講

See also 讲, and 説

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 言 (“say”) + phonetic 冓

Han character

講 (radical 149 言+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 卜口廿廿月 (YRTTB), four-corner 0565₇)

1. explain
2. discuss
3. talk
4. speak
5. say

References

• KangXi: page 1175, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35824
• Dae Jaweon: page 1640, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4004, character 2
• Unihan data for U+8B1B

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Cantonese

Hanzi

講 (simplified 讲, Yale gong2)

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Japanese

Kanji

講 (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: こう (kō)
• Kun: こう (kou), はかる (hakaru), はなしあう (hanashiau)

Suffix

講 (hiragana こう, romaji kō)

1. mutual financial assistance association

   いわゆる「ネズミ講」を運営したとして、無限連鎖講防止法違反の疑いが持たれています。

   いわゆる「ネズミこう」をうんえいしたとして、むげんれんさこうぼうしほういはんのうたがいがもたれています。
   iwayuru "nezumi-kō" o unei shita toshite, mugenrensakō bōshihō ihan no utagai ga motareteimasu.

   He is being held on suspicion of violating the Law on Prevention of Pyramid Schemes for operating the so-called "Mouse Mutual Assistance Association."

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Korean

Hanja

講 (hangeul 강, revised gang, McCune-Reischauer kang, Yale kang)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

講 (simplified 讲, pinyin jiǎng (jiang3), quán (quan2), Wade-Giles chiang³, ch'üan²)

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Min Nan

Hanzi

講 (POJ kóng,káng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

講 (giảng, nhãng)