
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 唐 (101)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 莫郎切
Baxter mang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/mɑŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/mɑŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/mɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/maŋ/
Li
Rong 		/mɑŋ/
Wang
Li 		/mɑŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/mɑŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		máng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mong4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 芒
Reading # 1/2
No. 12640
Phonetic
component 		亡
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		茫
Old
Chinese 		/*maːŋ/

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芒

  1. a surname

Etymology 4

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trad. 芒
simp. # 芒
 
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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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芒

  1. (Chinese mythology) Mang of Xia (ninth king of the semi-legendary Xia dynasty)

Etymology 5

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trad. 芒
simp. # 芒

Pronunciation

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Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 芒
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		huǎng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ xwangX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*m̥ˁaŋʔ/
English obscure, confused

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Definitions

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芒

  1. Alternative form of 恍 (huǎng, “indistinct; confused”)

Compounds

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References

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  • “芒”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
  • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “芒”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 151.

Japanese

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Kanji

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芒

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. (botany) awn

Readings

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Compounds

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
芒
のぎ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 芒 – see the following entry.
【のぎ】
[noun] (botany) awn
(This term, 芒, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
芒
すすき
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 芒 – see the following entry.
【すすきススキ】
[noun] susuki grass, Japanese pampas grass
[noun] (card games) a suit in 花札 (hanafuda), representing the month of August
Alternative spelling
薄
(This term, 芒, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

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Hanja

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芒 • (mang) (hangeul 망, revised mang, McCune–Reischauer mang, Yale mang)

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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芒: Hán Nôm readings: mang, man, mường, màng, mưng, vong

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