鎗

See also: 枪

鎗 U+9397, 鎗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9397 ← 鎖 [U+9396] CJK Unified Ideographs 鎘 → [U+9398]

Translingual

Han character

鎗 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 金人戈口 (COIR), four-corner 8816₇, composition ⿰釒倉)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1317, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40709
• Dae Jaweon: page 1817, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4242, character 9
• Unihan data for U+9397

Chinese

Historical forms of the character 鎗
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
艙	*sʰaːŋ
倉	*sʰaːŋ
蒼	*sʰaːŋ, *sʰaːŋʔ
滄	*sʰaːŋ, *sʰraŋs
傖	*sʰaːŋ, *zraːŋ
鶬	*sʰaːŋ
凔	*sʰaːŋ
槍	*sʰaŋ, *sʰraːŋ
搶	*sʰaŋ, *sʰaŋʔ, *sʰraŋʔ
蹌	*sʰaŋ
瑲	*sʰaŋ
牄	*sʰaŋ
嗆	*sʰaŋs
創	*sʰraŋ, *sʰraŋs
瘡	*sʰraŋ
愴	*sʰraŋʔ, *sʰraŋs
鎗	*sʰraːŋ

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 鎗 – see 槍 (“spear; lance; pike; gun; firearm; shooter; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 槍).

Etymology 2

trad.		鎗
simp.		𬬰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chēng, qiāng (cheng¹, qiang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥ, ㄑㄧㄤ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cheng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng¹
    • Yale: chēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheng
    • Palladius: чэн (čɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciang
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiang¹
    • Yale: chyāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiang
    • Palladius: цян (cjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

Definitions

鎗

1. Used to describe the sound of metal objects or a bell being struck.
2. A type of three-footed tripod.

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B05424

Japanese

Kanji

鎗

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): そう (sō); しょう (shō)
• Kun: やり (yari, 鎗)

Korean

Hanja

鎗 (eum 쟁 (jaeng))

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Vietnamese

Han character

鎗: Hán Nôm readings: thương

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