匈

匈	U+5308, 匈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5308

← 匇
[U+5307]

CJK Unified Ideographs

匉 →
[U+5309]

Translingual

Han character

匈 (radical 20, 勹+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 心山大 (PUK), four-corner 2772₀, composition ⿹勹凶)

References

KangXi: page 151, character 4

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2512

Dae Jaweon: page 340, character 9

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 258, character 5

Unihan data for U+5308

Chinese

simp. and trad.		匈

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 匈
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Chu Slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qʰoŋ) : semantic 勹 + phonetic 凶 (OC *qʰoŋ). The derivative 胸 refers to the original word.

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 匈 – see 胸 (“chest; thorax; breast; bosom; etc.”). (This character, 匈, is the second-round simplified and variant form of 胸.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiōng (xiong¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹
Min Nan (POJ): heng / hiong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥ
  - Wade–Giles: hsiung¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiong
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung¹
  - Yale: hūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: heng / hiong
  - Tâi-lô: hing / hiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hefng, hiofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴/, /hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ³³/, /hiɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴/, /hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴/, /hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴/, /hiɔŋ⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: /hɨoŋ/▼

Rime
Character	匈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	許容切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/hioŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/xioŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/huawŋ/
Li Rong	/xioŋ/
Wang Li	/xĭwoŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi̯woŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiōng

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*qʰoŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	匈
Reading #	1/1
No.	13890
Phonetic component	凶
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	胷
Old Chinese	/*qʰoŋ/
Notes	説文胷字見集韻

Definitions

匈

Hun, Hunnic
Short for 匈牙利 (Xiōngyálì, “Hungary, Hungarian”).
^† Alternative form of 凶 (xiōng, “famine”).
^† Alternative form of 兇／凶 (xiōng, “fearful; fierce; ferocious”).

Compounds

匈匈
匈奴 (Xiōngnú)

匈奴入侵
匈牙利 (Xiōngyálì)

奧匈帝國／奥匈帝国 (Ào-Xiōng Dìguó)
貫匈國／贯匈国

Usage notes

This character is only used in some proper nouns and is not productive in modern Chinese. See 匈奴 (Xiōngnú) and 匈牙利 (Xiōngyálì).

Japanese

Kanji

匈

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

Goon: く (ku)
Kan’on: きょう (kyō)
Kun: むね (mune, 匈); おそれる (osoreru); さわぐ (sawagu)

Noun

匈 (hiragana きょう, rōmaji kyō)

Abbreviation of 匈牙利. Hungary

Korean

Hanja

匈 • (hyung)

Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 흉 (revised: hyung, McCune–Reischauer: hyung)
- Name (hangeul): 오랑캐 (revised: orangkae, McCune–Reischauer: orangk'ae)

Vietnamese

Han character

匈 (hung)

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