桄

桄 · guāng / guàng

a coir-palm

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
guāng · guàng
Cantonese
gwong3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

a coir-palm

Dictionary definitions & readings

桄 guāng · used in 桄榔 guāng láng

桄 guàng · woven wood and bamboo utensil; classifier for threads and strings

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

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
21198.040:guàng,guāng Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0415.020:guāng 0416.010:guàng Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
123.050:guāng 123.100:guàng Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
guàng粵gwong3 guāng粵gwong1,gwong2 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
コウ たがやさん みちる よこぎ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
광:1N Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
quang Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
古黃 古曠 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
DFMU Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4991.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0525.050 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
181.48 428.41 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+6844
Radical
木 · 75
Strokes
10
Residual strokes
6
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6960

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

10 strokes
桄
Strokes
10
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

10 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
kwang · 古黃 · 宕合一平唐見 · #846
Middle Chinese
kwangH · 古曠 · 宕合一去唐見 · #2939

PHONO-ML, source line 6865; 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
694.601
kCowles
2106
kDaeJaweon
0914.040
kHanYu
21198.040
kIRGDaeJaweon
0914.040
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
21198.040
kIRGKangXi
0525.050
kKangXi
0525.050
kMatthews
3584
kMeyerWempe
1415
kMorohashi
14758
kSBGY
181.48 428.41
kSMSZD2003Index
314.08
kCangjie
DFMU
kFourCornerCode
4991.1
kMojiJoho
MJ013889
kPhonetic
749
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
BTK
kIRG_GSource
G0-6866
kIRG_HSource
HB2-D1E9
kIRG_JSource
J14-2E5F
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-4B49
kIRG_KSource
K1-5974
kIRG_TSource
T2-2F6B
kIRG_VSource
V1-5975
kRSUnicode
75.6
kTotalStrokes
10
kBigFive
D1E9
kCCCII
223C4F
kCNS1986
2-2F6B
kCNS1992
2-2F6B
kEACC
223C4F
kGB0
7270
kGB1
7270
kIBMJapan
FAE6
kJIS0213
2,14,63
kJis1
3556
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
2725
kTGH
2013:6960
kTaiwanTelegraph
2725
kXerox
303:306
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+8495+75.4.6
kCantonese
gwong3
kDefinition
a coir-palm
kFanqie
古黃 古曠
kHangul
광:1N
kHanyuPinyin
21198.040:guàng,guāng
kJapanese
コウ たがやさん みちる よこぎ
kJapaneseKun
YOKOGI
kJapaneseOn
KOU
kKorean
KWANG
kMandarin
guāng
kSMSZD2003Readings
guàng粵gwong3 guāng粵gwong1,gwong2
kTGHZ2013
123.050:guāng 123.100:guàng
kVietnamese
quang
kXHC1983
0415.020:guāng 0416.010:guàng

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Structure & connections

0.10
3dictionary records using 桄0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
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Shape description
木 beside 光 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿰木光$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰木光$(GHTJKPV)

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