槍

See also: 枪

Translingual

Han character

槍 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 木人戈口 (DOIR), four-corner 4896₇, composition ⿰木倉)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 546, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15319
• Dae Jaweon: page 934, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1266, character 5
• Unihan data for U+69CD

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Chinese

trad.		槍/鎗*
simp.		枪

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 槍
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
艙	*sʰaːŋ
倉	*sʰaːŋ
蒼	*sʰaːŋ, *sʰaːŋʔ
滄	*sʰaːŋ, *sʰraŋs
傖	*sʰaːŋ, *zraːŋ
鶬	*sʰaːŋ
凔	*sʰaːŋ
槍	*sʰaŋ, *sʰraːŋ
搶	*sʰaŋ, *sʰaŋʔ, *sʰraŋʔ
蹌	*sʰaŋ
瑲	*sʰaŋ
牄	*sʰaŋ
嗆	*sʰaŋs
創	*sʰraŋ, *sʰraŋs
瘡	*sʰraŋ
愴	*sʰraŋʔ, *sʰraŋs
鎗	*sʰraːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰaŋ, *sʰraːŋ) : semantic 木 + phonetic 倉 (OC *sʰaːŋ).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 槍

1. (historical) spear; lance; pike
2. gun; firearm; shooter
3. Classifier for gunshots.
4. ^† to collide

   我決起而飛，槍榆枋。 [MSC, trad.]
   我决起而飞，枪榆枋。 [MSC, simp.]

   From: 《莊子•逍遙游》

   Wǒ xuè qǐ ér fēi, qiāng yú fāng. [Pinyin]

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

5. a surname

See also

• 槍械／枪械 (qiāngxiè, “firearm”)
• 銃／铳 (chòng, “blunderbuss”)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chēng (cheng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cheng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng¹
    • Yale: chēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheng
    • Palladius: чэн (čɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: caang¹
    • Yale: chāang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːŋ⁵⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 槍

1. Only used in 欃槍／欃枪 (chánchēng, “comet”).

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

槍

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. spear, lance
2. javelin

Readings

• Go-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kun: やり (yari, 槍)
• Nanori: うつ (utsu); うつぎ (utsugi)

Compounds

Compounds

• 槍(そう)騎兵(きへい) (sō-kihei, “lance cavalry”)
• 槍術(そうじゅつ) (sōjutsu)
• 槍(チャン)槓(カン) (chankan, “robbing the kong”)
• 剣槍(けんそう) (kensō, “swords and spears → military power, force”)
• 銃槍(じゅうそう) (jūsō)
• 石槍(せきそう) (sekisō)
• 竹槍(ちくそう) (chikusō)
• 刀槍(とうそう) (tōsō, “swords and spears”)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
槍
やり Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of 遣る (yaru, “to do, execute → to kill”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Alternative forms

• 鎗, 鑓

Noun

槍(やり) • (yari) 

1. (weaponry) a spear, lance
2. (shogi) common name for the 香車 (kyōsha, “lance”)
3. a javelin (throwing spear used in athletics)
4. (archaic) jeering

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 槍(ヤリ)烏賊(イカ) (yarīka)
• 槍(やり)踊(おど)り (yari-odori)
• 槍(やり)ヶ岳(たけ) (Yarigatake)
• 槍(やり)絡(がら)み (yarigarami)
• 槍(やり)鉋(がんな) (yari-ganna)
• 槍(やり)傷(きず), 槍(やり)疵(きず) (yarikizu)
• 槍先(やりさき) (yarisaki)
• 槍錆(やりさび) (Yarisabi)
• 槍(やり)師(し) (yarishi)
• 槍下(やりした) (yarishita)
• 槍(やり)印(じるし) (yarijirushi)
• 槍(やり)備(ぞな)え (yari-zonae)
• 槍(ヤリ)鱮(タナゴ) (yaritanago, “”)
• 槍玉(やりだま) (yaridama)
• 槍(やり)使(つか)い (yari-tsukai)
• 槍(やり)梯(ばし)子(ご) (yaribashigo)
• 槍(やり)衾(ぶすま) (yaribusuma)
• 槍(やり)奉行(ぶぎょう) (yari-bugyō)
• 槍持(やりもち) (yarimochi)
• 槍(やり)の間(ま) (yari no ma)
• 石槍(いしやり) (ishiyari)
• 一番(いちばん)槍(やり) (ichiban yari)
• 一本(いっぽん)槍(やり) (ippon yari)
• 鉤槍(かぎやり) (kagiyari)
• 鎌槍(かまやり) (kamayari)
• 管槍(くだやり) (kudayari)
• 毛(け)槍(やり) (keyari)
• 七本(しちほん)槍(やり) (shichihon yari)
• 十(じゅう)文字(もんじ)槍(やり) (jū-monji yari)
• 竹槍(たけやり) (takeyari)
• たんぽ槍(やり) (tanpo-yari, “padded spear”)
• 血(ち)槍(やり) (chiyari)
• 手(て)槍(やり) (teyari)
• 鳥(とり)毛(げ)の槍(やり) (torige no yari)
• 長(なが)柄(え)の槍(やり) (nagae no yari)
• 長槍(ながやり) (nagayari)
• 投(な)げ槍(やり) (nageyari, “throwing spear, javelin”)
• 引(ひ)っ殺(そ)ぎ槍(やり) (hissogi yari)
• 牡丹(ぼたん)槍(やり) (botan-yari)
• 横槍(よこやり) (yokoyari)

Idioms

• 槍(やり)が降(ふ)っても (yari ga futte mo)
• 槍一筋(やりひとすじ)の主(ぬし) (yari-hitosuji no nushi)

See also

• 矛(ほこ), 鉾(ほこ) (hoko)

Proper noun

槍(やり) • (Yari) 

1. a surname

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Korean

Hanja

槍 • (chang, jaeng) (hangeul 창, 쟁)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 槍 (thương, sang)

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