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莖

莖

See also: 茎

Translingual

Traditional 莖
Shinjitai 茎
Simplified 茎

Han character

莖 (radical 140 艸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿一女一 (TMVM), four-corner 44101)

  1. stem, stalk

References

  • KangXi: page 1034, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31052
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1493, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3217, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+8396

Chinese

trad. 莖
simp. 茎

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (坙) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
羥 *kʰreːn, *kʰreːŋ
俓 *ŋɡeːn, *ŋɡreːŋ, *keːŋs
牼 *kʰreːŋ, *ɡreːŋ
硁 *kʰreːŋ
誙 *kʰreːŋ
娙 *ŋɡreːŋ, *ɡeːŋ
莖 *ɡreːŋ, *qreːŋ
痙 *ɡeŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡreːŋ, *qreːŋ) : semantic 艹 + phonetic 巠 ‎(OC *keːŋ).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 莖 莖
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 匣 (33) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 耕 (117) 耕 (117)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II II
Fanqie 戸耕切 烏莖切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦˠɛŋ/ /ʔˠɛŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦᵚæŋ/ /ʔᵚæŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣɐŋ/ /ʔɐŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦəɨjŋ/ /ʔəɨjŋ/
Li
Rong		 /ɣɛŋ/ /ʔɛŋ/
Wang
Li		 /ɣæŋ/ /æŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɣæŋ/ /ʔæŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 héng ēng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 莖
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 jīng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ hɛng ›
Old
Chinese		 /*m-k-lˤ<r>eŋ/
English stalk (n.)

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 莖 莖
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 6786 6788
Phonetic
component		 坙 坙
Rime
group		 耕 耕
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 莖 甖
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡreːŋ/ /*qreːŋ/

Definitions

莖

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References

Japanese

Kanji

莖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 茎)

Readings

Korean

Hanja

莖 • ‎(gyeong) (hangeul 경, revised gyeong, McCune-Reischauer kyŏng, Yale kyeng)

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Compounds

  • 男莖

Vietnamese

Han character

莖 (hành, kinh)

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