橙

橙 U+6A59, 橙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6A59 ← 橘 [U+6A58] CJK Unified Ideographs 橚 → [U+6A5A]

Translingual

Han character

橙 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 木弓人廿 (DNOT), four-corner 4291₈, composition ⿰木登)

References

• KangXi: page 553, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15552
• Dae Jaweon: page 942, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1297, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6A59

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
登	*tɯːŋ
璒	*tɯːŋ
燈	*tɯːŋ
簦	*tɯːŋ
蹬	*tɯːŋ, *dɯːŋs
磴	*tɯːŋ, *tɯːŋs, *tʰɯːŋ
鐙	*tɯːŋ, *tɯːŋs
嶝	*tɯːŋs
隥	*tɯːŋs
橙	*tɯːŋs, *rdɯːŋ
凳	*tɯːŋs
墱	*tɯːŋs
鼟	*tʰɯːŋ
膯	*tʰɯːŋ
澄	*dɯːŋs, *dɯŋ, *rdɯŋ
鄧	*dɯːŋs
僜	*dɯːŋs, *tʰɯŋ
覴	*tʰɯŋs
瞪	*dɯŋ, *dɯŋs, *rdɯːŋ
憕	*dɯŋ, *rdɯŋ, *rdɯːŋ
撜	*tjɯŋʔ
證	*tjɯŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tɯːŋs, *rdɯːŋ): semantic 木 (“tree; wood”) + phonetic 登 (OC *tɯːŋ).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		橙
alternative forms		棖／枨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): chéng (cheng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ

  (Chengdu, SP): cen²

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): чын (čɨn, I)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): caang^4-2, caang⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): cang^3*

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̀n

  (Meixian, Guangdong): cang²

• Jin (Wiktionary): ceng¹
• Min Bei (KCR): câng
• Min Dong (BUC): cèng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhiâng / chhiâm / têng / siâm

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cêng⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Shanghainese): ⁶zan; ⁶zen
• Xiang (Wiktionary): zen²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chéng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng²
    • Yale: chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherng
    • Palladius: чэн (čɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: cen²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cen
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰən²¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: чын (čɨn, I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caang^4-2, caang⁴
    • Yale: cháang, chàahng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaang^4-2, tsaang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cang^4-2, cang⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/, /t͡sʰaːŋ²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: cang^3*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaŋ²²⁻²²⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̀n
    • Hakka Romanization System: ciinˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cin²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨn¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: cang²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰaŋ¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ceng¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰə̃ŋ¹¹/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: câng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saŋ³³/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cèng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛiŋ⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Kinmen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiâng
    • Tâi-lô: tshiâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiaang
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Kinmen): /t͡ɕʰiaŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiaŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Philippines, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiâm
    • Tâi-lô: tshiâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiaam
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Philippines, Singapore): /t͡ɕʰiam²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiam¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: têng
    • Tâi-lô: tîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: deeng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /tiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâm
    • Tâi-lô: siâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaam
    • IPA (Philippines): /ɕiam²⁴/

Note:

• chhiâm/chhiâng - vernacular;
• têng - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: cêng⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshêng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰeŋ⁵⁵/

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wugniu: ⁶zan; ⁶zen
  • Wiktionary Romanisation: ³zan; ³zen
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /zã²³/, /zən²³/

Note: 3zan - vernacular.

• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: zen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sən¹³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 橙
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ³⁵/
	Harbin	/ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ²⁴/
	Tianjin	/ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ⁴⁵/ /t͡sʰəŋ⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ⁴²/
	Qingdao	/tʃʰəŋ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/təŋ³¹²/ /ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ³¹²/
	Xi'an	/ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ²⁴/
	Xining	/ʈ͡ʂʰə̃²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/ʈ͡ʂʰə̃n⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/t͡sʰən²¹³/
	Chengdu	/t͡sʰən³¹/
	Guiyang	/t͡sʰen²¹/
	Kunming	/ʈ͡ʂʰə̃¹/
	Nanjing	/ʈ͡ʂʰən²⁴/
	Hefei	/ʈ͡ʂʰən⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡sʰəŋ¹¹/
	Pingyao	/ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/t͡sʰə̃ŋ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/zəŋ²³/
	Suzhou	/zən¹³/
	Hangzhou	/d͡zen²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/d͡zeŋ³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕʰiʌ̃⁴⁴/
	Tunxi	/t͡ɕʰian⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡sən¹³/
	Xiangtan	/d͡zən¹²/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡sʰaŋ¹¹/
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡sʰaŋ³⁵/
	Nanning	/t͡sʰaŋ³⁵/
	Hong Kong	/t͡sʰaŋ³⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/tiŋ³⁵/ /t͡sʰiam³⁵/ /t͡sʰiaŋ³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/tɛiŋ⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/t͡sʰaŋ³³/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/t͡sʰeŋ⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/seŋ³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dreang

