椋

椋 U+690B, 椋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-690B ← 椊 [U+690A] CJK Unified Ideographs 椌 → [U+690C]

Translingual

Han character

椋 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 木卜口火 (DYRF), four-corner 4099₆, composition ⿰木京)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 536, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15020
• Dae Jaweon: page 923, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1236, character 10
• Unihan data for U+690B

Chinese

simp. and trad.		椋

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 椋
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (京) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
涼	*ɡ·raŋ, *ɡ·raŋs, *ɡ·raŋs
凉	*ɡ·raŋ
椋	*ɡ·raŋ
綡	*ɡ·raŋ
輬	*ɡ·raŋ
諒	*ɡ·raŋs
掠	*ɡ·raŋs, *ɡ·raɡ
弶	*ɡaŋs
京	*kraŋ
麖	*kraŋ
鶁	*kraŋ
景	*kraŋʔ
鯨	*ɡraŋ
黥	*ɡraŋ
勍	*ɡraŋ
剠	*ɡraŋ
倞	*ɡraŋs
影	*qraŋʔ
璟	*qraŋʔ, *kʷraŋʔ
憬	*kʷraŋʔ
暻	*kʷraŋʔ
澋	*ɡʷraːŋʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liáng (liang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liáng
    • Wade–Giles: liang²
    • Yale: lyáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liang
    • Palladius: лян (ljan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: loeng⁴
    • Yale: lèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ljang

Rime
Character	椋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	呂章切
Baxter	ljang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/liɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/liɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/liaŋ/
Wang Li	/lĭaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	loeng4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·raŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	椋
Reading #	1/1
No.	6820
Phonetic component	京
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·raŋ/

Definitions

椋

1. Cornus hemsleyi, a plant that is part of the dogwood family

   椋子木

2. starling

   椋鳥／椋鸟 (liángniǎo)

Japanese

Kanji

椋

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): りょう (ryō)
• Kun: むく (muku, 椋); くら (kura)

Korean

Hanja

椋 • (ryang>yang) (hangeul 량>양, revised ryang>yang, McCune–Reischauer ryang>yang, Yale lyang>yang)

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