䒢

䒢 U+44A2, 䒢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-44A2 ← 䒡 [U+44A1] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 䒣 → [U+44A3]

Translingual

Han character

䒢 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹女中 (THVL), composition ⿱艹卬)

1. sweet flag, calamus
2. avert evil influences

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1021, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3183, character 11
• Unihan data for U+44A2

Chinese

trad.		䒢
simp. #		䒢

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 卬 (OC *ŋaːŋ, *ŋaŋʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): áng (ang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngong⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: áng
    • Zhuyin: ㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: áng
    • Wade–Giles: ang²
    • Yale: áng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: arng
    • Palladius: ан (an)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngong⁴
    • Yale: ngòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ngang, ngjangX

Rime
Character	䒢	䒢
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	五岡切	魚兩切
Baxter	ngang	ngjangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɑŋ/	/ŋɨɐŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋɑŋ/	/ŋiɐŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɑŋ/	/ŋiɑŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋaŋ/	/ŋɨaŋX/
Li Rong	/ŋɑŋ/	/ŋiaŋX/
Wang Li	/ŋɑŋ/	/ŋĭaŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋɑŋ/	/ŋi̯aŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	áng	yǎng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngong4	joeng5

Definitions

䒢

1. sweet flag, the calamus; its leaves are hung on the door lintels on the 5th of the 5th lunar month
2. to avert evil influences