匡

匡 U+5321, 匡
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5321
← 匠
[U+5320]
CJK Unified Ideographs 匢 →
[U+5322]

Translingual

Han character

匡 (Kangxi radical 22, 匚+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 尸一土 (SMG), four-corner 71711, composition ⿷匚王)

  1. correct, restore, revise

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 153, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2606
  • Dae Jaweon: page 345, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 83, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+5321

Chinese

simp. and trad.
匡
alternative forms 匩

Glyph origin

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

Pronunciation



  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 匡
Mandarin Beijing /kʰuaŋ⁵⁵/
Harbin /kʰuaŋ⁵³/
Tianjin /kʰuɑŋ²¹/
Jinan /kʰuaŋ²¹³/
Qingdao /kʰuaŋ²¹³/
Zhengzhou /kʰuaŋ²⁴/
Xi'an /kʰuaŋ²¹/
Xining /kʰuɔ̃⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /kʰuɑŋ⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /kʰuɑ̃³¹/
Ürümqi /kʰuaŋ²¹³/
Wuhan /kʰuaŋ⁵⁵/
Chengdu /kʰuaŋ⁵⁵/
/t͡ɕʰiaŋ⁵⁵/
Guiyang /kʰuaŋ⁵⁵/
Kunming /kʰuã̠²¹²/
Nanjing /kʰuaŋ³¹/
Hefei /kʰuɑ̃²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /kʰuɒ̃¹¹/
Pingyao /kʰuɑŋ¹³/
Hohhot /kʰuɑ̃³¹/
Wu Shanghai /kʰuɑ̃⁵³/
Suzhou /kʰuɑ̃⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /kʰuɑŋ³³/
Wenzhou /t͡ɕʰyɔ³³/
Hui Shexian /kʰo³¹/
/t͡ɕʰia³¹/
Tunxi /kʰau¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /kʰuan³³/
Xiangtan /t͡ɕʰian³³/
Gan Nanchang
Hakka Meixian /kʰioŋ⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /kʰioŋ¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /hɔŋ⁵³/
Nanning /hɔŋ⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /hɔŋ⁵³/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /kʰɔŋ⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /kʰuoŋ⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /kʰiɔŋ⁵⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /kʰuaŋ³³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /xuaŋ²³/

Rime
Character 匡
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 陽 (106)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 去王切
Baxter khjwang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰʉɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰʷiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰiuɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰuaŋ/
Li
Rong
/kʰiuaŋ/
Wang
Li
/kʰĭwaŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰiwaŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kuāng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fong1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 匡
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
kuāng
Middle
Chinese
‹ khjwang ›
Old
Chinese
/*k-pʰaŋ/
English square basket

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 匡
Reading # 1/1
No. 12721
Phonetic
component
王
Rime
group
陽
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
匡
Old
Chinese
/*kʰʷaŋ/
Notes 說文所從𡉚聲,
甲文爲從止王聲字

Definitions

匡

  1. (literary) upright
  2. to correct; to rectify
  3. (literary) to assist
  4. (literary) to save; to rescue
  5. to predict; to expect
  6. (obsolete) to lose
  7. (historical) name of an ancient book
  8. (historical) name of two ancient places in Henan
  9. Alternative name for 廬山/庐山 (Lúshān).
  10. (obsolete) shell of crabs
  11. † Alternative form of 恇 (kuāng)
  12. a surname

Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 匡 – see 筐 (“bamboo basket or chest”).
(This character is the second-round simplified and variant form of 筐).
Notes:

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 匡 – see 框 (“frame; framework; etc.”).
(This character is the second-round simplified and variant form of 框).
Notes:

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 匡 – see 眶 (“eye socket, cranial orbit; rim of the eye; skin around the eyes”).
(This character is the second-round simplified and variant form of 眶).
Notes:

Etymology 5

For pronunciation and definitions of 匡 – see 誆 (“to deceive; to cheat; to defraud; to coax”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of 誆).
Notes:

Etymology 6

For pronunciation and definitions of 匡 – see 哐 (“clash; bang”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of 哐).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji

匡

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

匡 (eum 광 (gwang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

匡: Hán Nôm readings: khuôn, khuông

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