槍

Translingual

Han character

槍 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 木人戈口 (DOIR), four-corner 4896₇, composition ⿰木倉)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 546, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15319
• Dae Jaweon: page 934, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1266, character 5
• Unihan data for U+69CD

Chinese

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 槍 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• 槍 (Classical)
• 枪 (Wu)

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 槍
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰaŋ, *sʰraːŋ) : semantic 木 + phonetic 倉 (OC *sʰaːŋ).

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

Definitions

槍

1. (historical) spear; lance; pike
2. gun; firearm; shooter (Classifier: 桿／杆 m; 支 m c; 把 m c)

   兩把槍／两把枪 [Cantonese]  ―  loeng⁵ baa² coeng¹   ―  two guns

3. gun-like object

   焊槍／焊枪  ―  hànqiāng  ―  welding torch

   煙槍／烟枪  ―  yānqiāng  ―  opium pipe

4. Classifier for gunshots.

   佢中咗幾槍，流咗好多血。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢中咗几枪，流咗好多血。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ zung¹ zo² gei² coeng¹, lau⁴ zo² hou² do¹ hyut³.

   He was shot a few times and bled a lot.

5. to sit for an examination in place of someone else

   槍替／枪替  ―  qiāngtì  ―  to sit for an examination in place of someone else

   請槍／请枪 [Cantonese]  ―  ceng² coeng¹   ―  to hire somebody to substitute oneself to sit an examination

6. (obsolete) to collide

   • 我決起而飛，槍榆枋。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     我决起而飞，枪榆枋。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Wǒ xuè qǐ ér fēi, qiāng yú fāng.

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

7. a surname

Synonyms

See also

• 槍械／枪械 (qiāngxiè, “firearm”)
• 銃／铳 (chòng, “blunderbuss”)

Compounds

Descendants

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Definitions

槍

1. Only used in 欃槍／欃枪 (chánchēng, “comet”).

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Definitions

槍

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Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Definitions

槍

1. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 銃／铳 (“gun; firearm”)

References

• “槍”, 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–

Japanese

Alternative forms

• 鎗, 鑓

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. spear, lance
2. javelin

Readings

• Go-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kun: やり (yari, 槍)
• Nanori: うつ (utsu); うつぎ (utsugi)

Compounds

Etymology

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of 遣る (yaru, “to do, execute → to kill”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) やり (Heiban – )
• IPA^(key):

Noun

槍(やり) • (yari) 

1. (weaponry) a spear, lance
2. (shogi) common name for the 香車 (kyōsha, “lance”)
3. a javelin (throwing spear used in athletics)
4. (archaic) jeering

Derived terms

Idioms

• 槍(やり)が降(ふ)っても (yari ga futte mo)
• 槍一筋(やりひとすじ)の主(ぬし) (yari-hitosuji no nushi)

See also

• 矛(ほこ), 鉾(ほこ) (hoko)

Proper noun

槍(やり) • (Yari) 

1. a surname

References

Korean

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

槍

Wikisource

槍 (eumhun 창 창 (chang chang))

1. Hanja form^? of 창 (“spear”).

Vietnamese

Han character

槍: Hán Nôm readings: thương, sang

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