轟

See also: 轰 and 軣

轟 U+8F5F, 轟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8F5F ← 轞 [U+8F5E] CJK Unified Ideographs 轠 → [U+8F60]

Translingual

Traditional	轟
Shinjitai (extended)	軣
Simplified	轰

Han character

轟 (Kangxi radical 159, 車+14, 21 strokes, cangjie input 十十十十十 (JJJJJ), four-corner 5055₆, composition ⿱車䡛)

Derived characters

• 𠑭, 𡆀, 𢺩, 𣡴, 𨰵

Related characters

• 軣 (Japanese extended shinjitai)
• 轰 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1249, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38577
• Dae Jaweon: page 1728, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3559, character 12
• Unihan data for U+8F5F

Chinese

trad.		轟
simp.		轰
nonstandard simp.		𮷛

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 轟
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Triplication of 車 (“cart”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hōng (hong¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwang¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fông
• Northern Min (KCR): hó̤ng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hong / eng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hong
    • Wade–Giles: hung¹
    • Yale: hūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hong
    • Palladius: хун (xun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gwang¹
    • Yale: gwāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gueng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fông
    • Hakka Romanization System: fong^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /foŋ²⁴/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hó̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɔŋ⁵⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong / eng
    • Tâi-lô: hong / ing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hofng, efng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁴⁴/, /iɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³/, /iɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴/, /iɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁴⁴/, /iɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴⁴/, /iɪŋ⁴⁴/

Note:

• hong - literary;
• eng - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: hong¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hong
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hoŋ³³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 轟
Mandarin	Beijing	/xuŋ⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/xuŋ⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/xuŋ²¹/
	Jinan	/xuŋ²¹³/
	Qingdao	/xəŋ²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/xuŋ²⁴/
	Xi'an	/xuŋ²¹/
	Xining	/xuə̃⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/xuŋ⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/xũn³¹/
	Ürümqi	/xuŋ⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/xoŋ⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/xoŋ⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/xoŋ⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/xoŋ⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/xoŋ³¹/
	Hefei	/xəŋ²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/xuəŋ¹¹/
	Pingyao	/xuŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/xũŋ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/hoŋ³⁵/
	Suzhou	/hoŋ⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/hoŋ³³/
	Wenzhou	/hoŋ³³/
Hui	Shexian	/xuʌ̃³¹/
	Tunxi	/xan¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/xoŋ³³/
	Xiangtan	/hən³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/fuŋ⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/vaŋ¹¹/
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/hoŋ⁵³/
	Nanning	/kʰʷɐŋ⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/huŋ⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/hɔŋ⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/huŋ⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/xɔŋ⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/hoŋ³³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/hɔŋ³¹/ 俗

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• Middle Chinese: xweang, xweangH

Rime
Character	轟	轟
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	耕 (118)	耕 (118)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	呼宏切	呼迸切
Baxter	xweang	xweangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠwɛŋ/	/hˠwɛŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷᵚæŋ/	/hʷᵚæŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɐŋ/	/xuɐŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwəɨjŋ/	/hwəɨjŋH/
Li Rong	/xuɛŋ/	/xuɛŋH/
Wang Li	/xwæŋ/	/xwæŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xwæŋ/	/xwæŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hōng	hòng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fang1	fang3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷreːŋ/, /*qʰʷreːŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	轟	轟
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	5128	5129
Phonetic component	轟	轟
Rime group	耕	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	轟	轟
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷreːŋ/	/*qʰʷreːŋs/

Definitions

轟

1. (onomatopoeia) bang; boom
2. to rumble; to explode; to blast
3. to shoo away; to expel

Compounds

• 五雷轟頂 / 五雷轰顶
• 戰略轟炸 / 战略轰炸
• 水平轟炸 / 水平轰炸
• 炮轟 / 炮轰 (pàohōng)
• 烈火轟雷 / 烈火轰雷
• 烈烈轟轟 / 烈烈轰轰
• 疲勞轟炸 / 疲劳轰炸 (píláohōngzhà)
• 轟動 / 轰动 (hōngdòng)
• 轟擊 / 轰击 (hōngjī)
• 轟沉 / 轰沉
• 轟炸 / 轰炸 (hōngzhà)
• 轟炸機 / 轰炸机 (hōngzhàjī)
• 轟烈 / 轰烈
• 轟然 / 轰然 (hōngrán)
• 轟然雷動 / 轰然雷动
• 轟的 / 轰的
• 轟走 / 轰走
• 轟轟 / 轰轰
• 轟轟烈烈 / 轰轰烈烈 (hōnghōnglièliè)
• 轟轟闐闐 / 轰轰阗阗
• 轟醉 / 轰醉
• 轟隆 / 轰隆
• 轟雷掣電 / 轰雷掣电
• 轟雷貫耳 / 轰雷贯耳
• 轟飲 / 轰饮
• 轟鳴 / 轰鸣 (hōngmíng)
• 雷轟電掣 / 雷轰电掣
• 飽和轟炸 / 饱和轰炸
• 高空轟炸 / 高空轰炸

Japanese

Shinjitai	軣
Kyūjitai	轟

Kanji

轟

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 軣)

1. roar
2. thunder
3. boom
4. resound

Readings

• Go-on: こう (kō)
• Kan-on: こう (kō)
• Kan’yō-on: ごう (gō)
• Kun: とどろく (todoroku, 轟く)、とどろかす (todorokasu, 轟かす)

Compounds

• 轟音(ごうおん) (gōon): loud rumbling; booming sound
• 轟轟(ごうごう) (gōgō), 轟々(ごうごう) (gōgō): (adverb) thunderous; rumbling
• 轟沈(ごうちん) (gōchin): to sink a ship instantly
• 轟石(とどろきせき) (todorokiseki): todorokite

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 轟 (MC xweang|xweangH).

Historical readings

• Recorded as Middle Korean 회ᇰ (Yale: hwoyng) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kwe̞ŋ] ~ [kø̞ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [궹/굉]

Hanja

Wikisource

轟 (eumhun 울릴 굉 (ullil goeng))

1. hanja form^? of 굉 (“roar; thunder; boom”)

Compounds

Compounds

• 굉성 (轟聲, goengseong)
• 굉굉 (轟轟, goenggoeng)
• 굉렬 (轟烈, goengnyeol)
• 굉발 (轟發, goengbal, “exploding loudly”)
• 굉소 (轟笑, goengso, “laughing loudly”)
• 굉침 (轟沈, goengchim, “sinking a ship instantly”)
• 굉연 (轟然, goeng'yeon, “deafening sound”)
• 굉음 (轟音, goeng'eum, “booming sound”)
• 굉천뢰 (轟天雷, goengcheolloe, “great thunder”)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

Han character

轟: Hán Nôm readings: huênh, oanh, oang, oàng

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