Rime
Character	橙
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	耕 (117)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	宅耕切
Baxter	dreang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖˠɛŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖᵚæŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡɐŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖəɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/ȡɛŋ/
Wang Li	/ȡæŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱæŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chéng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cang4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]ˤrəŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*rdɯːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	橙
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chéng
Middle Chinese	‹ drɛng ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]ˁrəŋ/
English	citrus tree (Shuōwén)
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	橙
Reading #	2/2
No.	2200
Phonetic component	登
Rime group	蒸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	橙
Old Chinese	/*rdɯːŋ/

Definitions

橙

1. orange (the tree)
2. orange (the fruit) (Classifier: 隻／只 c; 楷 c)
3. orange (the color)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 橙子 (“orange”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Mandarin	Beijing	橙子
	Taiwan	柳丁, 柳橙
	Harbin	橙子
	Xining	橙子
	Ürümqi	橙子
	Chengdu	橙子, 廣柑, 廣柑兒
	Guilin	橙子
	Pingle	橙子
	Liuzhou	橙子
	Luzhai	橙子, 橙子果
	Nanning (Wuming)	橙果, 橙子
	Yizhou	橙子
	Xuzhou	橙子
	Yangzhou	橙子
	Nanjing	橙子, 甜橙
	Malaysia	橙
	Singapore	橙
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	黃果
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	黃果
Cantonese	Guangzhou	橙
	Hong Kong	橙
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	橙
	Macau	橙
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	橙
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	橙仔
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	橙
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	橙
	Foshan	橙
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	橙
	Foshan (Shunde)	橙
	Foshan (Sanshui)	橙
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	橙
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	橙
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	橙
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	橙
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	橙
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	橙
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	橙
	Taishan	橙
	Kaiping (Chikan)	橙
	Enping (Niujiang)	橙
	Heshan (Yayao)	橙果
	Dongguan	橙
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	橙
	Beihai	橙
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	橙子
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	橙子
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	橙, 橙果, 橙子
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	橙
	Penang (Guangfu)	橙
	Singapore (Guangfu)	橙
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	橙
	Móng Cái	橙
Gan	Pingxiang	廣柑
Hakka	Meixian	橙仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	橙
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	橙
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	橙仔
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	橙
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	橙, 大桔
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	橙
	Conghua (Lütian)	橙
	Hong Kong	橙仔
	Senai (Huiyang)	橙
Jin	Taiyuan	橙子
Min Bei	Jian'ou	橙
Min Nan	Xiamen	橙
	Quanzhou	橙
	Zhangzhou	橙
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	柳丁
	Kaohsiung	柳丁
	Yilan	柳丁
	Changhua (Lukang)	柳丁
	Taichung	柳丁
	Taichung (Wuqi)	柳丁
	Tainan	柳丁
	Taitung	柳丁
	Hsinchu	柳丁
	Kinmen	橙
	Penghu (Magong)	柳丁
	Singapore (Hokkien)	橙
	Manila (Hokkien)	橙
	Guilin (Biyange)	橙子
	Shantou	橙
	Bangkok (Teochew)	橙
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	橙
	Haikou	橙
Puxian Min	Xianyou	嗍柑
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	橙
	Sanxiang	橙
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	橙
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Yangjia)	橙子柑
Wu	Shanghai	甜橙, 橙子
	Suzhou	橙子
	Danyang	橙
	Hangzhou	橙子
	Wenzhou	甜橙
Xiang	Changsha	甜橙, 廣橘

