穹蒼

See also: 穹苍

Chinese

	arched; lofty; vast	dark blue; fly; musca dark blue; fly; musca; deep green
trad. (穹蒼)	穹	蒼
simp. (穹苍)	穹	苍
anagram	蒼穹／苍穹

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qióngcāng, qiōngcāng

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄘㄤ, ㄑㄩㄥㄘㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kung⁴ cong¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiûng-chhông
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiong-chhong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qióngcāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄘㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cyóngcang
  - Wade–Giles: chʻiung²-tsʻang¹
  - Yale: chyúng-tsāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyongtsang
  - Palladius: цюнцан (cjuncan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiōngcāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄥㄘㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cyongcang
  - Wade–Giles: chʻiung¹-tsʻang¹
  - Yale: chyūng-tsāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiongtsang
  - Palladius: цюнцан (cjuncan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kung⁴ cong¹
  - Yale: kùhng chōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kung⁴ tsong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: kung⁴ cong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ²¹ t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiûng-chhông
  - Hakka Romanization System: giung^ˊ cong^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: giung¹ cong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ki̯uŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰoŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiong-chhong
  - Tâi-lô: kiong-tshong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiongzhofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɔŋ³³ t͡sʰɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

穹蒼

(literary) firmament; sky
- 哀恫中國，具贅卒荒。靡有旅力，以念穹蒼。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  哀恫中国，具赘卒荒。靡有旅力，以念穹苍。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Āitōng Zhōngguó, jù zhuì zú huāng. Mǐ yǒu lǚlì, yǐ niàn qióngcāng. [Pinyin]
  The district is in sorrow.
  All is in peril and going to ruin;
  I have no strength [to do anything],
  And think of [the Power in] the azure vault.

Synonyms

蒼天／苍天 (cāngtiān)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (穹蒼):

→ Japanese: 穹(きゅう)蒼(そう) (kyūsō)
→ Korean: 궁창(穹蒼) (gungchang)
→ Vietnamese: khung thương (穹蒼)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
穹	蒼
きゅう Jinmeiyō	そう Jinmeiyō
kan'on	on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きゅうそー [kyùúsóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [kʲɨːso̞ː]

Noun

穹(きゅう)蒼(そう) • (kyūsō) ^{←きゆうさう (kyuusau)^?}

firmament

Synonyms

大(おお)空(ぞら) (ōzora)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
穹	蒼

Noun

穹蒼 • (gungchang) (hangeul 궁창)

hanja form^? of 궁창

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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