肓

肓 U+8093, 肓
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8093
← 肒
[U+8092]
CJK Unified Ideographs 肔 →
[U+8094]

Translingual

Han character

肓 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 卜女月 (YVB), four-corner 00227, composition ⿱亡月 (GJK) or ⿱亡⺼ (T))

  1. region between heart and diaphragm

Derived characters

  • 𤟂

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 973, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29259
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1425, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2046, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+8093

Chinese

trad. 肓
simp. # 肓

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 肓
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 肓
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 唐 (102)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 呼光切
Baxter xwang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hwɑŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/hʷɑŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/xuɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/hwaŋ/
Li
Rong
/xuɑŋ/
Wang
Li
/xuɑŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/xwɑŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
huāng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fong1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 肓
Reading # 1/1
No. 12650
Phonetic
component
亡
Rime
group
陽
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
荒
Old
Chinese
/*hmaːŋ/

Definitions

肓

  1. (traditional Chinese medicine) the part of human body between the heart and the diaphragm, which was thought to be unreachable by medicament

Usage notes

肓 (huāng) is not to be confused with 盲 (máng, “blind”).

Compounds

  • 泉石膏肓
  • 病入膏肓 (bìngrùgāohuāng)
  • 病在膏肓
  • 病染膏肓
  • 膏肓 (gāohuāng)
  • 膏肓之疾

Japanese

Kanji

肓

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. inaccessible region of the body (between the heart and the diaphragm)

Readings

  • On (unclassified): こう (kō)
  • Kun: むなもと (munamoto)

Korean

Hanja

肓 • (hwang) (hangeul 황, revised hwang, McCune–Reischauer hwang, Yale hwang)

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