蔥

See also: 葱

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 悤

Han character

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

1. scallions, onions, leeks

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

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Chinese

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trad.		蔥
simp.		葱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cōng, chuāng (cong¹, chuang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄥ, ㄔㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: cōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄥ
    • Wade-Giles: ts'ung¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsong
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

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  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: chuāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄤ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'uang¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuang
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cung¹
    • Yale: chūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

Old Chinese pronunciation (蔥, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
蔥								cōng								‹ tshuwng ›								/*[ts]ʰˤoŋ/								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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
蔥					1821					囱					東					0					怱					/*sʰloːŋ/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

蔥

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: そう (sō)
• Kun: ねぎ (negi)

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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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