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弘

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弘 U+5F18, 弘
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F18
← 弗
[U+5F17] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 弙 →
[U+5F19]

Translingual

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Han character

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弘 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓+2, 5 strokes, Cangjie input 弓戈 (NI) or 難弓戈 (XNI), four-corner 12230, composition ⿰弓厶)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 356, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9709
  • Dae Jaweon: page 673, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 990, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+5F18

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
 弘
alternative forms 𢎞
𪪺
𢎪
𣧀

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 弘
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (弘) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
弘 *ɡʷɯːŋ
鞃 *ɡʷɯːŋ
苰 *ɡʷɯːŋ
泓 *qʷrɯːŋ
宖 *qʷrɯːŋ, *ɡʷrɯːŋ
紭 *ɡʷrɯːŋ

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡʷɯːŋ): phonetic 弓 (OC *kʷɯŋ, “bow”) + semantic 口 (“mouth”) – the sound of a bow > a loud sound.

The 口 later corrupts into 厶 (the ancient form of 肱 (OC *kʷɯːŋ)), which Shuowen interprets to be the phonetic component of the character.

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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