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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *quaŋ(H)
Meaning: august, proud
Chinese: *w_āŋ be august, stately.
Burmese: waŋʔ be proud, ruffle.
Kachin: šǝkoŋ1 to show off, to swagger.
Lushai: uaŋ to brag, boast, be puffed up.
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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: huáng
Preclassic Old Chinese: w(h)āŋ
Classic Old Chinese: w(h)āŋ
Western Han Chinese: w(h)āŋ
Eastern Han Chinese: w(h)āŋ
Early Postclassic Chinese: w(h)āŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: w(h)āŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: w(h)āŋ
Middle Chinese: ɣwâŋ
English meaning : be august, stately; to regulate, correct
Russian meaning[s]: 1) император, царь; священный, царствующий, августейший; 2) покойный; прошлый (о династии); 3) великий; 4) прекрасный; 5) выправлять; 6) вм. 遑; 7) Хуан (фамилия)
Comments: Also used for a homonymous *w(h)āŋ 'brown-and-white (of a horse)' (or is it rather *ghʷāŋ - cf. 黃 *ghʷāŋ 'yellow'?).
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 106
Four-angle index: 321
Karlgren code: 0708 a-c
Vietnamese reading: hoàng
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Chinese Dialects :

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Number: 809
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 宕合一平唐匣
ZIHUI: 4106 2393
Beijing: xuaŋ 12
Jinan: xuaŋ 12
Xi'an: xuaŋ 12
Taiyuan: xua_̃ 1
Hankou: xuaŋ 12
Chengdu: xuaŋ 12
Yangzhou: xuâŋ 12
Suzhou: ɦua_ŋ 12
Wenzhou: ɦuɔ 12
Changsha: fan 12
Shuangfeng: ɣaŋ 12
Nanchang: фuɔŋ 31
Meixian: fɔŋ 12
Guangzhou: uɔŋ 12
Xiamen: hɔŋ 12
Chaozhou: huaŋ 12
Fuzhou: xuɔŋ 12
Shanghai: ua_̃ 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: xuaŋ 12
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