轟

See also: 轰 and 軣

轟	U+8F5F, 轟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8F5F

← 轞
[U+8F5E]

CJK Unified Ideographs

轠 →
[U+8F60]

Translingual

Traditional	轟
Shinjitai (extended)	軣
Simplified	轰

Han character

轟 (Kangxi radical 159, 車+14, 21 strokes, cangjie input 十十十十十 (JJJJJ), four-corner 5055₆, composition ⿱車䡛)

Derived characters

𠑭, 𡆀, 𢺩, 𣡴, 𨰵

Related characters

軣 (Japanese extended shinjitai)
轰 (Simplified Chinese)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1249, character 28
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38577
Dae Jaweon: page 1728, character 18
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3559, character 12
Unihan data for U+8F5F

Chinese

trad.		轟
simp.		轰
nonstandard simp.		𮷛

Glyph origin

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

Triplication of 車 (“cart”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hōng (hong¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwang¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fông
Northern Min (KCR): hó̤ng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hong / eng

(Teochew, Peng'im): hong¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hong
  - Wade–Giles: hung¹
  - Yale: hūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hong
  - Palladius: хун (xun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gwang¹
  - Yale: gwāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gueng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fông
  - Hakka Romanization System: fong^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /foŋ²⁴/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hó̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɔŋ⁵⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong / eng
  - Tâi-lô: hong / ing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hofng, efng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁴⁴/, /iɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³/, /iɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴/, /iɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁴⁴/, /iɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴⁴/, /iɪŋ⁴⁴/

Note:

hong - literary;
eng - vernacular.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: hong¹
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hong
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /hoŋ³³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 轟
Mandarin	Beijing	/xuŋ⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/xuŋ⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/xuŋ²¹/
	Jinan	/xuŋ²¹³/
	Qingdao	/xəŋ²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/xuŋ²⁴/
	Xi'an	/xuŋ²¹/
	Xining	/xuə̃⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/xuŋ⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/xũn³¹/
	Ürümqi	/xuŋ⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/xoŋ⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/xoŋ⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/xoŋ⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/xoŋ⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/xoŋ³¹/
	Hefei	/xəŋ²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/xuəŋ¹¹/
	Pingyao	/xuŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/xũŋ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/hoŋ³⁵/
	Suzhou	/hoŋ⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/hoŋ³³/
	Wenzhou	/hoŋ³³/
Hui	Shexian	/xuʌ̃³¹/
Hui	Tunxi	/xan¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/xoŋ³³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/hən³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/fuŋ⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/vaŋ¹¹/
Hakka	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/hoŋ⁵³/
	Nanning	/kʰʷɐŋ⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/huŋ⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/hɔŋ⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/huŋ⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/xɔŋ⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/hoŋ³³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/hɔŋ³¹/ 俗

Middle Chinese: xweang, xweangH

Rime
Character	轟	轟
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	耕 (118)	耕 (118)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	呼宏切	呼迸切
Baxter	xweang	xweangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠwɛŋ/	/hˠwɛŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷᵚæŋ/	/hʷᵚæŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɐŋ/	/xuɐŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwəɨjŋ/	/hwəɨjŋ^H/
Li Rong	/xuɛŋ/	/xuɛŋ^H/
Wang Li	/xwæŋ/	/xwæŋ^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xwæŋ/	/xwæŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hōng	hòng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fang¹	fang³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷreːŋ/, /*qʰʷreːŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	轟	轟
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	5128	5129
Phonetic component
Rime group	耕	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷreːŋ/	/*qʰʷreːŋs/

Definitions

轟

(onomatopoeia) bang; boom
to rumble; to explode; to blast
to shoo away; to expel

Compounds

五雷轟頂 / 五雷轰顶
戰略轟炸 / 战略轰炸
水平轟炸 / 水平轰炸
炮轟 / 炮轰 (pàohōng)
烈火轟雷 / 烈火轰雷
烈烈轟轟 / 烈烈轰轰
疲勞轟炸 / 疲劳轰炸 (píláohōngzhà)
轟動 / 轰动 (hōngdòng)
轟擊 / 轰击 (hōngjī)
轟沉 / 轰沉
轟炸 / 轰炸 (hōngzhà)
轟炸機 / 轰炸机 (hōngzhàjī)
轟烈 / 轰烈
轟然 / 轰然 (hōngrán)
轟然雷動 / 轰然雷动
轟的 / 轰的
轟走 / 轰走
轟轟 / 轰轰
轟轟烈烈 / 轰轰烈烈 (hōnghōnglièliè)
轟轟闐闐 / 轰轰阗阗
轟醉 / 轰醉
轟隆 / 轰隆
轟雷掣電 / 轰雷掣电
轟雷貫耳 / 轰雷贯耳
轟飲 / 轰饮
轟鳴 / 轰鸣 (hōngmíng)
雷轟電掣 / 雷轰电掣
飽和轟炸 / 饱和轰炸
高空轟炸 / 高空轰炸

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	軣
Print standard	轟

Kanji

轟

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 軣)

Readings

Go-on: こう (kō)
Kan-on: こう (kō)
Kan’yō-on: ごう (gō)
Kun: とどろく (todoroku, 轟く)、とどろかす (todorokasu, 轟かす)

Compounds

轟音(ごうおん) (gōon): loud rumbling; booming sound
轟轟(ごうごう) (gōgō), 轟々(ごうごう) (gōgō): (adverb) thunderous; rumbling
轟沈(ごうちん) (gōchin): to sink a ship instantly
轟石(とどろきせき) (todorokiseki): todorokite

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 轟 (MC xweang|xweangH).

Historical readings

Recorded as Middle Korean 회ᇰ (Yale: hwoyng) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kwe̞ŋ] ~ [kø̞ŋ]
Phonetic hangul: [궹/굉]

Hanja

Wikisource

轟 (eumhun 울릴 굉 (ullil goeng))

hanja form^? of 굉 (“roar; thunder; boom”)

Compounds

굉굉 (轟轟, goenggoeng)
굉렬 (轟烈, goengnyeol)
굉발 (轟發, goengbal, “exploding loudly”)
굉성 (轟聲, goengseong)
굉소 (轟笑, goengso, “laughing loudly”)
굉연 (轟然, goeng'yeon, “deafening sound”)
굉음 (轟音, goeng'eum, “booming sound”)
굉천뢰 (轟天雷, goengcheolloe, “great thunder”)
굉침 (轟沈, goengchim, “sinking a ship instantly”)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

Han character

轟: Hán Nôm readings: huênh, oanh, oang, oàng

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