薨

薨 · hōng

death of prince; swarming

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
hōng
Cantonese
gwang1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

death of prince; swarming

Dictionary definitions & readings

薨 hōng · death of a prince; swarming

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53302.030:hōng Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0461.060:hōng Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
137.110:hōng Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
hōng粵gwang1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
コウ みまかる Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
훙:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
呼肱 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
TWLP Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4421.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1062.070 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
201.48 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0902g Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+85A8
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
13
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6050

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
薨
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
xwong · 呼肱 · 曾合一平登曉 · #979

PHONO-ML, source line 7692; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1171.301
kCowles
2082
kDaeJaweon
1526.120
kGSR
0902g
kHanYu
53302.030
kIRGDaeJaweon
1526.120
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53302.030
kIRGKangXi
1062.070
kKangXi
1062.070
kMatthews
2393
kMorohashi
32147:E0102
kNelson
4064
kSBGY
201.48
kSMSZD2003Index
602.05 602.08
kCangjie
TWLP
kFourCornerCode
4421.1
kMojiJoho
MJ022963 MJ022963:E0101 MJ022964:E0102
kPhonetic
934
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTJKP
kIRG_GSource
G0-5E30
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C1A9
kIRG_JSource
J0-692A
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-F4F9
kIRG_KSource
K0-7D3C
kIRG_TSource
T1-7533
kRSUnicode
140.13
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
C1A9
kCCCII
232649
kCNS1986
1-7533
kCNS1992
1-7533
kEACC
232649
kGB0
6216
kGB1
6216
kJis0
7310
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
5645
kTGH
2013:6050
kTaiwanTelegraph
5645
kXerox
275:134
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6449+140.3.13
kCantonese
gwang1
kDefinition
death of prince; swarming
kFanqie
呼肱
kHangul
훙:0N
kHanyuPinyin
53302.030:hōng
kJapanese
コウ みまかる
kJapaneseKun
MIMAKARU
kJapaneseOn
KOU
kKorean
HWUNG HOYNG
kMandarin
hōng
kSMSZD2003Readings
hōng粵gwang1
kTGHZ2013
137.110:hōng
kXHC1983
0461.060:hōng

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 薨0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿳ Three rows
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
(艹 above 罒) above 冖 above 死 · the shape used in China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿳⿱艹罒冖死$(GJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿳⿱艹罒冖死$(GJKP)

^⿳⿱卝罒冖死$(HT)

^⿳𦭝冖死$(X)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.