爿

See also: 丬 and 뉘

爿 U+723F, 爿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-723F ← 爾 [U+723E] CJK Unified Ideographs 牀 → [U+7240]

⽙ U+2F59, ⽙ KANGXI RADICAL HALF TREE TRUNK ← ⽘ [U+2F58] Kangxi Radicals ⽚ → [U+2F5A]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

爿 (Kangxi radical 90, 爿+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 女中一 (VLM), four-corner 2220₀, composition ⿰⿱𠃊丆丨)

1. Kangxi radical #90, ⽙.

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/爿
• 𢪫, 𡉟, 壯, 妝, 𢍿, 戕, 𢪇, 斨, 狀, 𧢼, 𨟻, 將, 𩡽, 𧌜, 𩿄, 𪧇
• 疒, 𤕫, 臧

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 691, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19758
• Dae Jaweon: page 1104, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2374, character 1
• Unihan data for U+723F

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 爿
Shang		Warring States			Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
臧	*ʔsaːŋ
牂	*ʔsaːŋ
戕	*kaːl, *ʔsaːŋ, *zaŋ
贓	*ʔsaːŋ
藏	*zaːŋ, *zaːŋs
奘	*zaːŋʔ, *zaːŋs
臟	*zaːŋs
將	*ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋs
漿	*ʔsaŋ
鱂	*ʔsaŋ
蔣	*ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋʔ
螿	*ʔsaŋ
槳	*ʔsaŋʔ
獎	*ʔsaŋʔ
醬	*ʔsaŋs
鏘	*sʰaŋ
蹡	*sʰaŋ, *ʔshaŋs
嶈	*sʰaŋ
斨	*sʰaŋ
爿	*braːn, *zaŋ
牆	*zaŋ
妝	*ʔsraŋ
莊	*ʔsraŋ
裝	*ʔsraŋ, *ʔsraŋs
壯	*ʔsraŋs
疒	*rnɯːɡ, *zraŋ
床	*zraŋ
牀	*zraŋ
狀	*zraŋs

Pictogram (象形) - a bed. The original form of 牀 (OC *zraŋ).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		爿
alternative forms		畔 Min Nan 旁 Hokkien 平 Hokkien 𤕪

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 爿

1. (dialectal) piece of wood or bamboo (made by chopping)
2. (Hokkien) thin piece; slice
3. (Southern Min, Eastern Min) side

   東爿／东爿 [Hokkien]  ―  tong-pêng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  east; east side

   這爿／这爿 [Hokkien]  ―  chit-pêng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  here; this side

   後爿／后爿 [Teochew]  ―  ao⁶ boin⁵ [Peng'im]  ―  rear; back

4. (Hokkien, Eastern Min, linguistics) radical
5. (dialectal) Classifier for fields.
6. (dialectal) Classifier for shops, factories, etc.
7. (Hokkien) Classifier for slices.

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		爿
alternative forms		丬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiáng (qiang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhòng

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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/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: cong^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cong²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ¹¹/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zaŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	爿
Reading #	2/2
No.	10301
Phonetic component	爿
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	牆
Old Chinese	/*zaŋ/
Notes	依段注說文補， 五經文字音牆， 甲文爲牀字

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 爿

1. ^† piece of wood (made by chopping)

References

• (Min Nan) “Entry #1224”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

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Japanese

Kanji

爿

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しょう (shō)
• Kun: だい (dai)、きぎれ (kigire)

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Korean

Hanja

爿 (eumhun 나뭇조각 장 (namutjogak jang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

爿: Hán Nôm readings: tường

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