See also:
U+59DC, 姜
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59DC

[U+59DB]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+59DD]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 38, +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 廿土女 (TGV), four-corner 80404, composition 𦍌)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 259, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6205
  • Dae Jaweon: page 525, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1047, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+59DC

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *klaŋ) : phonetic (OC *laŋ) + semantic (female)

Etymology 1

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trad.
simp. #

Commonly assumed to be related to (OC *kʰlaŋ) (Pulleyblank, 2000), though not necessarily (Schuessler, 2007); (OC *laŋ, “sheep”) in the graphs may be just phonetic or also semantic, signifying "names referring to nomads" (Schuessler, 2009).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • khiuⁿ - vernacular (surname in Quanzhou);
  • kiuⁿ/kioⁿ - vernacular (limited, e.g. 埔姜);
  • khiong/khiang - literary (surname in Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taiwan);
  • kiong - literary (limited, e.g. 范姜).

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (105)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter kjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɨɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/kiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kɨaŋ/
Li
Rong
/kiaŋ/
Wang
Li
/kĭaŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ki̯aŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiāng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
goeng1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jiāng
Middle
Chinese
‹ kjang ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.qaŋ/
English a family name

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 14530
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*klaŋ/

Definitions

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  1. a surname
      ―  Jiāng Wéi  ―  Jiang Wei (military general of the state of Shu)
  2. (mythology) name of a river, identified as a Qi stream near Mount Qi (Commentary on the Water Classic)

Compounds

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Etymology 2

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“ginger”).
(This character is the simplified and variant form of ).
Notes:

Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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  • Go-on: こう ()
  • Kan-on: きょう (kyō)
  • Kun: つよい (tsuyoi)

Compounds

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Korean

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Hanja

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(gang) (hangeul , revised gang, McCune–Reischauer kang)

  1. a surname

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: Khương, khương, cưng, gừng

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