葬

See also: 塟

葬 U+846C, 葬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-846C ← 葫 [U+846B] CJK Unified Ideographs 葭 → [U+846D]

Translingual

Han character

葬 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿一心廿 (TMPT), four-corner 4444₁, composition ⿳艹死廾)

Derived characters

• 髒

References

• KangXi: page 1046, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31448
• Dae Jaweon: page 1507, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3246, character 2
• Unihan data for U+846C

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Chinese

trad.		葬
simp. #		葬
alternative forms		塟／葬 𦵏 𦽱 ancient 𧂥 ancient 𦿑 ancient 塟／葬 𦵏 𦽱 ancient 𧂥 ancient 𦿑 ancient 𦱼 ancient 𦴓 ancient

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 葬
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
髒	*ʔsaːŋʔ
葬	*ʔsaːŋs

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 茻 (“grass”) + 死 (“dead person”) – bury the dead 死 in the grass 茻. Top is now grass radical (艹), while bottom is simplified to 廾, hence graphically 艹 + 死 + 廾.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zàng (zang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zong³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chong
• Min Dong (BUC): cáung
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chòng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zeng³

• Xiang (Wiktionary): zan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄤˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzanq
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zàng
    • Wade–Giles: tsang4
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zong³
    • Yale: jong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chong
    • Hakka Romanization System: zong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡soŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cáung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑuŋ²¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòng
    • Tâi-lô: tsòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoxng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔŋ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zeng³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ̀ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯŋ²¹³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: zan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡san⁴⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡sɑŋ^H/

Rime
Character	葬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	則浪切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɑŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sɑŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡saŋH/
Li Rong	/t͡sɑŋH/
Wang Li	/t͡sɑŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sɑŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zong3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ˤaŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsaːŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	葬
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zàng
Middle Chinese	‹ tsangH ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]ˁaŋ-s/
English	bury
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	葬
Reading #	1/1
No.	16545
Phonetic component	葬
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	葬
Old Chinese	/*ʔsaːŋs/

Definitions

葬

1. to bury; to inter

   埋葬  ―  máizàng  ―  to bury

   火葬  ―  huǒzàng  ―  to cremate

   葬花詞 / 葬花词  ―  Zàng Huā Cí  ―  Poem of Burying Flowers (a poem in Dream of the Red Chamber)

2. ^† burial place

   • 曹公聞之曰：「馬兒不死，吾無葬地也。」 [MSC, trad.]
     曹公闻之曰：“马儿不死，吾无葬地也。” [MSC, simp.]

     From: Shanyang Gong Zaiji annotation in Sanguozhi vol. 36.

     Cáogōng wén zhī yuē: “Mǎ'ér bù sǐ, wú wú zàngdì yě.” [Pinyin]

     Lord Cao [Cao] heard that [Ma Chao's plan] and said: "If the young horse wouldn't die, I would have no burial ground."

Compounds

• 下葬 (xiàzàng)
• 亂葬埂／乱葬埂 (luànzànggěng)
• 亂葬崗／乱葬岗 (luànzànggǎng)
• 亂葬崗子／乱葬岗子 (luànzànggǎngzi)
• 厚葬 (hòuzàng)
• 叢葬／丛葬
• 合葬 (hézàng)
• 喪葬／丧葬 (sāngzàng)
• 國葬／国葬 (guózàng)
• 土葬 (tǔzàng)
• 埋葬 (máizàng)
• 壁葬 (bìzàng)
• 天葬 (tiānzàng)
• 安葬 (ānzàng)
• 懸棺葬／悬棺葬
• 拾骨葬 (shígǔzàng)
• 改葬 (gǎizàng)
• 敕葬

• 族葬
• 會葬／会葬
• 歸葬／归葬 (guīzàng)
• 殉葬 (xùnzàng)
• 殉葬品
• 殯葬／殡葬 (bìnzàng)
• 水葬 (shuǐzàng)
• 海葬 (hǎizàng)
• 渴葬
• 濫葬／滥葬
• 火葬 (huǒzàng)
• 燒葬／烧葬
• 營葬／营葬
• 碧葬
• 稿葬
• 臝葬／裸葬
• 葬儀社／葬仪社

• 葬師／葬师
• 葬玉埋香
• 葬禮／葬礼 (zànglǐ)
• 葬身 (zàngshēn)
• 葬身之地 (zàngshēnzhīdì)
• 葬身火窟
• 葬身魚腹／葬身鱼腹
• 葬送 (zàngsòng)
• 賣身葬父／卖身葬父
• 送葬 (sòngzàng)
• 遷葬／迁葬 (qiānzàng)
• 野葬
• 陪葬 (péizàng)
• 陪葬品 (péizàngpǐn)
• 隨葬／随葬 (suízàng)
• 鳥葬／鸟葬
• 黛玉葬花

References

• “葬”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

葬

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. funeral, bury

Readings

• Go-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)
• Kun: ほうむる (hōmuru, 葬る, Jōyō)

Compounds

Compounds

• 葬式(そうしき) (sōshiki): funeral
• 葬儀(そうぎ) (sōgi): funeral service
• 土葬(どそう) (dosō): burial, interment
• 水葬(すいそう) (suisō): sea burial
• 鳥葬(ちょうそう) (chōsō): vulture burial
• 火葬(かそう) (kasō): cremation

Kanji in this term
葬
そう Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 葬 (tsang^H, “burial”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• IPA^(key): [so̞ː]

Noun

葬(そう) • (sō) ^{←さう (sau)?}

1. burial

References

• Jack Halpern's New Japanese-English Character Dictionary

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Korean

Hanja

葬 (eum 장 (jang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

葬: Hán Nôm readings: táng

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