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薑
薑
See also: 姜
Translingual
Han character
薑 (radical 140 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿一田一 (TMWM), four-corner 44106, composition ⿱艹畺)
References
- KangXi: page 1061, character 9
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32110
- Dae Jaweon: page 1525, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3300, character 9
- Unihan data for U+8591
Chinese
| trad. | 薑 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 姜 | |
| alt. forms |
䕬 姜 𦷗 𧅁 |
|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (畺) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 畺 | *kaŋ |
| 畕 | *kaŋ |
| 礓 | *kaŋ |
| 繮 | *kaŋ |
| 韁 | *kaŋ |
| 橿 | *kaŋ |
| 薑 | *kaŋ |
| 疆 | *kaŋ |
| 壃 | *kaŋ |
| 僵 | *kaŋ |
| 彊 | *kaŋs, *ɡaŋ, *ɡaŋʔ |
| 麠 | *kaŋ |
Originally as 𧅁 or 䕬: Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kaŋ) : semantic 艹 + phonetic 彊 (OC *kaŋs, *ɡaŋ, *ɡaŋʔ).
Note that the simplified form 姜 (OC *klaŋ) is also a traditional character on its own.
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kjaŋ (“ginger”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): goeng1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiông
- Min Dong (BUC): giŏng
- Min Nan (POJ): kiuⁿ / kioⁿ / khiuⁿ
- Wu (Wiktionary): jian (T1)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤ
- Wade-Giles: chiang1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiang
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: goeng1
- Yale: gēung
- Cantonese Pinyin: goeng1
- IPA (key): /kœːŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiông
- Hakka Romanization System: giong´
- Hagfa Pinyim: giong1
- IPA: /ki̯oŋ²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: giŏng
- IPA (key): /kyoŋ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiuⁿ
- Tâi-lô: kiunn
- Phofsit Daibuun: kviw
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kiũ³³/
- IPA (Taipei): /kiũ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiũ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /kiũ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kioⁿ
- Tâi-lô: kionn
- Phofsit Daibuun: kvioy
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɔ̃⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiuⁿ
- Tâi-lô: khiunn
- Phofsit Daibuun: qviw
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiũ³³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiũ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: jian (T1)
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕiã⁵³/
- (Shanghainese)
Definitions
薑
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
薑
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Readings
Compounds
- 薑黄 (kyōō): wild turmeric
Korean
Hanja
薑 • (gang) (hangeul 강, revised gang, McCune-Reischauer kang, Yale kang)
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