Translingual[edit]
Han character[edit]
姜 (radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 廿土女 (TGV), four-corner 80404, composition ⿱𦍌女)
References[edit]
- KangXi: page 259, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6205
- Dae Jaweon: page 525, character 21
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1047, character 11
- Unihan data for U+59DC
Chinese[edit]
Glyph origin[edit]
| Characters in the same phonetic series (羊) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
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Old Chinese
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| 样
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*ʔslaːŋ, *laŋ
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| 佯
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*zlaŋ, *laŋ
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| 詳
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*ljaŋ, *laŋ
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| 洋
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*ljaŋ, *laŋ
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| 翔
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*ljaŋ
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| 庠
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*ljaŋ
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| 祥
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*ljaŋ
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| 痒
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*ljaŋ, *laŋʔ
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| 姜
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*klaŋ
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| 羌
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*kʰlaŋ
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| 蜣
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*kʰlaŋ
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| 猐
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*kʰlaŋ
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| 唴
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*kʰlaŋs
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| 羊
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*laŋ
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| 徉
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*laŋ
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| 烊
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*laŋ
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| 蛘
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*laŋ, *laŋʔ
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| 眻
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*laŋ, *laŋs
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| 鴹
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*laŋ
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| 恙
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*laŋs
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| 羕
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*laŋs
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| 樣
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*laŋs
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| 漾
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*laŋs
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *klaŋ): phonetic 羊 (OC *laŋ) + semantic 女 (“female”)
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Note:
- khiuⁿ - vernacular (surname in Quanzhou);
- kiuⁿ/kioⁿ - vernacular (limited, e.g. 埔姜);
- khiong/khiang - literary (surname in Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taiwan);
- kiong - literary (limited, e.g. 范姜).
| Rime
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| Character
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姜
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| Initial (聲)
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見 (28)
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| Final (韻)
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陽 (105)
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| Tone (調)
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Level (Ø)
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| Openness (開合)
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Open
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| Division (等)
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III
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| Fanqie
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居良切
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| Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang
Shangfang
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/kɨɐŋ/
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Pan
Wuyun
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/kiɐŋ/
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Shao
Rongfen
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/kiɑŋ/
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Edwin
Pulleyblank
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/kɨaŋ/
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Li
Rong
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/kiaŋ/
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Wang
Li
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/kĭaŋ/
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Bernard
Karlgren
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/ki̯aŋ/
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Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
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jiāng
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| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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姜
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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jiāng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ kjang ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*C.qaŋ/
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| English
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a family name
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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姜
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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14530
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Phonetic
component
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羊
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Rime
group
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陽
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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薑
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Old
Chinese
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/*klaŋ/
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Definitions[edit]
姜
- A surname.
Compounds[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
For pronunciation and definitions of 姜 – see 薑 (“ginger”).
(This character, 姜, is the simplified form of 薑.)
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| Notes:
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Japanese[edit]
姜
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
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Readings[edit]
Compounds[edit]
姜 • (gang) (hangeul 강, revised gang, McCune–Reischauer kang)
- A surname.
Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
姜 (Khương, khương, cưng, gừng)
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