莨
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Translingual
Han character
莨 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿戈日女 (TIAV), four-corner 44732, composition ⿱艹良)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1035, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31075
- Dae Jaweon: page 1494, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3225, character 11
- Unihan data for U+83A8
Chinese
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 莨 | |
|---|---|
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| Old Chinese | |
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| 剆 | *raːl, *raːlʔ |
| 郎 | *raːŋ |
| 稂 | *raːŋ |
| 桹 | *raːŋ |
| 鋃 | *raːŋ |
| 硠 | *raːŋ |
| 浪 | *raːŋ, *raːŋs |
| 蜋 | *raːŋ, *raŋ |
| 琅 | *raːŋ |
| 狼 | *raːŋ |
| 欴 | *raːŋ |
| 踉 | *raːŋ, *raŋ, *raŋs |
| 莨 | *raːŋ, *raːŋs |
| 艆 | *raːŋ |
| 駺 | *raːŋ |
| 躴 | *raːŋ |
| 筤 | *raːŋ |
| 閬 | *raːŋ, *raːŋs |
| 哴 | *raːŋ, *raŋs |
| 蓈 | *raːŋ |
| 廊 | *raːŋ |
| 榔 | *raːŋ, *raːŋʔ |
| 螂 | *raːŋ |
| 瑯 | *raːŋ |
| 朗 | *raːŋʔ |
| 朖 | *raːŋʔ |
| 誏 | *raːŋʔ |
| 俍 | *raːŋʔ |
| 崀 | *raːŋʔ |
| 埌 | *raːŋs |
| 蒗 | *raːŋs |
| 娘 | *naŋ |
| 良 | *raŋ |
| 粮 | *raŋ |
| 悢 | *raŋs |
Etymology 1
| trad. | 莨 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 莨 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄤˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: làng
- Wade–Giles: lang4
- Yale: làng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lanq
- Palladius: лан (lan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɑŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: long6
- Yale: lohng
- Cantonese Pinyin: long6
- Guangdong Romanization: long6
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɔːŋ²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*raːŋs/
Definitions
莨
- Only used in 莨菪 (làngdàng).
Etymology 2
| trad. | 莨 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 莨 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: liáng
- Wade–Giles: liang2
- Yale: lyáng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liang
- Palladius: лян (ljan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /li̯ɑŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: loeng4
- Yale: lèuhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: loeng4
- Guangdong Romanization: lêng4
- Sinological IPA (key): /lœːŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Definitions
莨
Etymology 3
| trad. | 莨 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 莨 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄤˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: láng
- Wade–Giles: lang2
- Yale: láng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lang
- Palladius: лан (lan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɑŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Middle Chinese: lang
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*raːŋ/
Definitions
莨
References
- “莨”, 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
Kanji
莨
Readings
Definitions
| Kanji in this term |
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| 莨 |
| たばこ Hyōgai |
| kun'yomi |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 莨 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 莨, is an alternative spelling (obsolete) of the above term.) |
Korean
Hanja
莨 • (rang>nang) (hangeul 랑>낭, revised rang>nang, McCune–Reischauer rang>nang, Yale lang>nang)
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Vietnamese
Han character
莨: Hán Nôm readings: lang, lương
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