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

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

Translingual

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Han character

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

Derived characters

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References

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  • 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

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trad.
simp. *
alternative forms
𧅁
𦷗

Glyph origin

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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

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

Pronunciation

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

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/
Bernhard
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

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  1. ginger

Synonyms

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Compounds

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Descendants

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

References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. ginger

Readings

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  • Go-on: こう ()
  • Kan-on: きょう (kyō)
  • Kun: はじかみ (hajikami)

Compounds

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Korean

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Hanja

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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

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: gừng; khương; cưng

Noun

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  1. Nôm form of gừng (ginger).

References

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