筐

See also: 筺

筐	U+7B50, 筐 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B50

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Translingual

Han character

筐 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+6, 12 strokes, Cangjie input 竹尸一土 (HSMG), four-corner 8871₁, composition ⿱𥫗匡)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 883, character 8
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26001
Dae Jaweon: page 1312, character 7
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2961, character 5
Unihan data for U+7B50

Chinese

trad.		筐
simp. ^#		筐
2nd round simp.		匡

Glyph origin

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

Etymology

Two etymologies have been proposed:

From *k- (deverbal noun prefix) + a root related to 方 (OC *C-paŋ, “square”) (Baxter and Sagart, 1998, 2014).
Related to 矩 (OC *kʷaʔ, “carpenter's square”), with *-ŋ (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kuāng (kuang¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hong¹ / kwaang¹
Northern Min (KCR): kióng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khong / kheng

(Teochew, Peng'im): kêng¹

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 / kwaang¹
  - Yale: hōng / kwāang
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hong¹ / kwaang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hong¹ / kuang¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːŋ⁵⁵/, /kʷʰaːŋ⁵⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: kióng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiɔŋ⁵⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khong
  - Tâi-lô: khong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qofng
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kheng
  - Tâi-lô: khing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qefng
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɪŋ³³/

Note:

khong - literary;
kheng - vernacular.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: kêng¹
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kheng
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰeŋ³³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 筐
Mandarin	Beijing	/kʰuɑŋ⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/kʰuaŋ⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/kʰuɑŋ²¹/
	Jinan	/kʰuaŋ²¹³/
	Qingdao	/kʰuaŋ²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/kʰuaŋ²⁴/
	Xi'an	/kʰuaŋ²¹/
	Xining	/kʰuɔ̃⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/kʰuɑŋ⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/kʰuɑ̃³¹/
	Ürümqi	/kʰuɑŋ⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/kʰuaŋ⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/kʰuaŋ⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/kʰuaŋ⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/kʰuã̠⁴⁴/
	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	/kʰuɔn³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡ɕʰiɔŋ⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/kʰioŋ⁴⁴/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/kʰioŋ²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/hɔŋ⁵³/ /kʰwaŋ⁵⁵/
	Nanning	/hɔŋ⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/hɔŋ⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/kʰɔŋ⁵⁵/ /kʰiŋ⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/kʰuoŋ⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/kʰiɔŋ⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/kʰeŋ³³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/xiaŋ²³/

Middle Chinese: khjwang

Rime
Character	筐
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	筐
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	筐
Reading #	1/1
No.	12722
Phonetic component	王
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	匡
Old Chinese	/*kʰʷaŋ/

Definitions

筐

bamboo basket or chest (especially square)
- 吹笙鼓簧，承筐是將。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  吹笙鼓簧，承筐是将。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Chuī shēng gǔ huáng, chéng kuāng shì jiāng. [Pinyin]
  The organ is blown till its tongues are all moving. The baskets of offerings [also] are presented to them.

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

筐

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: こう (kō)
Kan-on: きょう (kyō)
Kun: かご (kago)、はこ (hako)

References

“^▲筐”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

筐 • (gwang) (hangeul 광)

(광주리): basket made of bamboo

Vietnamese

Han character

筐: Hán Nôm readings: khuông

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