洶

See also: 汹

洶 U+6D36, 洶 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6D36 ← 洵 [U+6D35] CJK Unified Ideographs 洷 → [U+6D37]

Translingual

Han character

洶 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 水心山大 (EPUK), four-corner 3712₀, composition ⿰氵匈)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 622, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17417
• Dae Jaweon: page 1018, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1614, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6D36

Chinese

trad.		洶
simp.		汹
alternative forms		汹 𣶑

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
酗	*qʰos
凶	*qʰoŋ
匈	*qʰoŋ
兇	*qʰoŋ, *qʰoŋʔ
訩	*qʰoŋ
胸	*qʰoŋ
胷	*qʰoŋ
洶	*qʰoŋ, *qʰoŋʔ
恟	*qʰoŋ
詾	*qʰoŋ, *qʰoŋʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiōng (xiong¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hoeng¹ / hyeng¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syong
    • Wade–Giles: hsiung¹
    • Yale: syūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiong
    • Palladius: сюн (sjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hung¹
    • Yale: hūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hoeng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœŋ⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hyeng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyøŋ⁵³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiong
    • Tâi-lô: hiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: xjowng, xjowngX

Rime
Character	洶	洶
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	許容切	許拱切
Baxter	xjowng	xjowngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨoŋ/	/hɨoŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/hioŋ/	/hioŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/xioŋ/	/xioŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/huawŋ/	/huawŋX/
Li Rong	/xioŋ/	/xioŋX/
Wang Li	/xĭwoŋ/	/xĭwoŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xi̯woŋ/	/xi̯woŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiōng	xiǒng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hung1	hung2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰoŋ/, /*qʰoŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	洶	洶
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	13895	13900
Phonetic component	凶	凶
Rime group	東	東
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	胷	洶
Old Chinese	/*qʰoŋ/	/*qʰoŋʔ/

Definitions

洶

1. (of waves) turbulent; tempestuous
2. roaring; uproarious

Compounds

• 人情洶洶／人情汹汹
• 來勢洶洶／来势汹汹 (láishìxiōngxiōng)
• 其勢洶洶／其势汹汹 (qíshìxiōngxiōng)
• 天下洶洶／天下汹汹
• 暗潮洶湧／暗潮汹涌
• 氣勢洶洶／气势汹汹
• 波濤洶湧／波涛汹涌 (bōtāoxiōngyǒng)
• 洶動／汹动
• 洶洶／汹汹
• 洶洶拳拳／汹汹拳拳
• 洶涌 (xiōngyǒng)
• 洶涌澎湃
• 洶湧／汹涌 (xiōngyǒng)
• 洶湧澎湃／汹涌澎湃

 

References

• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “汹”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 266.

Japanese

Kanji

洶

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: きょう (kyō)
• Kun: わく (waku, 洶く)

Korean

Hanja

洶 (eum 흉 (hyung))

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Vietnamese

Han character

洶: Hán Nôm readings: húng

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References

• Nom Foundation