弘
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Translingual
Han character
弘 (radical 57, 弓+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 弓戈 (NI) or X弓戈 (XNI), four-corner 12230, composition ⿰弓厶)
References
- KangXi: page 356, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9709
- Dae Jaweon: page 673, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 990, character 15
- Unihan data for U+5F18
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
弘 | |
|---|---|---|
| variant forms | 𢎞 𪪺 𢎪 𣧀 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (弘) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 弘 | *ɡʷɯːŋ |
| 鞃 | *ɡʷɯːŋ |
| 苰 | *ɡʷɯːŋ |
| 泓 | *qʷrɯːŋ |
| 宖 | *qʷrɯːŋ, *ɡʷrɯːŋ |
| 紭 | *ɡʷrɯːŋ |
Ideogrammic compound (會意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡʷɯːŋ) : phonetic 弓 (OC *kʷɯŋ, “bow”) + semantic 口 (“mouth”) – the sound of a bow > a loud sound.
The 口 later corrupts into 厶 (the ancient form of 肱 (OC *kʷɯːŋ)), which Shuowen interprets to be the phonetic component of the character.
Pronunciation
Japanese
Kanji
弘
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings
Compounds
Proper noun
弘 (hiragana ひろし, rōmaji Hiroshi)
- A male given name
弘 (hiragana ひろむ, rōmaji Hiromu)
- A male given name
Vietnamese
Han character
弘 (hoằng, ngoằng)
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