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Translingual
Han character
莖 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿一女一 (TMVM), four-corner 44101, composition ⿱艹巠)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1034, character 9
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31052
- Dae Jaweon: page 1493, character 14
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3217, character 7
- Unihan data for U+8396
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 羥
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*kʰreːn, *kʰreːŋ
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| 俓
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*ŋɡeːn, *ŋɡreːŋ, *keːŋs
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| 牼
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*kʰreːŋ, *ɡreːŋ
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| 硁
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| 誙
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*kʰreːŋ
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| 娙
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*ŋɡreːŋ, *ɡeːŋ
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| 莖
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*ɡreːŋ, *qreːŋ
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| 痙
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*ɡeŋʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡreːŋ, *qreːŋ) : semantic 艹 + phonetic 巠 (OC *keːŋ).
Etymology
Compare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-kja-ŋ (“foot”) (STEDT), whence Tibetan རྐང་པ (rkang pa, “foot; leg; stem; stalk”).
脛 (OC *ɡeːŋs, “lower leg”) is also compared to the above Proto-Sino-Tibetan lemma.
Pronunciation 1
Note:
- ging1, hang4, kwaang2 - variants;
- kwaang2 - also written as 梗.
Note:
- hûiⁿ/hoâiⁿ/hôaⁿ - vernacular;
- keng/kèng - vernacular (俗);
- hêng - literary.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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莖
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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jīng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ hɛng ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*m-k-lˁ<r>eŋ/
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| English
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stalk (n.)
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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莖
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| Reading #
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1/2
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| No.
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6786
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Phonetic
component
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坙
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Rime
group
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耕
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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莖
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡreːŋ/
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Definitions
莖
- stem; stalk; something like a stalk
- † tall and straight
- † pillar
- † (traditional Chinese medicine) penis
- † handle
- Classifier for strips or stalks of objects.
Synonyms
- (stem): (literary) 稿 (gǎo)
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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莖
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| Reading #
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2/2
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| No.
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6788
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Phonetic
component
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坙
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Rime
group
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耕
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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甖
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Old
Chinese
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/*qreːŋ/
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Definitions
莖
- Only used in 姚莖／姚茎.
References
Japanese
Kanji
莖
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 茎)
- stem
- stalk
Readings
Korean
Hanja
莖 • (gyeong) (hangeul 경, revised gyeong, McCune–Reischauer kyŏng, Yale kyeng)
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Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
莖: Hán Nôm readings: hành, kinh
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