菅

Translingual

Han character

菅 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿十口口 (TJRR), four-corner 4477₇, composition ⿱艹官)

1. coarse grass,

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1036, character 51
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31142
• Dae Jaweon: page 1495, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3240, character 10
• Unihan data for U+83C5

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Chinese

trad.		菅
simp. #		菅

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
官	*koːn
棺	*koːn, *koːns
倌	*koːn, *kroːns
悹	*koːn, *koːnʔ, *koːns
涫	*koːn, *koːns
管	*koːnʔ
琯	*koːnʔ, *kuːns
痯	*koːnʔ, *koːns
輨	*koːnʔ
錧	*koːnʔ, *koːns
館	*koːnʔ, *koːns
婠	*koːns, *qoːn, *qruːd
悺	*koːns
逭	*ɡoːns
菅	*kroːn
綰	*qroːnʔ, *qroːns
捾	*qoːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kroːn) : semantic 艹 + phonetic 官 (OC *koːn) – a type of grass.

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

"Suga"

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 菅.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiān (jian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jian
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹
    • Yale: jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian
    • Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gaan¹
    • Yale: gāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kaen

Rime
Character	菅
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	刪 (69)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古顔切
Baxter	kaen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠan/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚan/
Shao Rongfen	/kɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨn/
Li Rong	/kan/
Wang Li	/kan/
Bernard Karlgren	/kan/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaan1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kroːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	菅
Reading #	1/1
No.	4457
Phonetic component	官
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	姦
Old Chinese	/*kroːn/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 菅

1. a variety of grass
2. a surname
3. Suga (a Japanese surname)

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Japanese

Kanji

菅

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• Go-on: けん (ken)^{←けん (ken, historical)←くゑん (kwen, ancient)}
• Kan-on: かん (kan)^{←くわん (kwan, historical)}
• Kun: すげ (suge, 菅); すが (suga, 菅)
• Nanori: す (su); すご (sugo)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
菅
すげ Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

⟨suɡe₂⟩ → */suɡəɨ/ → /suɡe/

From Old Japanese.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

菅(すげ) or 菅(スゲ) • (suge) 

1. a sedge

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 菅掻(すががき) (sugagaki)
• 菅笠(すげがさ) (sugegasa)
• 菅蓑(すげみの) (sugemino)
• 畦菅(アゼスゲ) (azesuge)
• 岩(いわ)根(ね)菅(すげ) (iwane suge)
• 河原(カワラ)菅(スゲ) (kawara suge)
• 寒菅(カンスゲ) (kansuge)
• 猩猩(ショウジョウ)菅(スゲ) (shōjō suge)
• 岳菅(ダケスゲ) (dakesuge)
• 菜(ナ)切(キリ)菅(スゲ) (nakirisuge)
• 鳴子(ナルコ)菅(スゲ) (naruko suge)
• 針菅(ハリスゲ) (harisuge)
• 髭菅(ヒゲスゲ) (higesuge)
• 山菅(やますげ) (yamasuge)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
菅
すが Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

The unbound apophonic form of suge above.

Noun

菅(すが) • (suga) 

1. (rare or in compounds) a sedge

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 菅凧(すがだこ) (sugadako)
• 菅(すが)貫(ぬ)く (suganuku)
• 菅蓑(すがみの) (sugamino)
• 菅原(すがはら) (Sugahara)
• 菅(すが)藻(も) (sugamo)
• 菅原(すがわら) (Sugawara)
• 然菅(しかすが) (Shikasuga)

Proper noun

菅(すが) • (Suga) 

1. a surname

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
菅
かん Jinmeiyō
kan’on

/kʷan/ → /kan/

From Middle Chinese 菅 (MC kaen).

Affix

菅(かん) • (kan) ^{←くわん (kwan)?}

1. a variety of grass
2. Sugawara no Michizane

Derived terms

• 菅(かん)家(け) (Kanke)
• 菅公(かんこう) (Kankō)
• 菅茅(かんぼう) (kanbō)

Proper noun

菅(かん) • (Kan) ^{←くわん (kwan)?}

1. a surname

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Korean

Hanja

菅 • (gwan) (hangeul 관, revised gwan, McCune–Reischauer kwan, Yale kwan)

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Old Japanese

Noun

菅 (suge₂) (kana すげ)

1. a sedge
   • 711–712, Kojiki, poem 65:

     夜多能比登母登須宜波古母多受多知迦阿那牟阿多良須賀波良許登袁許曾須宜波良登伊波米阿多良須賀志賣

     Yata no₂ pi₁to₂mo₂to₂ suge₂ pa ko₁ mo₂tazu tati ka arenamu atara sugapara ko₂to₂ wo ko₂so₂ suge₂para to₂ ipame₂ atara sugasime₁

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 菅笠 (sugakasa)
• 菅の根 (suge₂ no₂ ne)
• 菅原 (sugapara, suge₂para)
• 菅藻 (sugamo)
• 有馬菅 (Arima suge₂)
• 石穂菅 (ipaposuge₂)
• 三島菅 (Mi₁sima suge₂)
• 山菅 (yamasuga, yamasuge₂)

Descendants

• Japanese: 菅 (suge)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 菅 (gian)

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