瘴

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瘴 U+7634, 瘴
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7634
← 瘳
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 瘵 →

Translingual

Han character

瘴 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+11, 16 strokes, cangjie input 大卜廿十 (KYTJ), four-corner 00146, composition ⿸疒章)

  1. malaria; pestilential vapors

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 779, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22455
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1189, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2694, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+7634

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 瘴

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (章) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
章 *kjaŋ
樟 *kjaŋ
彰 *kjaŋ
漳 *kjaŋ
鄣 *kjaŋ
璋 *kjaŋ
嫜 *kjaŋ
獐 *kjaŋ
慞 *kjaŋ
墇 *kjaŋ, *kjaŋs
障 *kjaŋ, *kjaŋs
麞 *kjaŋ
蔁 *kjaŋ
暲 *kjaŋ
嶂 *kjaŋs
瘴 *kjaŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kjaŋs) : semantic 疒 (“illness”) + phonetic 章 (OC *kjaŋ)

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 瘴
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 章 (23)
Final (韻) 陽 (105)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 之亮切
Baxter tsyangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡ɕɨɐŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡ɕiɐŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡ɕiɑŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/cɨaŋH/
Li
Rong 		/t͡ɕiaŋH/
Wang
Li 		/t͡ɕĭaŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/t͡ɕi̯aŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zhàng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zoeng3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 瘴
Reading # 1/1
No. 16833
Phonetic
component 		章
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		障
Old
Chinese 		/*kjaŋs/

Definitions

瘴

  1. miasma; noxious vapours arising from a swamp

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

瘴

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. Miasma, toxic air or gasses.

Readings

  • Go-on: しょう (shō)
  • Kan-on: しょう (shō)

Korean

Hanja

瘴 • (jang) (hangeul 장, revised jang, McCune–Reischauer chang, Yale cang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

瘴: Hán Nôm readings: chướng

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