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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
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
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
Note:
- cĕ̤ng - vernacular;
- cŭng - literary.
Note:
- zang1 - vernacular (e.g. 棕樹);
- zorng1 - literary (e.g. 棕櫚).
Note:
- chang - vernacular;
- chong - literary.
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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棕
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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18083
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Phonetic
component
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翪
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Rime
group
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東
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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葼
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʔsoːŋ/
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Definitions
棕
- palm tree
- palm fiber
- 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”)
| Variety
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Location
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Words
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| Classical Chinese
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棕, 栟櫚, 棕櫚
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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棕櫚, 棕樹, 棕櫚樹
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| Northeastern Mandarin
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Taiwan
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棕樹, 棕櫚, 棕櫚樹
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| Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
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棕樹
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| Central Plains Mandarin
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Xi'an
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棕樹
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| Hakka
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Meixian
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棕樹
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| Yudu
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棕竹
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| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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棕仔
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| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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棕仔
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| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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棕樹, 棕仔
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| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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棕
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| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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棕樹, 棕仔
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| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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棕樹, 棕
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| Huizhou
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Jixi
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棕批樹, 棕樹
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| Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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棕樹, 棕
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| Southern Min
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Xiamen
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棕樹
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| Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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棕櫚樹
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| Wu
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Ningbo
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棕樹
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| Jinhua
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棕櫚, 棕櫚樹
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| Xiang
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Loudi
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棕樹
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Compounds
References
- “棕”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- 李如龙 , 刘福铸 , 吴华英 , 黄国城 (2019) “棕”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 279.
Japanese
Kanji
棕
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
棕 (eumhun 종려나무 종 (jongnyeonamu jong))
- hanja form? of 종 (“palm tree”)
Vietnamese
Han character
棕: Hán Nôm readings: sồng, tông
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References