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Translingual

Han character

(radical 75 +10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 木人戈口 (DOIR), four-corner 48967, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 546, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15319
  • Dae Jaweon: page 934, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1266, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+69CD

Chinese

trad. /
simp.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*sʰaːŋ
*sʰaːŋ
*sʰaːŋ, *sʰaːŋʔ
*sʰaːŋ, *sʰraŋs
*sʰaːŋ, *zraːŋ
*sʰaːŋ
*sʰaːŋ
*sʰaŋ, *sʰraːŋ
*sʰaŋ, *sʰaŋʔ, *sʰraŋʔ
*sʰaŋ
*sʰaŋ
*sʰaŋ
*sʰaŋs
*sʰraŋ, *sʰraŋs
*sʰraŋ
*sʰraŋʔ, *sʰraŋs
*sʰraːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sʰaŋ, *sʰraːŋ) : semantic  + phonetic  (OC *sʰaːŋ).

Pronunciation 1



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (14) (19)
Final () (105) (109)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʰɨɐŋ/ /t͡ʃʰˠæŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʰiɐŋ/ /ʈ͡ʂʰᵚaŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sʰiɑŋ/ /t͡ʃʰaŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sʰɨaŋ/ /ʈ͡ʂʰaɨjŋ/
Li
Rong
/t͡sʰiaŋ/ /t͡ʃʰɐŋ/
Wang
Li
/t͡sʰĭaŋ/ /t͡ʃʰɐŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡sʰi̯aŋ/ /ʈ͡ʂʰɐŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qiāng chēng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 1132 1147
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sʰaŋ/ /*sʰraːŋ/

Definitions

  1. (historical) spear; lance; pike
  2. gun; firearm; shooter
  3. Classifier for gunshots.
  4. A surname.
See also
  • 槍械枪械 (“firearm”)
  • (chòng, “blunderbuss”)

Compounds

Pronunciation 2


Definitions

  1. Only used in 欃槍欃枪 (“comet”).

Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. spear, lance

Readings

Compounds

  • 投げ槍 (なげやり, nageyari)

Noun

(hiragana やり, romaji yari)

  1. (weaponry) spear

Korean

Hanja

(chang, jaeng) (hangeul , 쟁, revised chang, jaeng, McCune-Reischauer ch'ang, chaeng, Yale chang, cayng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(thương, sang)

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