梗

梗 U+6897, 梗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6897 ← 梖 [U+6896] CJK Unified Ideographs 梘 → [U+6898]

Translingual

Han character

梗 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木一中大 (DMLK), four-corner 4194₆, composition ⿰木更)

Derived characters

• 𠼰

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 529, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14849
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1210, character 12
• Unihan data for U+6897

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		梗
alternative forms		莖／茎 Cantonese vernacular 框 Cantonese vernacular

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
更	*kraːŋ, *kraːŋs
粳	*kraːŋ
埂	*kraːŋ, *kraːŋʔ
浭	*kraːŋ
稉	*kraːŋ
梗	*kraːŋʔ
哽	*kraːŋʔ
綆	*kraːŋʔ
鯁	*kraːŋʔ
挭	*kraːŋʔ
骾	*kraːŋʔ
郠	*kraːŋʔ
硬	*ŋɡraːŋs, *ŋɡraːŋs
鞕	*ŋɡraːŋs
丙	*pqraŋʔ
炳	*praŋʔ
邴	*praŋʔ, *praŋs
怲	*praŋʔ, *praŋs
苪	*praŋʔ
蛃	*praŋʔ
昺	*praŋʔ
昞	*praŋʔ
窉	*praŋʔ
柄	*praŋʔ, *praŋs
鈵	*praŋs
寎	*praŋs
病	*braŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kraːŋʔ) : semantic 木 + phonetic 更 (OC *kraːŋ, *kraːŋs) – a type of plant.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 梗

1. ^† Alternative name for 刺榆 (“Hemiptelea davidii”).
2. ^† (of plants) to prick
3. ^† spiny plant
4. stem; stalk

   他愛吃菜葉兒，不愛吃梗兒。 [MSC, trad.]
   他爱吃菜叶儿，不爱吃梗儿。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā ài chī cài yèr, bù ài chī gěngr. [Pinyin]

   He loves to eat the leaves of vegetables, not the stems.

   佢中意食葉，唔中意食梗。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢中意食叶，唔中意食梗。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ zung¹ ji³ sik⁶ jip⁶, m⁴ zung¹ ji³ sik⁶ kwaang². [Jyutping]

   He likes to eat the leaves, not the stem.

5. broad outline; general idea; gist
6. (alt. form 哏) punchline; reference; humorous reference

   「廣東人吃福建人」是什麼梗？ [MSC, trad.]
   「广东人吃福建人」是什么梗？ [MSC, simp.]

   “guǎngdōngrén chī fújiànrén” shì shénme gěng? [Pinyin]

   What's the joke behind "Cantonese people eat Fujianese people?"

7. to block; to obstruct; to hinder
8. ^† to resist; to defy
9. to straighten up; to stiffen
10. upright; straightforward; upstanding
11. (Cantonese) stiff; tight

    坐咗成日，坐到條腰都梗嗮。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    坐咗成日，坐到条腰都梗嗮。 [Cantonese, simp.]

    co⁵ zo² seng⁴ jat⁶, co⁵ dou³ tiu⁴ jiu¹ dou¹ gang² saai³. [Jyutping]

    My lower back's all stiff after sitting all day.

12. (Cantonese) fixed; immovable
13. (Cantonese) certainly; definitely; of course

    你咁叻，梗會搵到工嘅。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    你咁叻，梗会揾到工嘅。 [Cantonese, simp.]

    nei⁵ gam³ lek¹, gang² wui⁵ wan² dou^3-2 gung¹ ge³. [Jyutping]

    You're so smart; you'll definitely be able to find a job.

14. ^† strong; violent
15. ^† illness; disaster
16. (Internet slang) meme
17. a surname

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Japanese

Kanji

梗

(Jōyō kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←きやう (kyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kun: やまにれ (yamanire)

Compounds

• 桔(き)梗(きょう) (kikyō)

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 梗 (MC kaengX).

Historical readings

• Recorded as Middle Korean ᄀᆡᇰ〯 (Yale: kǒyng) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
• Recorded as Middle Korean 겨ᇰ〯 (kyěng) (Yale: kyěng) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kjʌ̹ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [경]

Hanja

Wikisource

梗 (eumhun 줄기 경 (julgi gyeong))

1. hanja form^? of 경 (“stem; stalk”)

Compounds

Compounds

• 경색 (梗塞, gyeongsaek, “blockage; (medicine) infarction”)
• 뇌경색 (腦梗塞, noegyeongsaek, “(neurology, diseases) ischaemic stroke”)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

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Vietnamese

Han character

梗: Hán Nôm readings: ngành, cánh, cạnh, cành, chành, ngạnh, gánh, ngáng, ngánh, nhành, nhánh, gảnh

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