檣

See also: 樯

檣 U+6AA3, 檣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6AA3 ← 檢 [U+6AA2] CJK Unified Ideographs 檤 → [U+6AA4]

Translingual

Han character

檣 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 木土人田 (DGOW), four-corner 4496₁, composition ⿰木嗇)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 557, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15687
• Dae Jaweon: page 947, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1299, character 14
• Unihan data for U+6AA3

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Chinese

trad.		檣
simp.		樯
alternative forms		艢／樯 𣞱 𣞸

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
薔	*zaŋ, *srɯɡ
廧	*zaŋ
蘠	*zaŋ
嬙	*zaŋ, *srɯɡ
檣	*zaŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zaŋ) : semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 嗇 (OC *srɯɡ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiáng (qiang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciáng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiang²
    • Yale: chyáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyang
    • Palladius: цян (cjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: coeng⁴
    • Yale: chèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dzjang

Rime
Character	檣
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	在良切
Baxter	dzjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ziɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ziɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/d͡ziaŋ/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	coeng4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zaŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	檣
Reading #	1/1
No.	10325
Phonetic component	牆
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	牆
Old Chinese	/*zaŋ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 檣

1. (literary) mast; yardarm; boom

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 桅杆 (“mast”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		桅, 檣, 桅檣
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		桅杆, 桅檣, 船桅
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	桅杆
	Harbin	桅杆
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	桅杆
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	桅杆
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	桅杆
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	桅杆
	Ürümqi	桅杆
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	桅杆
	Wuhan	桅杆
	Liuzhou	桅桿
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	桅杆
	Yangzhou	桅杆
Cantonese	Dongguan	桅杆
Gan	Nanchang	桅杆
	Lichuan	桅杆
Hakka	Yudu	桅杆
Jin	Taiyuan	桅杆
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	船桅杆
Southern Min	Xiamen	桅杆, 船桅, 篷桅, 大桅
	Quanzhou	桅杆
	Zhangzhou	桅杆
	Dongshan	桅
	Tainan	船桅
	Leizhou	船檣
	Haikou	檣, 船檣
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	桅桿
Wu	Shanghai	桅杆
	Suzhou	檣子
	Danyang	桅杆
	Hangzhou	桅杆
	Ningbo	桅杆
	Wenzhou	桅
	Jinhua	桅
Xiang	Changsha	桅杆
	Loudi	桅子

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Japanese

Kanji

檣

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ぞう (zō)
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)
• Kun: ほばしら (hobashira, 檣)

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Korean

Hanja

檣 (eum 장 (jang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

檣: Hán Nôm readings: tường

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References

• Nom Foundation