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)

1. explain
2. discuss
3. talk
4. speak
5. say

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

講 (simplified 讲, Yale gong2)

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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. 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 the so-called "Mouse Mutual Assistance Association."

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

講 (simplified 讲, Pinyin jiǎng (jiang3), quán (quan2), Wade-Giles chiang³, ch'üan²)

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Min Nan

Hanzi

講 (POJ kóng,káng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

講 (giảng, nhãng)