穹蒼

See also: 穹苍

Chinese

		arched; lofty; vast	dark blue; fly; musca dark blue; fly; musca; deep green
trad. (穹蒼)		穹	蒼
simp. (穹苍)		穹	苍
anagram		蒼穹／苍穹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qióngcāng, qiōngcāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄘㄤ, ㄑㄩㄥ ㄘㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kung⁴ cong¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiûng-chhông
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiong-chhong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qióngcāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄘㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyóngcang
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiung²-tsʻang¹
    • Yale: chyúng-tsāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyongtsang
    • Palladius: цюнцан (cjuncan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiōngcāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄥ ㄘㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyongcang
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiung¹-tsʻang¹
    • Yale: chyūng-tsāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiongtsang
    • Palladius: цюнцан (cjuncan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kung⁴ cong¹
    • Yale: kùhng chōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kung⁴ tsong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kung⁴ cong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ²¹ t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiûng-chhông
    • Hakka Romanization System: giung´ cong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giung¹ cong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯uŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰoŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiong-chhong
    • Tâi-lô: kiong-tshong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiongzhofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɔŋ³³ t͡sʰɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

穹蒼

1. (literary) firmament; sky

   • 哀恫中國，具贅卒荒。靡有旅力，以念穹蒼。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     哀恫中国，具赘卒荒。靡有旅力，以念穹苍。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Āitōng Zhōngguó, jù zhuì zú huāng. Mǐ yǒu lǚlì, yǐ niàn qióngcāng. [Pinyin]

     The district is in sorrow.
     All is in peril and going to ruin;
     I have no strength [to do anything],
     And think of [the Power in] the azure vault.

Synonyms

• 蒼天／苍天 (cāngtiān)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (穹蒼):

• → Japanese: 穹(きゅう)蒼(そう) (kyūsō)
• → Korean: 궁창(穹蒼) (gungchang)
• → Vietnamese: khung thương (穹蒼)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
穹	蒼
きゅう Jinmeiyō	そう Jinmeiyō
kan’on	on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きゅうそー [kyùúsóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kʲɨᵝːso̞ː]

Noun

穹(きゅう)蒼(そう) • (kyūsō) ^{←きゆうさう (kyuusau)?}

1. firmament

Synonyms

• 大(おお)空(ぞら) (ōzora)

See also

• Appendix:Gikun Usage in Meiji Version of Japanese Bible/穹蒼 (Appendix:Gikun Usage in Meiji Version of Japanese Bible/穹蒼)

Korean

Hanja in this term
穹	蒼

Noun

穹蒼 • (gungchang) (hangeul 궁창)

1. Hanja form^? of 궁창.