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匡	U+5321, 匡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5321

Translingual

Han character

匡Category:Translingual lemmas#匚04匡 Category:Translingual terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#匚04匡 Category:Translingual symbols#匚04匡 Category:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#匚04匡 Category:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#匚04匡 Category:Pages with entries#匡 Category:Pages with 5 entries#匡 (Kangxi radical 22, 匚+4, 6 strokes, Cangjie input 尸一土 (SMG), four-corner 7171₁, composition ⿷匚王)Category:Han script characters#匚04匡 Category:Translingual Han characters with definition lines#匚

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Derived characters

㑌, 哐, 恇, 洭, 框, 眶, 䖱, 誆, 诓, 軭, 劻, 邼, 䒰, 筐

Additional Derived Characters

𱖟, 𢬤, 𤝿, 𣃱, 𭥰, 𦚞, 𧻔, 𮜳, 𨀕, 𨦑, 𲇺, 𫁔, 𩢼, 𬳻, 𢼳, 𪯵, 𱑇, 𩒑, 𪥎, 𱑆, 𭖕, 𦊺, 𩬹, 𨴑, 𬮣, 𮀳

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 153, character 23
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2606
Dae Jaweon: page 345, character 12
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 83, character 1
Unihan data for U+5321

Chinese

simp. and trad.		匡
alternative forms		匩

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 匡
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (王) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
皇	*ɡʷaːŋ
惶	*ɡʷaːŋ
遑	*ɡʷaːŋ
堭	*ɡʷaːŋ
煌	*ɡʷaːŋ
餭	*ɡʷaːŋ
騜	*ɡʷaːŋ
艎	*ɡʷaːŋ
隍	*ɡʷaːŋ
湟	*ɡʷaːŋ
徨	*ɡʷaːŋ
篁	*ɡʷaːŋ
蝗	ɡʷaːŋ, ɡʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋs
凰	*ɡʷaːŋ
偟	*ɡʷaːŋ
媓	*ɡʷaːŋ
韹	ɡʷaːŋ, ɡʷraːŋ
葟	*ɡʷaːŋ
皝	*ɡʷaːŋʔ
汪	qʷaːŋ, qʷaːŋs, *qʷaŋʔ
尪	*qʷaːŋ
迋	kʷaŋʔ, kʰʷaŋ, ɡʷaŋ, ɢʷaŋs
逛	*kʷaŋʔ
誑	kʷaŋs, ɡʷaŋ, *kʷaŋs
匡	*kʰʷaŋ
筐	*kʰʷaŋ
框	*kʰʷaŋ
眶	*kʰʷaŋ
誆	kʰʷaŋ, ɡʷaŋs
邼	*kʰʷaŋ
恇	*kʰʷaŋ
劻	*kʰʷaŋ
洭	*kʰʷaŋ
軭	kʰʷaŋ, ɡʷaŋ
狂	ɡʷaŋ, ɡʷaŋs
軖	*ɡʷaŋ
鵟	*ɡʷaŋ
俇	*ɡʷaŋʔ
王	ɢʷaŋ, ɢʷaŋs
蚟	*ɢʷaŋ
彺	*ɢʷaŋ
旺	*ɢʷaŋs
諻	*qʰʷraːŋ
喤	qʰʷraːŋ, ɡʷraːŋ
瑝	*ɡʷraːŋ
鍠	*ɡʷraːŋ
揘	*ɡʷaŋ

Pictogram of a square-shaped bamboo basket (perhaps originally made to contain millet and rice); the inner component is 㞷, which today retains only the bottom component 王 as a phonetic element. The inner component The original form is 匩 and the original meaning is preserved in 筐.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kuāng (kuang¹Category:Mandarin links with redundant target parameters#匡)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hong¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): khiông

(Hailu, HRS): kiong^ˋ

(Meixian, Guangdong): kiong¹
Eastern Min (BUC): kuŏng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khong

(Teochew, Peng'im): kuang¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹khuaon

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kuāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kuang
  - Wade–Giles: kʻuang¹
  - Yale: kwāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuang
  - Palladius: куан (kuan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hong¹
  - Yale: hōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiông
  - Hakka Romanization System: kiong^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kiong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯oŋ²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: kiong^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰioŋ⁵³/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: kiong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: kuŏng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuoŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khong
  - Tâi-lô: khong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qofng
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔŋ³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kuang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khuang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuaŋ³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹khuaon
  - MiniDict: khuaon^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹khuaan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰuɑ̃⁵³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 匡
Mandarin	Beijing	/kʰuaŋ⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/kʰuaŋ⁵³/
	Tianjin	/kʰuɑŋ²¹/
	Jinan	/kʰuaŋ²¹³/
	Qingdao	/kʰuaŋ²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/kʰuaŋ²⁴/
	Xi'an	/kʰuaŋ²¹/
	Xining	/kʰuɔ̃⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/kʰuɑŋ⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/kʰuɑ̃³¹/
	Ürümqi	/kʰuaŋ²¹³/
	Wuhan	/kʰuaŋ⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/kʰuaŋ⁵⁵/ /t͡ɕʰiaŋ⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/kʰuaŋ⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/kʰuã̠²¹²/
	Nanjing	/kʰuaŋ³¹/
	Hefei	/kʰuɑ̃²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/kʰuɒ̃¹¹/
	Pingyao	/kʰuɑŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/kʰuɑ̃³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/kʰuɑ̃⁵³/
	Suzhou	/kʰuɑ̃⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/kʰuɑŋ³³/
	Wenzhou	/t͡ɕʰyɔ³³/
Hui	Shexian	/kʰo³¹/ /t͡ɕʰia³¹/
Hui	Tunxi	/kʰau¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/kʰuan³³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/t͡ɕʰian³³/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/kʰioŋ⁴⁴/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/kʰioŋ¹¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/hɔŋ⁵³/
	Nanning	/hɔŋ⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/hɔŋ⁵³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/kʰɔŋ⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/kʰuoŋ⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/kʰiɔŋ⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/kʰuaŋ³³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/xuaŋ²³/

