匈

匈 U+5308, 匈
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5308
← 匇
[U+5307]
CJK Unified Ideographs 匉 →
[U+5309]

Translingual

Han character

匈 (Kangxi radical 20, 勹+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 心山大 (PUK), four-corner 27720, composition ⿹勹凶)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 151, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2512
  • Dae Jaweon: page 340, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 258, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5308

Chinese

simp. and trad.
匈
alternative forms 匂
匃

Glyph origin

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *qʰoŋ) : semantic 勹 + phonetic 凶 (OC *qʰoŋ). The derivative 胸 refers to the original word.

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 匈 – see 胸 (“chest; thorax; breast; bosom; etc.”).
(This character is the second-round simplified and variant form of 胸).
Notes:

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 匈
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 鍾 (7)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 許容切
Baxter xjowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hɨoŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/hioŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/xioŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/huawŋ/
Li
Rong
/xioŋ/
Wang
Li
/xĭwoŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/xi̯woŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xiōng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hung1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 匈
Reading # 1/1
No. 13890
Phonetic
component
凶
Rime
group
東
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
胷
Old
Chinese
/*qʰoŋ/
Notes 説文胷字見集韻

Definitions

匈

  1. Hun, Hunnic
  2. Short for 匈牙利 (Xiōngyálì, “Hungary, Hungarian”).
  3. Used in 匈匈.
  4. † Alternative form of 凶 (xiōng, “famine”)
  5. † Alternative form of 兇/凶 (xiōng, “fearful; fierce; ferocious”)

Compounds

Usage notes

This character is only used in some proper nouns and is not productive in modern Chinese. See 匈奴 (Xiōngnú) and 匈牙利 (Xiōngyálì).

Japanese

Kanji

匈

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

Kanji in this term
匈
きょう
Hyōgaiji
kan’on

Noun

匈(きょう) • (kyō) 

  1. Abbreviation of 匈牙利. Hungary

Korean

Hanja

匈 (eumhun 오랑캐 흉 (orangkae hyung))

  1. barbarian
  2. savage
  3. foreigner

Vietnamese

Han character

匈: Hán Nôm readings: hung

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