榔

榔	U+6994, 榔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6994

Translingual

Han character

榔 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木戈戈中 (DIIL), four-corner 4792₇, composition ⿰木郎(GHT) or ⿰木郞(JKV))

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 543, character 4
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15226
Dae Jaweon: page 930, character 35
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1239, character 3
Unihan data for U+6994

Chinese

simp. and trad.		榔

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
剆	raːl, raːlʔ
郎	*raːŋ
稂	*raːŋ
桹	*raːŋ
鋃	*raːŋ
硠	*raːŋ
浪	raːŋ, raːŋs
蜋	raːŋ, raŋ
琅	*raːŋ
狼	*raːŋ
欴	*raːŋ
踉	raːŋ, raŋ, *raŋs
莨	raːŋ, raːŋs
艆	*raːŋ
駺	*raːŋ
躴	*raːŋ
筤	*raːŋ
閬	raːŋ, raːŋs
哴	raːŋ, raŋs
蓈	*raːŋ
廊	*raːŋ
榔	raːŋ, raːŋʔ
螂	*raːŋ
瑯	*raːŋ
朗	*raːŋʔ
朖	*raːŋʔ
誏	*raːŋʔ
俍	*raːŋʔ
崀	*raːŋʔ
埌	*raːŋs
蒗	*raːŋs
娘	*naŋ
良	*raŋ
粮	*raŋ
悢	*raŋs

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): láng (lang²)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): long⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): lòng / nòng

(Hailu, HRS): long

(Meixian, Guangdong): long²
Eastern Min (BUC): lòng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): lorng² / lung² / nng²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lông / nn̂g

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: láng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: láng
  - Wade–Giles: lang²
  - Yale: láng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lang
  - Palladius: лан (lan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: long⁴
  - Yale: lòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: long⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: long⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: long^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: long²
  - Sinological IPA: /loŋ¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lòng / nòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: long^ˇ / nong^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: long² / nong²
  - Sinological IPA: /loŋ¹¹/, /noŋ¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: long
  - Sinological IPA: /loŋ⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: long²
  - Sinological IPA: /lɔŋ¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: lòng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ouŋ⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: lorng²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ló̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɒŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: lorng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɒŋ²⁴/
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: lung²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: lńg
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /luŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: nng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nŋ̍²⁴/

Note:

lorng2 - literary;
lung2/nng2 - vernacular.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lông / nn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: lông / nn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loong, nngg
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /lɔŋ²⁴/, /nŋ̍²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔŋ²⁴/, /nŋ̍²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔŋ¹³/, /nŋ̍¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /lɔŋ²⁴/, /nŋ̍²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔŋ²³/, /nŋ̍²³/

Note:

lông - literary;
nn̂g - vernacular.

Middle Chinese: lang

Rime
Character	榔
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	魯當切
Baxter	lang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/laŋ/
Li Rong	/lɑŋ/
Wang Li	/lɑŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	láng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	long⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*raːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	榔
Reading #	1/2
No.	8031
Phonetic component	良
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	郎
Old Chinese	/*raːŋ/

Definitions

榔

Used in compounds.

Compounds

桄榔 (guāngláng)
榔坪 (Lángpíng)
榔搥 / 榔捶
榔板
榔杭
榔榆
榔頭 / 榔头 (lángtou)
檳榔 / 槟榔 (bīngláng)
檳榔嶼 / 槟榔屿 (Bīngláng Yǔ)
檳榔攤 / 槟榔摊
檳榔西施 / 槟榔西施 (bīngláng xīshī)
鳴榔 / 鸣榔
鳴榔板 / 鸣榔板

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎng (lang³)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄤˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎng
  - Wade–Giles: lang³
  - Yale: lǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laang
  - Palladius: лан (lan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑŋ²¹⁴/

Middle Chinese: langX

Rime
Character	榔
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	盧黨切
Baxter	langX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/laŋ^X/
Li Rong	/lɑŋ^X/
Wang Li	/lɑŋ^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lɑŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǎng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	long⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*raːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	榔
Reading #	2/2
No.	8039
Phonetic component	良
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	朗
Old Chinese	/*raːŋʔ/

Definitions

榔

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Japanese

Kanji

榔

(Hyōgai kanji)

betel palm

Readings

On (unclassified): ろう (rō)

Korean

Hanja

榔 • (rang>nang) (hangeul 랑>낭, revised rang>nang, McCune–Reischauer rang>nang, Yale lang>nang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

榔: Hán Nôm readings: lang, trang

betel nut tree

References

Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
Trần Văn Chánh Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
Vũ Văn Kính,Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999