講

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See also: 讲 and 説
講 U+8B1B, 講
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B1B
← 謚
[U+8B1A] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 謜 →
[U+8B1C]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

講 (radical 149, 言+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 卜口廿廿月 (YRTTB), four-corner 05657, composition ⿰言冓)

Derived characters[edit]

Related characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 1175, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35824
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1640, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4004, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+8B1B

Chinese[edit]

trad. 講
simp. 讲
alternative forms 𧪸
𧪿

Glyph origin[edit]

Characters in the same phonetic series (冓) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
溝 *koː
篝 *koː
鞲 *koː
韝 *koː, *kʰoː
褠 *koː
冓 *koː, *koːs
構 *koːs
購 *koːs
媾 *koːs
覯 *koːs
遘 *koːs, *koːs
煹 *koːs
搆 *koːs
講 *kroːŋʔ
耩 *kroːŋʔ
傋 *kroːŋʔ, *qʰroːŋʔ
斠 *kroːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kroːŋʔ): semantic 言 (“say”) + phonetic 冓 (OC *koː, *koːs).

Pronunciation[edit]

Note:
  • kóng - vernacular;
  • káng - literary.
  • Wu
  • Xiang
    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location 講
    Mandarin Beijing /t͡ɕiɑŋ²¹⁴/
    Harbin /t͡ɕiaŋ²¹³/
    Tianjin /t͡ɕiɑŋ¹³/
    Jinan /t͡ɕiaŋ⁵⁵/
    Qingdao /t͡ɕiaŋ⁵⁵/
    Zhengzhou /t͡ɕiaŋ⁵³/
    Xi'an /t͡ɕiaŋ⁵³/
    Xining /t͡ɕiɔ̃⁵³/
    Yinchuan /t͡ɕiɑŋ⁵³/
    Lanzhou /t͡ɕiɑ̃⁴⁴²/
    Ürümqi /t͡ɕiɑŋ⁵¹/
    Wuhan /t͡ɕiaŋ⁴²/
    Chengdu /t͡ɕiaŋ⁵³/
    Guiyang /t͡ɕiaŋ⁴²/
    Kunming /t͡ɕiã̠⁵³/
    Nanjing /t͡ɕiaŋ²¹²/
    Hefei /t͡ɕiɑ̃²⁴/
    Jin Taiyuan /t͡ɕiɒ̃⁵³/
    Pingyao /t͡ɕiɑŋ⁵³/
    Hohhot /t͡ɕiɑ̃⁵³/
    Wu Shanghai /kɑ̃³⁵/
    /t͡ɕiã³⁵/
    Suzhou /kɑ̃⁵¹/
    Hangzhou /t͡ɕiɑŋ⁵³/
    Wenzhou /kuɔ³³/
    Hui Shexian /t͡ɕia³⁵/ ～解
    /ka³⁵/ ～話
    Tunxi /kau³¹/
    Xiang Changsha /t͡ɕian⁴¹/
    /kan⁴¹/
    Xiangtan /kɔn⁴²/
    Gan Nanchang /kɔŋ²¹³/
    Hakka Meixian /koŋ³¹/
    Taoyuan /koŋ³¹/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /kɔŋ³⁵/
    Nanning /kɔŋ³⁵/
    Hong Kong /kɔŋ³⁵/
    Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /kaŋ⁵³/
    /kɔŋ⁵³/
    Fuzhou (Min Dong) /kouŋ³²/
    Jian'ou (Min Bei) /kɔŋ²¹/
    Shantou (Min Nan) /kaŋ⁵³/
    Haikou (Min Nan) /kɔŋ²¹³/
    Rime
    Character 講
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 見 (28)
    Final (韻) 江 (9)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) II
    Fanqie 古項切
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/kˠʌŋX/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/kᵚɔŋX/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/kɔŋX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/kaɨwŋX/
    Li
    Rong         		/kɔŋX/
    Wang
    Li         		/kɔŋX/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/kɔŋX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		jiǎng
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		gong2
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 講
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		jiǎng
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ kaewngX ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*kˁroŋʔ/
    English explain; discuss

    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 講
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 4201
    Phonetic
    component         		冓
    Rime
    group         		東
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		講
    Old
    Chinese         		/*kroːŋʔ/

    Definitions[edit]