Middle Chinese: khjwang

Rime
Character	匡
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	去王切
Baxter	khjwang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰʉɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰʷiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰuaŋ/
Li Rong	/kʰiuaŋ/
Wang Li	/kʰĭwaŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰiwaŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fong¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*k-pʰaŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷaŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	匡
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kuāng
Middle Chinese	‹ khjwang ›
Old Chinese	/*k-pʰaŋ/
English	square basket
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	匡
Reading #	1/1
No.	12721
Phonetic component	王
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	匡
Old Chinese	/*kʰʷaŋ/
Notes	說文所從𡉚聲，甲文爲從止王聲字

Definitions

匡Category:Chinese lemmas#匚04 Category:Chinese hanzi#匚04 Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#匚04 Category:Pages with entries#匡 Category:Pages with 5 entries#匡

(literary Category:Chinese literary terms#匚04) upright
to correct; to rectify
(literary Category:Chinese literary terms#匚04) to assist
(literary Category:Chinese literary terms#匚04) to save; to rescue
to predict; to expect
(obsolete Category:Chinese terms with obsolete senses#匚04) to lose
(historical Category:Chinese terms with historical senses#匚04) name of an ancient book
(historical Category:Chinese terms with historical senses#匚04) name of two ancient places in Henan
Alternative name for 廬山／庐山 (Lúshān).
(obsolete Category:Chinese terms with obsolete senses#匚04) shell of crabs
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese Category:Chinese terms with obsolete senses#匚04) alternative form of 恇 (kuāng)
a surnameCategory:Chinese surnames#匚04

Compounds

一匡天下 (yīkuāngtiānxià)
不匡
九合一匡
功均一匡
匡俗濟時 / 匡俗济时
匡助 (kuāngzhù)
匡勷
匡合
匡君救主 (kuāngjūnjiùzhǔ)
匡坐
匡床
匡廬 / 匡庐 (Kuānglú)
匡復 / 匡复 (kuāngfù)
匡我不逮
匡扶 (kuāngfú)
匡持
匡救 (kuāngjiù)
匡時 / 匡时 (kuāngshí)
匡時濟世 / 匡时济世 (kuāngshíjìshì)
匡時濟俗 / 匡时济俗
匡正 (kuāngzhèng)
匡濟 / 匡济 (kuāngjì)
匡濟之才 / 匡济之才
匡當 / 匡当
匡算 (kuāngsuàn)
匡臺 / 匡台 (Kuāngtái)
匡謬 / 匡谬
析疑匡謬 / 析疑匡谬
濟世匡時 / 济世匡时
蟹匡蟬緌 / 蟹匡蝉𮉫
蠶績蟹匡 / 蚕绩蟹匡 (cánjìxièkuāng)
那匡
靖匡

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 匡Category:Chinese links with redundant wikilinks#匡 Category:Chinese links with redundant alt parameters#匡 – see 筐 (“bamboo basket or chest”). (This character is the second-round simplified and variant form of 筐).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 匡Category:Chinese links with redundant wikilinks#匡 Category:Chinese links with redundant alt parameters#匡 – see 框 (“frame; framework; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified and variant form of 框).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 匡Category:Chinese links with redundant wikilinks#匡 Category:Chinese links with redundant alt parameters#匡 – see 眶 (“eye socket, cranial orbit; rim of the eye; skin around the eyes”). (This character is the second-round simplified and variant form of 眶).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 5

For pronunciation and definitions of 匡Category:Chinese links with redundant wikilinks#匡 Category:Chinese links with redundant alt parameters#匡 – see 誆 (“to deceive; to cheat; to defraud; to coax”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 誆).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 6

For pronunciation and definitions of 匡Category:Chinese links with redundant wikilinks#匡 Category:Chinese links with redundant alt parameters#匡 – see 哐 (“clash; bang”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 哐).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji

匡

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Korean

Hanja

匡 (eum 광 (gwang)Category:Korean links with redundant wikilinks#匡 Category:Korean links with redundant alt parameters#匡)Category:Korean lemmas#광 Category:Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#광 Category:Korean hanja#광 Category:Korean entries with incorrect language header#광 Category:Pages with entries#匡 Category:Pages with 5 entries#匡

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Vietnamese

Han character

匡: Hán Nôm readings: khuôn, khuôngCategory:Vietnamese Han characters with unconfirmed readings#匚04 Category:Vietnamese lemmas Category:Vietnamese Han characters

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