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蔥

蔥

See also: 葱

Translingual

Han character

蔥 (radical 140 艸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹田心 (THWP), four-corner 44332, composition ⿱艹悤)

References

  • KangXi: page 1055, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31825
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1517, character 24
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3281, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+8525

Chinese

trad. 蔥/葱
simp. 葱

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (囱) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
牎 *sʰroːŋ
窗 *sʰroːŋ
窓 *sʰroːŋ
囱 *sʰroːŋ, *sʰloːŋ
總 *ʔsloːŋʔ
熜 *ʔsloːŋʔ
傯 *ʔsloːŋʔ
緫 *ʔsloːŋʔ
揔 *ʔsloːŋʔ
偬 *ʔsloːŋʔ, *ʔsloːŋs
囪 *sʰloːŋ
璁 *sʰloːŋ
驄 *sʰloːŋ
蔥 *sʰloːŋ
匆 *sʰloːŋ
怱 *sʰloːŋ
葱 *sʰloːŋ
楤 *sʰloːŋ
聦 *sʰloːŋ
繱 *sʰloːŋ
騘 *sʰloːŋ
鍯 *sʰloːŋ
聰 *sʰloːŋ
愡 *sʰloːŋs
檧 *sloːŋ, *sloːŋʔ
憽 *sloːŋ
幒 *sʰloŋʔ, *kjoŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sʰloːŋ) : semantic 艸 ‎(“grass; plant”) + phonetic 悤.

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-tsuŋ ‎(“onion”). Cognate with Tibetan བཙོང ‎(btsong), ཙོང ‎(tsong, “onion, scallion”).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 蔥
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 清 (14)
Final (韻) 東 (1)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 倉紅切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡sʰuŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡sʰuŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡sʰuŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /t͡sʰəwŋ/
Li
Rong		 /t͡sʰuŋ/
Wang
Li		 /t͡sʰuŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡sʰuŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 cōng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 蔥
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 cōng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ tshuwng ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ts]ʰˤoŋ/
English onion

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 蔥
Reading # 1/1
No. 1821
Phonetic
component		 囱
Rime
group		 東
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 怱
Old
Chinese		 /*sʰloːŋ/

Definitions

蔥

  1. green onion; spring onion; scallion   (Classifier: 條／条; 紮／扎; 把 m; 捆 m)
  2. (～屬) Allium
  3. green (colour)
    蔥翠 / 葱翠  ―  cōngcuì  ―  fresh green

Compounds

  • 倒栽蔥／倒栽葱
  • 分蔥／分葱
  • 削蔥／削葱
  • 大蔥／大葱
  • 愣蔥／愣葱
  • 春蔥／春葱
  • 水蔥／水葱
  • 洋蔥／洋葱 (yángcōng)
  • 玉蔥／玉葱 (yùcōng)
  • 細香蔥／细香葱 (xìxiāngcōng)
  • 老蔥／老葱
  • 茖蔥／茖葱
  • 蔥嶺／葱岭
  • 蔥油雞／葱油鸡
  • 蔥油餅／葱油饼 (cōngyóubǐng)
  • 蔥白／葱白 (cōngbái)
  • 蔥白兒／葱白儿
  • 蔥管／葱管
  • 蔥綠／葱绿
  • 蔥翠／葱翠
  • 蔥花／葱花 (cōnghuā)
  • 蔥蒨／葱蒨
  • 蔥蔥／葱葱
  • 蔥蔥郁郁／葱葱郁郁
  • 蔥蘢／葱茏
  • 蔥蘭／葱兰
  • 蔥郁／葱郁
  • 蔥頭／葱头 (cōngtóu)
  • 蔥鬍子／葱胡子
  • 蔥黃／葱黄
  • 蘢蔥／茏葱
  • 蝦夷蔥／虾夷葱 (xiāyícōng)
  • 賣蔥／卖葱
  • 青蔥／青葱
  • 飯店回蔥／饭店回葱
  • 鬱鬱蔥蔥／郁郁葱葱

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Definitions

蔥

  1. Alternative form of 窗 (chuāng), only used in 蔥靈／葱灵.

Japanese

Kanji

蔥

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

蔥 • ‎(chong) (hangeul 총, revised chong, McCune-Reischauer ch'ong, Yale chong)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蔥 (thông, song)

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