蔣

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See also: 蒋
蔣 U+8523, 蔣
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8523
← 蔢
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 蔤 →

Translingual

Traditional 蔣
Shinjitai
(extended) 		蒋
Simplified 蒋

Han character

蔣 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿女一戈 (TVMI) or 難廿女一戈 (XTVMI), four-corner 44242, composition ⿱艹將)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1055, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31820
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1517, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3285, character 17
  • Unihan data for U+8523

Chinese

trad. 蔣
simp. 蒋

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (爿) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
臧 *ʔsaːŋ
牂 *ʔsaːŋ
戕 *kaːl, *ʔsaːŋ, *zaŋ
贓 *ʔsaːŋ
藏 *zaːŋ, *zaːŋs
奘 *zaːŋʔ, *zaːŋs
臟 *zaːŋs
將 *ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋs
漿 *ʔsaŋ
鱂 *ʔsaŋ
蔣 *ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋʔ
螿 *ʔsaŋ
槳 *ʔsaŋʔ
獎 *ʔsaŋʔ
醬 *ʔsaŋs
鏘 *sʰaŋ
蹡 *sʰaŋ, *ʔshaŋs
嶈 *sʰaŋ
斨 *sʰaŋ
爿 *braːn, *zaŋ
牆 *zaŋ
妝 *ʔsraŋ
莊 *ʔsraŋ
裝 *ʔsraŋ, *ʔsraŋs
壯 *ʔsraŋs
疒 *rnɯːɡ, *zraŋ
床 *zraŋ
牀 *zraŋ
狀 *zraŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋʔ) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 將 (OC *ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋs).

Pronunciation 1

Note:
  • chiúⁿ/chióⁿ - vernacular (incl. surname);
  • chióng/chiáng - literary.
Note:
  • ziên2 - Chaozhou;
  • zion2 - Shantou.
Rime
Character 蔣
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 陽 (105)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 即兩切
Baxter tsjangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡sɨɐŋX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡siɐŋX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡siɑŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡sɨaŋX/
Li
Rong 		/t͡siaŋX/
Wang
Li 		/t͡sĭaŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/t͡si̯aŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jiǎng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zoeng2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蔣
Reading # 2/2
No. 10291
Phonetic
component 		爿
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		㢡
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔsaŋʔ/

Definitions

蔣

  1. A Warring States-era state in modern-day Henan, China
  2. a surname
    蔣介石／蒋介石  ―  Jiǎng Jièshí  ―  Chiang Kai-shek
  3. Alternative form of 獎／奖 (jiǎng)

Compounds

Descendants
  • → English: Chiang, Jiang
  • → Tagalog: Chiong

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 蔣
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 陽 (105)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 即良切
Baxter tsjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡sɨɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡siɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡siɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡sɨaŋ/
Li
Rong 		/t͡siaŋ/
Wang
Li 		/t͡sĭaŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/t͡si̯aŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jiāng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zoeng1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蔣
Reading # 1/2
No. 10289
Phonetic
component 		爿
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		將
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔsaŋ/

Definitions

蔣

  1. Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)

Pronunciation 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 蔣 – see 怎 (“Eastern Min: how”).
(This character is a variant form of 怎).

Japanese

Shinjitai
(extended)

蒋

Kyūjitai

蔣

Kanji

蔣

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 蒋)

  1. Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia, or Hydropyrum latifolium)

Readings

  • On (unclassified): しょう (shō)、そう (sō)
  • Kun: まこも (makomo, 蔣)、はげます (hagemasu)

Korean

Hanja

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

  1. Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia, or Hydropyrum latifolium)

Vietnamese

Han character

蔣: Hán Nôm readings: tưởng

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