    講

    1. (chiefly dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Min, Wu, Xiang) to say; to talk; to speak
      你講咩呀？ / 你讲咩呀？ [Cantonese]  ―  nei5 gong2 me1 aa3? [Jyutping]  ―  What are you saying?
      你唔早講！ / 你唔早讲！ [Cantonese]  ―  nei5 m4 zou2 gong2! [Jyutping]  ―  Why didn't you say so earlier!?
    2. to tell; to inform
      我無共伊講。 / 我无共伊讲。 [Hokkien]  ―  Góa bô kā i kóng. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  I didn't tell him.
      我冇同佢講。 / 我冇同佢讲。 [Cantonese]  ―  ngo5 mou5 tung4 keoi5 gong2. [Jyutping]  ―  I didn't tell him.
    3. to speak (a language)
      講英語 / 讲英语  ―  jiǎng yīngyǔ  ―  to speak English
      他會講英語，而且講得好。 [MSC, trad.]
      他会讲英语，而且讲得好。 [MSC, simp.]
      Tā huì jiǎng yīngyǔ, érqiě jiǎng de hǎo. [Pinyin]
      He can speak English, and what's more he speaks it very well.
      我唔識講廣東話。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
      我唔识讲广东话。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]
      ngo5 m4 sik1 gong2 gwong2 dung1 waa6-2. [Jyutping]
      I don't speak Cantonese.
      儂好流利個講英文𠲎？ [Shanghainese, trad.]
      侬好流利个讲英文𠲎？ [Shanghainese, simp.]
      Can you speak English fluently?
    4. to explain; to lecture
    5. to discuss; to negotiate
    6. to emphasise; to pay attention to; to take into account
      講衛生 / 讲卫生  ―  jiǎng wèishēng  ―  to pay attention to hygiene
      不講武德 / 不讲武德  ―  bù jiǎng wǔdé  ―  to not obey ethics of martial arts
    7. speech; lecture
    8. (Hokkien) Used after a verb to introduce a clause that is the object of the verb: that
    9. Classifier for lectures.
    10. A surname​.

    Synonyms[edit]

    Dialectal synonyms of 說 (“to say, to speak”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Classical Chinese 言, 云, 曰, 道
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 說
    Mandarin Beijing 說
    Taiwan 說, 講
    Tianjin 說
    Jinan 說
    Xi'an 說
    Wuhan 說
    Chengdu 說
    Guilin 講
    Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) 講
    Hefei 講
    Malaysia 講, 說
    Singapore 講, 說
    Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 說
    Pematangsiantar 講
    Cantonese Guangzhou 講, 話
    Hong Kong 講, 話
    Zhongshan (Shiqi) 講, 話
    Doumen 講
    Taishan 話
    Taishan (Guanghai) 講
    Yunfu 話
    Yangjiang 講, 話
    Beihai 講
    Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 講
    Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 講
    Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 講
    Danzhou 講
    Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 講, 話
    Penang (Guangfu) 講, 話
    Singapore (Guangfu) 講, 話
    Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 講
    Móng Cái 講
    Mandalay (Taishan) 講
    Gan Nanchang 話
    Hakka Meixian 講, 話
    Wuhua (Meilin) 講
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 講
    Liudui (S. Sixian) 講
    Hsinchu (Hailu) 講
    Dongshi (Dabu) 講
    Hsinchu (Raoping) 講
    Yunlin (Zhao'an) 講
    Huizhou Jixi 講
    Jin Taiyuan 說
    Min Bei Jian'ou 話
    Min Dong Fuzhou 講
    Min Nan Xiamen 講
    Xiamen (Tong'an) 講
    Quanzhou 說
    Jinjiang 說
    Zhangzhou 講
    Zhao'an 呾, 講
    Dongshan 講
    Taipei 講
    Kaohsiung 講
    Tainan 講
    Penang (Hokkien) 講
    Singapore (Hokkien) 講
    Manila (Hokkien) 說, 講
    Chaozhou 呾
    Shantou 呾
    Chenghai 呾
    Chaoyang 呾
    Jieyang 呾
    Lufeng 講
    Haifeng 講
    Phnom Penh (Teochew) 呾
    Singapore (Teochew) 呾
    Leizhou 講
    Wenchang 講
    Haikou 講
    Qionghai 講
    Singapore (Hainanese) 講
    Puxian Min Putian 講
    Southern Pinghua Binyang 講, 說
    Wu Shanghai 講
    Suzhou 講, 說
    Wenzhou 講
    Xiang Changsha 講
    Shuangfeng 曰, 講
    Xiangtan 講
    Xiangxiang 講
    Xiangxiang (Meiqiao) 講

    Compounds[edit]

    Derived terms from 講

    Descendants[edit]

    Sino-Xenic (講):
    • → Japanese: 講(こう) (kō)
    • → Korean: 강 (講, gang)
    • → Vietnamese: giảng (講)

    References[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    講

    (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    Readings[edit]

    Suffix[edit]

    講(こう) • (-kō) 

    1. reading or lecture
    2. reading of sacred scriptures by Buddhist monks
      法華(ほっけ)八(はっ)講(こう)
      hokke hakkō
      reading of the eight scrolls of the Lotus Sutra
    3. gathering of monks and laity for Buddhist rites
      涅槃(ねはん)講(こう)
      nehan kō
      rites on February 15, the death day of the Buddha
    4. lay association of Buddhist or Shinto believers
    5. mutual financial assistance association
      いわゆる「ネズミ講(こう)」を運営(うんえい)したとして、無限連鎖(むげんれんさ)講(こう)防止法違反(ぼうしほういはん)の疑(うたが)いが持(も)たれています。
      Iwayuru “nezumi-kō” o un'ei shita toshite, mugenrensakō bōshihō ihan no utagai gamotareteimasu.
      He is being held on suspicion of violating the Law on Prevention of Pyramid Schemes for operating a so-called "Mouse Mutual Assistance Association."

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    講 (eumhun 외울 강 (oe-ul gang))

    1. Hanja form? of 강 (“reading or lecture”).

    Compounds[edit]

    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    講: Hán Nôm readings: giảng, nhãng

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