粽
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Translingual
Han character
粽 (Kangxi radical 119, 米+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 火木十一火 (FDJMF), four-corner 93991, composition ⿰米宗)
Derived characters
Related characters
- 糉, 糭 (Variant forms of 粽)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 910, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26993
- Dae Jaweon: page 1336, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3153, character 5
- Unihan data for U+7CBD
Chinese
| trad. | 粽/糉/糭 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 粽 | |
| alternative forms | 𥟡 | |
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsoːŋs) : semantic 米 (“rice”) + phonetic 宗 (OC *ʔsuːŋ).
Etymology
First attested in Fengsu Tongyi (195). Bencao Gangmu claimed it was derived from 棕 (zōng, “palm tree”) due to similar shapes of zongzi and palm tree leaves.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zong4
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): zung4
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): jyng3
- Eastern Min (BUC): cáe̤ng
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5tson
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zong4
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄥˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: zòng
- Wade–Giles: tsung4
- Yale: dzùng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzonq
- Palladius: цзун (czun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, variant)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhòng
- Wade–Giles: chung4
- Yale: jùng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jonq
- Palladius: чжун (čžun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: zong4
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zung
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡soŋ²¹³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: zung3-2 / zung3
- Yale: júng / jung
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzung3-2 / dzung3
- Guangdong Romanization: zung3-2 / zung3
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʊŋ³³⁻³⁵/, /t͡sʊŋ³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: duung4* / duung4
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɵŋ²¹⁻²¹⁵/, /tɵŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Note:
- duung4* - by itself or at end of compound, e.g. 糯米粽;
- duung4 - at beginning of compound, e.g. 粽葉.
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: zung4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡suŋ³⁵/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chung
- Hakka Romanization System: zung
- Hagfa Pinyim: zung4
- Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: jyng3
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕỹŋ⁴⁵/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: cáe̤ng
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɔyŋ²¹³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
Note:
- zang3 - vernacular;
- zong1 - literary.
- Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | 粽 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /t͡suŋ⁵¹/ |
| Harbin | /t͡suŋ⁵³/ /t͡səŋ⁵³/ | |
| Tianjin | /t͡suŋ⁵³/ | |
| Jinan | /t͡ɕyŋ²¹/ | |
| Qingdao | /t͡səŋ⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /t͡syuŋ³¹²/ | |
| Xi'an | /t͡suŋ⁵³/ | |
| Xining | /t͡suə̃²¹³/ | |
| Yinchuan | /t͡suŋ¹³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /t͡sũn¹³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /t͡suŋ²¹³/ | |
| Wuhan | /t͡soŋ³⁵/ | |
| Chengdu | /t͡soŋ¹³/ | |
| Guiyang | /t͡soŋ²¹³/ | |
| Kunming | /t͡soŋ¹/ | |
| Nanjing | /t͡soŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Hefei | /t͡səŋ⁵³/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡ɕyəŋ⁴⁵/ |
| Pingyao | /t͡ɕyŋ³⁵/ | |
| Hohhot | /t͡sũŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡soŋ³⁵/ |
| Suzhou | /t͡soŋ⁵¹³/ | |
| Hangzhou | /t͡soŋ⁴⁴⁵/ | |
| Wenzhou | /t͡soŋ⁴²/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡sʌ̃³²⁴/ |
| Tunxi | /t͡san⁴²/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡soŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Xiangtan | /t͡sən⁵⁵/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡suŋ⁴⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡suŋ⁵³/ |
| Taoyuan | /t͡suŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡soŋ³⁵/ |
| Nanning | /t͡suŋ³³/ | |
| Hong Kong | /t͡suŋ³⁵/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /t͡sɔŋ²¹/ /t͡saŋ²¹/ |
| Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /t͡sɔyŋ²¹²/ | |
| Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /t͡sɔŋ³³/ | |
| Shantou (Teochew) | /t͡saŋ²¹³/ | |
| Haikou (Hainanese) | /taŋ³⁵/ |
- Middle Chinese: tsuwngH
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsoːŋs/
Definitions
粽
- zongzi (dumpling made of glutinous rice, wrapped in leaves) (Classifier: 隻／只 c)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 粽子 (“zongzi (sticky rice dumpling)”)
Compounds
Descendants
- → Thai: จ้าง (jâang)
References
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03066
- “粽”, 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
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 粽 |
| ちまき Hyōgaiji |
| kun'yomi |
Kanji
粽
Readings
Etymology
Compound of 茅 (chi, short for chigaya, "cogon") + 巻 (maki, “wrapping”).
Originally, rice cakes were wrapped in leaves from cogon grass.
Pronunciation
Noun
- a rice cake or dumpling wrapped in bamboo leaves
- zongzi
- Synonym: 中国粽 (Chūgoku-jimaki)
- (Buddhism, architecture) Short for 粽形 (chimaki-gata): a Zen-style pillar with rounded edges on the top and bottom parts
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 粽馬 (chimaki uma)
- 粽形 (chimaki‐gata)
- 粽草 (chimakigusa)
- 粽笹 (chimaki-zasa)
- 飴粽 (ame chimaki), 飴粽 (ame-jimaki)
- 飾り粽 (kazari chimaki)
- 葛粽 (kuzu chimaki)
- 笹粽 (sasa chimaki)
- 水仙粽 (suisen chimaki)
See also
Proper noun
- a surname
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
粽 • (jong) (hangeul 종, McCune–Reischauer chong, Yale cong)
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Vietnamese
Han character
粽: Hán Nôm readings: tông, tống
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