月光

Chinese

moon; month light; ray; bright
simp. and trad.
(月光)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (31) (28)
Final () (68) (102)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () III I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋʉɐt̚/ /kwɑŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋʷiɐt̚/ /kʷɑŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋiuɐt̚/ /kuɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋuat̚/ /kwaŋ/
Li
Rong
/ŋiuɐt̚/ /kuɑŋ/
Wang
Li
/ŋĭwɐt̚/ /kuɑŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋi̯wɐt̚/ /kwɑŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yuè guāng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jyut6 gwong1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yuè guāng
Middle
Chinese
‹ ngjwot › ‹ kwang ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ŋ]ʷat/ /*kʷˁaŋ/
English moon, month light, brightness

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 16319 4506
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋod/ /*kʷaːŋ/
Notes

Noun

月光

  1. moonlight
  2. (dialectal) moon
  3. Synonym of 月光族 (yuèguāngzú).

Synonyms

  • (moonlight):
  • (moon):

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (月光):
  • Japanese: 月光(げっこう) (gekkō)
  • Korean: 월광(月光) (wolgwang)

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
げつ > げっ
Grade: 1
こう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡe̞k̚ko̞ː]

Noun

(げっ)(こう) (gekkō) げつくわう (getukwau)?

  1. moonlight, moonbeam

Synonyms

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

月光 (wolgwang) (hangeul 월광)

  1. Hanja form? of 월광.
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