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薨

薨 U+85A8, 薨
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85A8
← 薧
[U+85A7] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 薩 →
[U+85A9]

Translingual

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Han character

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薨 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿田中心 (TWLP), four-corner 44211, composition ⿱⿳卝罒冖死 or ⿳𦭝冖死)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1062, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32147
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1526, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3302, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+85A8

Chinese

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trad. 薨
simp. # 薨

Glyph origin

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Characters in the same phonetic series (夢) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
蘉 *maːŋ
瞢 *mɯːŋ, *mɯŋ, *mɯŋs
懜 *mɯːŋs, *mɯːŋ, *mɯŋ
懵 *mɯːŋs, *mɯːŋʔ
甍 *mrɯːŋ
薨 *hmɯːŋ
夢 *mɯŋ, *mɯŋs
鄸 *mɯŋs

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character 薨
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 登 (130)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 呼肱切
Baxter xwong
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/hwəŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/hʷəŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/xuəŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/hwəŋ/
Li
Rong 		/xuəŋ/
Wang
Li 		/xuəŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/xwəŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		hōng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		fang1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 薨
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		hōng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ xwong ›
Old
Chinese 		/*m̥ˁəŋ/
English to die (of king or prince)

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 薨
Reading # 1/1
No. 8992
Phonetic
component 		夢
Rime
group 		蒸
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		薨
Old
Chinese 		/*hmɯːŋ/

Definitions

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薨

  1. (archaic, of feudal lords or high officials) to pass away; to die
    會延平王成功薨，長子經嗣立，臺灣初稱東都，改明京以候桂王之蹕。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
    会延平王成功薨，长子经嗣立，台湾初称东都，改明京以候桂王之跸。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
    From: 查繼佐, 《東山國語》, 臺灣前語
    Huì Yánpíngwáng Chénggōng hōng, zhǎngzǐ Jīng sìlì, Táiwān chū chēng Dōngdū, gǎi Míngjīng yǐ hòu Guìwáng zhī bì. [Pinyin]
    When Koxinga (Zheng Chenggong) passed away, his eldest son Jing succeeded to the throne. Taiwan was initially named Dongdu [The Eastern Capital], then changed to Mingjing [Capital of the Ming Dynasty] to await the arrival of the Prince of Gui.
  2. (onomatopoeia) swarming; flocking; noisy
    螽斯羽，薨薨兮！宜爾子孫，繩繩兮！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
    螽斯羽，薨薨兮！宜尔子孙，绳绳兮！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]
    From: circa 11th century BCE — 7th century BCE, The Classic of Poetry. The translation here emphasises the onomatopoeic nature of the ideophonic reduplications.
    Zhōngsī yǔ, hōnghōng xī! Yí ěr zǐsūn, shéngshéng xī! [Pinyin]
    Grasshoppers on the wing —
    Your racket goes hmoong-hmoong!
    No wonder your children —
    They are all like, bleng-bleng!

Synonyms

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  • (to pass away):

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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薨

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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  • On (unclassified): こう (kō)
  • Kun: みまかる (mimakaru, 薨る)

Korean

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Etymology 1

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Hanja

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薨 (eumhun 죽을 훙 (jugeul hung))

  1. (obsolete) hanja form? of 훙 (“(of feudal lords or high officials) to pass away; to die”)

Etymology 2

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Hanja

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薨 (eumhun 많을 횡 (maneul hoeng))

  1. (obsolete) hanja form? of 횡 (“(onomatopoeia) swarming; flocking; noisy”)
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