曠

See also: 旷 and 昿
曠 U+66E0, 曠
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-66E0
← 曟
[U+66DF]
CJK Unified Ideographs 曡 →
[U+66E1]

Translingual

Traditional 曠
Shinjitai
(extended)
昿
Simplified 旷

Han character

曠 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+15, 19 strokes, cangjie input 日戈廿金 (AITC), four-corner 60086, composition ⿰日廣)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 501, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14245
  • Dae Jaweon: page 871, character 33
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1539, character 17
  • Unihan data for U+66E0

Chinese

trad. 曠
simp. 旷
alternative forms 昿 calligraphic variant
爌/𤆓 “bright; broad”
𣋷
廣/广

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *kʰʷaːŋs) : semantic 日 (“sun”) + phonetic 廣 (OC *kʷaːŋʔ).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • khòng - literary;
  • khǹg/khùiⁿ - vernacular.

Rime
Character 曠
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 唐 (102)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 苦謗切
Baxter khwangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰwɑŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰʷɑŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰuɑŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰwaŋH/
Li
Rong
/kʰuɑŋH/
Wang
Li
/kʰuɑŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰwɑŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kuàng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fong3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 曠 曠
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
kuàng kuàng
Middle
Chinese
‹ khwangH › ‹ khwangH ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k-m̥]ˁaŋ-s/ /*kʷʰˁaŋ-s/
English desolate, waste bright

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 曠
Reading # 1/1
No. 5373
Phonetic
component
黄
Rime
group
陽
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
曠
Old
Chinese
/*kʰʷaːŋs/

Definitions

曠

  1. (obsolete) bright; clear
  2. broad; vast; extensive
    曠野/旷野  ―  kuàngyě  ―  wilderness
  3. free from worries and petty ideas
    心曠神怡/心旷神怡  ―  xīnkuàngshényí  ―  carefree and happy
  4. distant (in time)
  5. loose-fitting
  6. to neglect; to skip (class or work); to waste (time)
    曠工/旷工  ―  kuànggōng  ―  to be absent from work without leave
  7. a surname

Compounds

  • 寬曠/宽旷 (kuānkuàng)
  • 心怡神曠/心怡神旷
  • 心曠神怡/心旷神怡 (xīnkuàngshényí)
  • 心曠神恬/心旷神恬
  • 心曠神愉/心旷神愉
  • 怨女曠夫/怨女旷夫 (yuànnǚ kuàngfū)
  • 放曠/放旷
  • 曠世/旷世 (kuàngshì)
  • 曠世之度/旷世之度
  • 曠世奇才/旷世奇才
  • 曠世無匹/旷世无匹
  • 曠世逸才/旷世逸才 (kuàngshìyìcái)
  • 曠久/旷久
  • 曠代/旷代
  • 曠代一人/旷代一人
  • 曠古/旷古 (kuànggǔ)
  • 曠古一人/旷古一人
  • 曠古未有/旷古未有
  • 曠古未聞/旷古未闻
  • 曠古絕倫/旷古绝伦
  • 曠士/旷士
  • 曠夫/旷夫 (kuàngfū)
  • 曠夫怨女/旷夫怨女 (kuàngfū yuànnǚ)
  • 曠官/旷官
  • 曠工/旷工 (kuànggōng)
  • 曠年/旷年
  • 曠度/旷度
  • 曠廢/旷废 (kuàngfèi)
  • 曠放/旷放
  • 曠日/旷日
  • 曠日引久/旷日引久
  • 曠日引月/旷日引月
  • 曠日彌久/旷日弥久
  • 曠日持久/旷日持久 (kuàngrìchíjiǔ)
  • 曠日經久/旷日经久
  • 曠日長久/旷日长久
  • 曠曠/旷旷
  • 曠然/旷然
  • 曠然太平/旷然太平
  • 曠職/旷职
  • 曠職僨事/旷职偾事
  • 曠若發矇/旷若发蒙
  • 曠若發蒙/旷若发蒙
  • 曠蕩/旷荡
  • 曠課/旷课 (kuàngkè)
  • 曠費/旷费
  • 曠達/旷达 (kuàngdá)
  • 曠遠/旷远
  • 曠邈無家/旷邈无家
  • 曠野/旷野 (kuàngyě)
  • 歷日曠久/历日旷久
  • 淹旬曠月/淹旬旷月
  • 神怡心曠/神怡心旷
  • 空曠/空旷 (kōngkuàng)
  • 荒郊曠野/荒郊旷野
  • 開曠/开旷 (kāikuàng)
  • 隆恩曠典/隆恩旷典
  • 高曠/高旷 (gāokuàng)
  • 鰥曠/鳏旷

Japanese

Shinjitai
(extended)

昿

Kyūjitai

曠

Kanji

曠

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 昿)

  1. wide open space, void
  2. worthless

Readings

Korean

Hanja

曠 • (gwang) (hangeul 광, revised gwang, McCune–Reischauer kwang, Yale kwang)

  1. extensive, wide, broad
  2. empty

Vietnamese

Han character

曠: Hán Nôm readings: khoảng, khoáng, quãng, thoáng

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