榔

榔 U+6994, 榔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6994 ← 榓 [U+6993] CJK Unified Ideographs 榕 → [U+6995]

Translingual

Han character

榔 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木戈戈中 (DIIL), four-corner 4792₇, composition ⿰木郎(GHT) or ⿰木郞(JKV))

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 543, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15226
• Dae Jaweon: page 930, character 35
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1239, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6994

Chinese

simp. and trad.		榔

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
剆	*raːl, *raːlʔ
郎	*raːŋ
稂	*raːŋ
桹	*raːŋ
鋃	*raːŋ
硠	*raːŋ
浪	*raːŋ, *raːŋs
蜋	*raːŋ, *raŋ
琅	*raːŋ
狼	*raːŋ
欴	*raːŋ
踉	*raːŋ, *raŋ, *raŋs
莨	*raːŋ, *raːŋs
艆	*raːŋ
駺	*raːŋ
躴	*raːŋ
筤	*raːŋ
閬	*raːŋ, *raːŋs
哴	*raːŋ, *raŋs
蓈	*raːŋ
廊	*raːŋ
榔	*raːŋ, *raːŋʔ
螂	*raːŋ
瑯	*raːŋ
朗	*raːŋʔ
朖	*raːŋʔ
誏	*raːŋʔ
俍	*raːŋʔ
崀	*raːŋʔ
埌	*raːŋs
蒗	*raːŋs
娘	*naŋ
良	*raŋ
粮	*raŋ
悢	*raŋs

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láng (lang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): long⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lông / nn̂g

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láng
    • Wade–Giles: lang²
    • Yale: láng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lang
    • Palladius: лан (lan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: long⁴
    • Yale: lòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: long⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: long⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lông / nn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: lông / nn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loong, nngg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lɔŋ²⁴/, /nŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔŋ²⁴/, /nŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔŋ¹³/, /nŋ̍¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lɔŋ²⁴/, /nŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔŋ²³/, /nŋ̍²³/

Note:

• lông - literary;
• nn̂g - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: lang

Rime
Character	榔
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	魯當切
Baxter	lang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/laŋ/
Li Rong	/lɑŋ/
Wang Li	/lɑŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/lɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	láng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	long4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*raːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	榔
Reading #	1/2
No.	8031
Phonetic component	良
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	郎
Old Chinese	/*raːŋ/

Definitions

榔

1. Used in compounds.

Compounds

• 桄榔 (guāngláng)
• 榔坪 (Lángpíng)
• 榔搥／榔捶
• 榔板
• 榔杭
• 榔榆
• 榔頭／榔头 (lángtou)
• 檳榔／槟榔 (bīngláng)
• 檳榔嶼／槟榔屿 (bīngláng Yǔ)
• 檳榔攤／槟榔摊
• 檳榔西施／槟榔西施 (bīngláng xīshī)
• 鳴榔／鸣榔
• 鳴榔板／鸣榔板

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎng (lang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄤˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎng
    • Wade–Giles: lang³
    • Yale: lǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laang
    • Palladius: лан (lan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑŋ²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: langX

Rime
Character	榔
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	盧黨切
Baxter	langX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/laŋX/
Li Rong	/lɑŋX/
Wang Li	/lɑŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/lɑŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǎng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	long5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*raːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	榔
Reading #	2/2
No.	8039
Phonetic component	良
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	朗
Old Chinese	/*raːŋʔ/

Definitions

榔

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Japanese

Kanji

榔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. betel palm

Readings

• On (unclassified): ろう (rō)

Korean

Hanja

榔 • (rang>nang) (hangeul 랑>낭, revised rang>nang, McCune–Reischauer rang>nang, Yale lang>nang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

榔: Hán Nôm readings: lang, trang

1. betel nut tree

References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính,Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999