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See also:
U+8591, 薑
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8591

[U+8590]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8592]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 140, +13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿一田一 (TMWM), four-corner 44106, composition )

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1061, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32110
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1525, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3300, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+8591

Chinese[edit]

trad.
simp. *
alternative forms
𧅁
𦷗

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Originally , a phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *kaŋ): semantic (grass; plant) + phonetic (OC *kaŋs, *ɡaŋ, *ɡaŋʔ).

Note that the simplified form (OC *klaŋ) is also a traditional character on its own.

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kjaŋ (ginger). Compare Burmese ချင်း (hkyang:).

Pronunciation[edit]


Note:
  • gion1 - Shantou;
  • giên1 - Chaozhou.
  • Wu
  • Xiang

  • Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (28)
    Final () (105)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () III
    Fanqie
    Baxter kjang
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /kɨɐŋ/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /kiɐŋ/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /kiɑŋ/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /kɨaŋ/
    Li
    Rong
    /kiaŋ/
    Wang
    Li
    /kĭaŋ/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /ki̯aŋ/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    jiāng
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    goeng1
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    jiāng
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ kjang ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*[k]aŋ/
    English ginger

    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
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 6260
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*kaŋ/

    Definitions[edit]

    1. ginger

    Synonyms[edit]

    Compounds[edit]

    Descendants[edit]

    • Lisu: ꓚꓬꓺ (tʃɑ̱), ꓚꓬꓮꓥꓺ (tʃɑ̱ŋ)
    • Spanish: kion, kión
    • Zhuang: gieng

    References[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

    1. ginger

    Readings[edit]

    Compounds[edit]

    Korean[edit]

    Etymology[edit]

    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    (gang) (hangeul , revised gang, McCune–Reischauer kang, Yale kang)

    1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

    Vietnamese[edit]

    chữ Hán Nôm in this term

    Han character[edit]

    : Hán Nôm readings: gừng; khương; cưng

    Noun[edit]

    1. Nôm form of gừng (ginger).

    References[edit]