棕

棕 U+68D5, 棕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-68D5 ← 棔 [U+68D4] CJK Unified Ideographs 棖 → [U+68D6]

Translingual

Han character

棕 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 木十一火 (DJMF), four-corner 4399₁, composition ⿰木宗)

Derived characters

• 䉘 𩯖 𤏇

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 532, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14933
• Dae Jaweon: page 920, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1238, character 7
• Unihan data for U+68D5

Chinese

trad.		棕
simp. #		棕
alternative forms		椶／棕 𣞛 㯶

Glyph origin

Originally written as 椶, a phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsoːŋ) : semantic 木 (“wood”) + phonetic 㚇. The phonetic component was later replaced by 宗 (zōng).

Etymology

Wang (1982) relates it to 總 (OC *ʔsloːŋʔ, “to collect”), 稯 (OC *ʔsoːŋ, “sheaf; bundle”), 鬃 (OC *ʔsoːŋ, “mane”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zōng (zong¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄥ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zong¹

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zung¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): duung¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): zung¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chûng

  (Meixian, Guangdong): zung¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): zung¹
• Northern Min (KCR): cóng
• Eastern Min (BUC): cĕ̤ng / cŭng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chang / chong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zang¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹tson
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zong
    • Wade–Giles: tsung¹
    • Yale: dzūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzong
    • Palladius: цзун (czun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: zong¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹
    • Yale: jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: duung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɵŋ³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suŋ⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: zung´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʊŋ⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: zung¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sũŋ¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cóng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔŋ⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cĕ̤ng / cŭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡søyŋ⁵⁵/, /t͡suŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

• cĕ̤ng - vernacular;
• cŭng - literary.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chang / chong
    • Tâi-lô: tsang / tsong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zafng, zofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡saŋ⁴⁴/, /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡saŋ³³/, /t͡sɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡saŋ⁴⁴/, /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡saŋ⁴⁴/, /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡saŋ⁴⁴/, /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/

Note:

• chang - vernacular;
• chong - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: zang¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsang
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹tson
    • MiniDict: tson^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tson
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡soŋ⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: zong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /t͡sʊŋ³³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡sən³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsuwng

Rime
Character	棕
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	子紅切
Baxter	tsuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡suŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡suŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡suŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡səwŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡suŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡suŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡suŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zung1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsoːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	棕
Reading #	1/1
No.	18083
Phonetic component	翪
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	葼
Old Chinese	/*ʔsoːŋ/

Definitions

棕

1. palm tree
2. palm fiber
3. brown (color, similar to that of fibers made from a palm's leaf sheath)

   棕熊  ―  zōngxióng  ―  brown bear

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 棕櫚 (“palm tree”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		棕, 栟櫚, 棕櫚
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		棕櫚, 棕樹, 棕櫚樹
Mandarin	Taiwan	棕樹, 棕櫚, 棕櫚樹
	Jinan	棕樹
	Xi'an	棕樹
Hakka	Meixian	棕樹
	Yudu	棕竹
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	棕仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	棕仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	棕樹, 棕仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	棕
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	棕樹, 棕仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	棕樹, 棕
Huizhou	Jixi	棕批樹, 棕樹
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	棕樹, 棕
Southern Min	Xiamen	棕樹
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	棕櫚樹
Wu	Ningbo	棕樹
	Jinhua	棕櫚, 棕櫚樹
Xiang	Loudi	棕樹

Compounds

• 棕人
• 棕仔
• 棕仙 (zōngxiān)
• 棕冠
• 棕匠
• 棕墊／棕垫
• 棕壤
• 棕將軍／棕将军
• 棕屩／棕𪨗
• 棕帚
• 棕床
• 棕扇
• 棕拂
• 棕棚
• 棕榻
• 棕樹／棕树 (zōngshù)
• 棕檐子
• 棕櫚／棕榈 (zōnglǘ)
• 棕櫚屋／棕榈屋
• 棕殿
• 棕毛 (zōngmáo)
• 棕毯
• 棕熊 (zōngxióng)
• 棕片
• 棕皮
• 棕矮星 (zōng'ǎixīng)
• 棕竹
• 棕笠
• 棕筍／棕笋
• 棕筅仔
• 棕箱
• 棕籃／棕篮
• 棕紅／棕红
• 棕索
• 棕絲／棕丝
• 棕綦
• 棕綠／棕绿
• 棕編／棕编
• 棕繃／棕绷
• 棕繩／棕绳 (zōngshéng)
• 棕色 (zōngsè)
• 棕色人種／棕色人种
• 棕色種／棕色种
• 棕花
• 棕莢／棕荚
• 棕蓑
• 棕薦／棕荐
• 棕衣
• 棕車／棕车
• 棕輿／棕舆
• 棕轎／棕轿
• 棕鑢仔／棕𮣶仔
• 棕閭／棕闾
• 棕靸
• 棕鞋
• 棕髮／棕发
• 棕魚／棕鱼
• 棕黃／棕黄
• 棕黑
• 油棕
• 海棕
• 觀音棕竹／观音棕竹

 

Japanese

Kanji

棕

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: す (su)
• Kan-on: そう (sō)
• Kan’yō-on: しゅ (shu)

Korean

Hanja

棕 (eumhun 종려나무 종 (jongnyeonamu jong))

1. Hanja form^? of 종 (“palm tree”).

Vietnamese

Han character

棕: Hán Nôm readings: sồng, tông

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References

• Nom Foundation