講

See also: 讲 and 説

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 言 (“say”) + phonetic 冓

Han character

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

References

• 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

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Chinese

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trad.		講
simp.		讲

Alternative forms

• 剛／刚 (Shanghainese, non-standard)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎng (jiang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong²
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): kóng
• Min Nan (POJ): kóng / káng
• Wu (WT Romanisation): kaan (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤˇ
    • Wade-Giles: chiang³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeang
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/

    • (file)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gong²
    • Yale: góng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong²
    • IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kóng
    • IPA (Siyen, including Miaoli): /koŋ³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kóng / káng
    • Tâi-lô: kóng / káng
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴¹/, /kaŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁵³/, /kaŋ⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: kaan (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /kɑ̃³⁴/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (講, reconstructed)
Character (講), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 見 (28) Final: 江 Division: II			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 古項切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kɣʌŋX/	/kɔŋX/	/kɔŋX/	/kɯɔŋX/	/kaɨwŋX/	/kɔŋX/	/kɔŋX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (講, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
講					4201					冓					東					0					講					/*kroːŋʔ/

Verb

講

1. (Beginning Mandarin) to speak; to talk; to say

   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 waa^6-2. [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?

2. to explain, to discuss, to lecture

Synonyms

• 說／说

Noun

講

1. speech
2. lecture

Compounds

Derived terms

講唱文學 講道 講法 講稿, 講稿兒 講古 講和 講話 講價, 講價兒 講價錢 講交情 講解 講究 講課 講禮貌 講理 講論 講面子 講明 講排場 講評 講情 講求 講人情 講師 講實際 講史 講授 講書 講述 講台 講壇 講堂 講題 講頭兒 講透 講妥 講衛生 講習 講敘 講學 講演 講義 講座

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Japanese

Kanji

講

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: こう (kō)
• Kun: こう (kou), はかる (hakaru), はなしあう (hanashiau)

Suffix

講 (hiragana こう, romaji -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."

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Korean

Hanja

講 (gang) (hangeul 강, McCune-Reischauer kang, Yale kang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

講 (giảng, nhãng)

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