講

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

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)

References[edit]

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

Chinese[edit]

trad. 講
simp. 讲

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.
  • 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 /t͡ɕiã̠/
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
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. (obsolete or dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Min, Wu, Xiang) to say; to talk; to speak; to talk
    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。 [Min Nan]  ―  Góa bô kā i kóng. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  I didn't tell him.
  3. to speak (a language)
    講英語 / 讲英语  ―  jiǎng yīngyǔ  ―  to speak English
  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
  7. speech; lecture
  8. Classifier for lectures.

Synonyms[edit]

Dialectal synonyms of 說 (“to say, to speak”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 言、云、曰
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 說
Mandarin Beijing 說
Taiwan 說
Tianjin 說
Jinan 說
Xi'an 說
Wuhan 說
Chengdu 說
Hefei 講
Cantonese Guangzhou 講、話
Hong Kong 講、話
Yangjiang 講、話
Gan Nanchang 話
Hakka Meixian 講、話
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 講
Liudui (S. Sixian) 講
Hsinchu (Hailu) 講
Dongshi (Dabu) 講
Zhuolan (Raoping) 講
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 講
Jin Taiyuan 說
Min Bei Jian'ou 話
Min Dong Fuzhou 講
Min Nan Xiamen 講
Quanzhou 說
Zhangzhou 講
Taipei 講
Chaozhou 呾
Wu Shanghai 講
Suzhou 講、說
Wenzhou 講
Xiang Changsha 講
Shuangfeng 曰、講

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 講

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

講

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings[edit]

Suffix[edit]

講 (hiragana こう, rōmaji -kō)

  1. reading or lecture
  2. reading of sacred scriptures by Buddhist monks
    法華 (ほっけ)八講 (はっこう)
    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、無限連鎖講防止法違反 (むげんれんさこうぼうしほういはん)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 • (gang) (hangeul 강, McCune-Reischauer kang, Yale kang)

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

講 (giảng, nhãng)

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