僵

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See also: 殭
僵 U+50F5, 僵
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50F5
← 僴
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 僶 →

Translingual

Han character

僵 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+13, 15 strokes, cangjie input 人一田一 (OMWM), four-corner 21216, composition ⿰亻畺)

  1. stiff and motionless, stock still
  2. rigid

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 118, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1158
  • Dae Jaweon: page 250, character 17
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 224, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+50F5

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 僵
2nd round simp. ⿰亻𱰥
alternative forms 殭／僵 of corpse

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 僵
s05869
Transcribed ancient scripts
L32803
L09696
L09697
L09698
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (畺) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
畺 *kaŋ
畕 *kaŋ
礓 *kaŋ
繮 *kaŋ
韁 *kaŋ
橿 *kaŋ
薑 *kaŋ
疆 *kaŋ
壃 *kaŋ
僵 *kaŋ
彊 *kaŋs, *ɡaŋ, *ɡaŋʔ
麠 *kaŋ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 僵
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 陽 (105)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 居良切
Baxter kjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kɨɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kiɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kɨaŋ/
Li
Rong 		/kiaŋ/
Wang
Li 		/kĭaŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ki̯aŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jiāng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		goeng1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 僵
Reading # 1/1
No. 6263
Phonetic
component 		畺
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		薑
Old
Chinese 		/*kaŋ/

Definitions

僵

  1. (obsolete) to fall down
  2. stiff; rigid
    僵硬  ―  jiāngyìng  ―  stiff; rigid; inflexible
    凍僵／冻僵  ―  dòngjiāng  ―  numb with cold
    僵著臉／僵着脸  ―  jiāng zhe liǎn  ―  to have a serious facial expression
  3. stupefied; dazed; blank
  4. deadlocked
    僵持  ―  jiāngchí  ―  to be locked in a stalemate
    僵局  ―  jiāngjú  ―  a deadlock situation
    把事情弄僵  ―  bǎ shìqíng nòng jiāng  ―  to bring things into a deadlock
    把關係鬧僵／把关系闹僵  ―  bǎ guānxì nào jiāng  ―  to reach a deadlock with someone

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

僵

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. fall down
  2. collapse

Readings

  • Go-on: こう (kō)
  • Kan-on: きょう (kyō)
  • Kun: たおれる (taoreru, 僵れる)

Korean

Hanja

僵 (eum 강 (gang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

僵: Hán Nôm readings: cương

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