Dialectal synonyms of 橙 (“orange (colour adjective)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		橙, 橙黃, 橘黃, 橘紅
Mandarin	Taiwan	橘黃, 橘紅
	Jinan	橘紅
	Luoyang	橘黃, 橘紅
	Wanrong	橘紅
	Yinchuan	橘黃, 橘紅
	Xuzhou	橘黃
	Yangzhou	橘黃
	Nanjing	橘黃, 橘紅
Cantonese	Guangzhou	金魚黃
	Hong Kong	橙
	Dongguan	橙
Hakka	Meixian	金黃, 金紅
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	淰黃
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	淰黃
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	淰黃
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	柑黃
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	淰黃
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	金黃
Jin	Taiyuan	橘紅, 橘黃
Min Nan	Xiamen	金黃, 橘黃
	Penang (Hokkien)	柑
	Manila (Hokkien)	橙
	Shantou	金黃, 橘紅
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	橘黃
Wu	Shanghai	橘黃, 橘紅, 橙黃
	Shanghai (Chongming)	橘黃
	Hangzhou	橘黃, 橘紅
	Ningbo	橘黃, 橘紅
	Wenzhou	橘黃

Compounds

• 柳橙 (liǔchéng)
• 柳橙汁 (liǔchéngzhī)
• 橙子 (chéngzi)
• 橙子汁
• 橙汁 (chéngzhī)
• 橙皮 (chéngpí)
• 橙縣／橙县 (Chéngxiàn)
• 橙色 (chéngsè)
• 橙黃／橙黄 (chénghuáng)
• 甜橙 (tiánchéng)
• 甲基橙 (jiǎjīchéng)
• 臍橙／脐橙
• 蜜橙糕 (mìchénggāo)
• 香橙 (xiāngchéng)

 

Descendants

• → Thai: เช้ง (chéng)
• → Vietnamese: chanh

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 橙 – see 凳 (“bench, stool; chair”). (This character, 橙, is a variant form of 凳.)

Japanese

Alternative forms

Kanji in this term
橙
だいだい Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

• (bitter orange): 臭橙, 回青橙

Kanji

橙

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. bitter orange

Readings

• Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←ぢやう (dyau, historical)}; とう (tō)^{←とう (tou, historical)}
• Kan-on: とう (tō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}; とう (tō)^{←とう (tou, historical)}
• Kun: だいだい (daidai, 橙)

Compounds

Compounds

• 橙果(とうか) (tōka)
• 橙(とう)花油(かゆ) (tō-kayu)
• 橙橘(トウキツ) (tōkitsu)
• 橙(とう)黄色(こうしょく) (tōkōshoku)
• 橙色(とうしょく) (tōshoku)
• 橙皮(とうひ) (tōhi)
• 香橙(コウトウ) (kōtō)
• 文橙(ぼんたん) (bontan)
• 臭橙(しゅうとう) (shūtō)
• 赤橙(せきとう)色(しょく) (sekitōshoku)
• 臭橙(カブス) (kabusu), 臭橙(カブチ) (kabuchi)

Etymology

Thought to be derived from 代代 (daidai, “many generations”), from the way bitter orange fruits never fall down, even in winter, until picked.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) だいだ​い [dàídáꜜì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [da̠ida̠i]

Noun

橙(だいだい) • (daidai) 

1. the bitter orange, Citrus × aurantium

   Synonym: 橙橘 (tōkitsu)

   Hypernym: 蜜柑 (mikan)

   Hyponyms: 枸櫞 (kabuchi), 臭橙 (kabusu)

2. (by extension) Short for 橙色 (daidai-iro): the color orange

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 橙(ダイダイ)磯海綿(イソカイメン) (daidai isokaimen)
• 橙(だいだい)色(いろ) (daidai-iro)
• 橙(だいだい)酢(ず) (daidai-zu)
• 橙(ダイダイ)橘(タチバナ) (daidai-tachibana)
• 夏(ナツ)橙(ダイダイ) (natsudaidai)

Korean

Hanja

橙 • (deung, jeung) (hangeul 등, 증)

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Vietnamese

Han character

橙: Hán Nôm readings: chanh, tranh

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References

• Nom Foundation