葱

See also 蔥

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 怱

Han character

葱 (radical 140 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿心大心 (TPKP))

1. scallion, scallions, leek, leeks, green onion, green onions

References

• KangXi: page 1046, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31454
• Dae Jaweon: page 1507, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3253, character 11
• Unihan data for U+8471

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Japanese

Kanji

葱 (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. a leek
2. green

Readings

• Goon: す (su)
• Kan’on: そう (sō)
• Kun: ねぎ (negi)

Noun

葱 (hiragana ねぎ, romaji negi)

1. scallion, leek

Synonyms

• 長葱 (ながねぎ, naganegi): scallion, green onion

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Korean

Hanja

葱 (hangeul 총, revised chong, McCune-Reischauer ch'ong, Yale chong)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

葱 (traditional 蔥, pinyin chuāng (chuang1), cōng (cong1), Wade-Giles ch'uang¹, ts'ung¹)