曠

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

Translingual[edit]

Traditional 曠
Shinjitai
(extended) 		昿
Simplified 旷

Han character[edit]

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

References[edit]

  • 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[edit]

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

Characters in the same phonetic series (黃) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
僙 *kʷaːŋ
廣 *kʷaːŋʔ
鄺 *kʷaːŋʔ, *qʰʷaːŋ
懬 *kʰʷaːŋʔ, *kʰaːŋʔ
爌 *kʰʷaːŋʔ, *kʰʷaːŋs, *qʰʷaːŋʔ
曠 *kʰʷaːŋs
矌 *kʰʷaːŋs
壙 *kʰʷaːŋs
纊 *kʰʷaːŋs
黃 *ɡʷaːŋ
璜 *ɡʷaːŋ
潢 *ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷaːŋs
簧 *ɡʷaːŋ
癀 *ɡʷaːŋ
鱑 *ɡʷaːŋ
獚 *ɡʷaːŋ
蟥 *ɡʷaːŋ
趪 *ɡʷaːŋ
櫎 *ɡʷaːŋʔ
擴 *ɡʷlaːŋs, *kʰʷaːɡ
瀇 *qʷaːŋʔ
獷 *kʷaŋʔ, *kʷraːŋʔ
觵 *kʷraːŋ
礦 *kʷraːŋʔ
鑛 *kʷraːŋʔ
穬 *kʷraːŋʔ
橫 *ɡʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋs, *kʷaːŋ
黌 *ɡʷraːŋ
鐄 *ɡʷraːŋ
嚝 *qʰʷraːŋ
彉 *kʷaːɡ, *qʰʷaːɡ
彍 *kʷaːɡ, *qʰʷaːɡ

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Shinjitai
(extended)

昿

Kyūjitai

曠

Kanji[edit]

曠

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

  1. wide open space, void
  2. worthless

Readings[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

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

  1. extensive, wide, broad
  2. empty

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

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

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