襁

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襁 U+8941, 襁
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8941
← 襀
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 襂 →
襁 U+FAB6, 襁
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FAB6
← 蝹
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 覆 →

Translingual

Han character

襁 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 中弓戈戈 (LNII) or 中弓口戈 (LNRI), four-corner 36236, composition ⿰衤强 or ⿰衤強)

  1. swaddling clothes

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1123, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34545
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1591, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3116, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+8941

Chinese

trad. 襁
simp. # 襁
alternative forms 繈／繦

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (強) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
繈 *kaŋʔ
襁 *kaŋʔ
膙 *kaŋʔ
鏹 *kaŋʔ
勥 *ɡaŋ, *ɡaŋʔ
強 *ɡaŋ, *ɡaŋʔ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 襁
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 陽 (105)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 居兩切
Baxter kjangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kɨɐŋX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kiɐŋX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kiɑŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kɨaŋX/
Li
Rong 		/kiaŋX/
Wang
Li 		/kĭaŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ki̯aŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jiǎng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		goeng2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 襁
Reading # 1/1
No. 10314
Phonetic
component 		强
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		繈
Old
Chinese 		/*kaŋʔ/

Definitions

襁

  1. wide cloth band used to carry a baby on the back
  2. to carry a baby on the back as such
  3. Used in 襁褓 (qiǎngbǎo, “swaddling clothes”).
  4. Alternative form of 繈 (qiǎng, “string of coins”)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

襁

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): きょう (kyō)
  • Kun: むつき (mutsuki)

Korean

Hanja

襁 • (gang) (hangeul 강, revised gang, McCune–Reischauer kang, Yale kang)

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