蘢

See also: 茏

Translingual

Han character

蘢 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+16, 22 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜月心 (TYBP), four-corner 4421₁, composition ⿱艹龍)

Descendants

• 茏 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1069, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32438
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3328, character 12
• Unihan data for U+8622

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Chinese

trad.		蘢
simp.		茏

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
驡	*ʔslaːŋʔ, *roŋ
龐	*broːŋ
瀧	*rroːŋ, *sroːŋ, *roːŋ
籠	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ, *roŋ
豅	*roːŋ
朧	*roːŋ, *roŋs
龓	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ
聾	*roːŋ
礱	*roːŋ, *roːŋs
嚨	*roːŋ
蘢	*roːŋ, *roŋ
櫳	*roːŋ
襱	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ, *r'oŋʔ
瓏	*roːŋ
曨	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ
鸗	*roːŋ, *roŋ
蠪	*roːŋ
巃	*roːŋʔ
竉	*roːŋʔ
攏	*roːŋʔ
儱	*roːŋʔ, *roŋs
龍	*b·roŋ, *mroːŋ
躘	*roŋ, *roŋs
隴	*roŋʔ
壠	*roŋʔ
壟	*roŋʔ
寵	*r̥ʰoŋʔ
龏	*kloŋ, *kloŋs, *qroːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *roːŋ, *roŋ) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 龍 (OC *b·roŋ, *mroːŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lóng (long²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lang / leng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lóng
    • Wade–Giles: lung²
    • Yale: lúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: long
    • Palladius: лун (lun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lung⁴
    • Yale: lùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lang / leng
    • Tâi-lô: lang / ling
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lafng, lefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /laŋ⁴⁴/, /liɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /laŋ³³/, /liɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /laŋ⁴⁴/, /liɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /laŋ⁴⁴/, /liɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /laŋ⁴⁴/, /liɪŋ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: luwng, ljowng

Rime
Character	蘢	蘢
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	盧紅切	力鍾切
Baxter	luwng	ljowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/luŋ/	/lɨoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/luŋ/	/lioŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/luŋ/	/lioŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ləwŋ/	/luawŋ/
Li Rong	/luŋ/	/lioŋ/
Wang Li	/luŋ/	/lĭwoŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/luŋ/	/li̯woŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lóng	lóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lung4	lung4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*roːŋ/, /*roŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蘢	蘢
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8420	8441
Phonetic component	龍	龍
Rime group	東	東
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	籠	龍
Old Chinese	/*roːŋ/	/*roŋ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蘢

1. Used in 蘢蔥／茏葱 (lóngcōng) and 蔥蘢／葱茏 (cōnglóng).
2. (botany) type of plant

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Japanese

Kanji

蘢

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. dragon grass

Readings

• On (unclassified): ろう (rō), りょう (ryō)
• Kun: おうけたで (ouketade)

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Korean

Hanja

蘢 • (rong>nong) (hangeul 롱>농, revised rong>nong, McCune–Reischauer rong>nong, Yale long>nong)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 蘢 (lùng, lung)

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References

• Nom Foundation