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梗

梗

Translingual

Han character

梗 (radical 75 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木一中大 (DMLK), four-corner 41946, composition ⿰木更)

References

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 梗

Etymology

Characters in the same phonetic series (丙) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
更 *kraːŋ, *kraːŋs
粳 *kraːŋ
埂 *kraːŋ, *kraːŋʔ
浭 *kraːŋ
稉 *kraːŋ
梗 *kraːŋʔ
哽 *kraːŋʔ
綆 *kraːŋʔ
鯁 *kraːŋʔ
挭 *kraːŋʔ
骾 *kraːŋʔ
郠 *kraːŋʔ
硬 *ŋɡraːŋs, *ŋɡraːŋs
鞕 *ŋɡraːŋs
丙 *pqraŋʔ
炳 *praŋʔ
邴 *praŋʔ, *praŋs
怲 *praŋʔ, *praŋs
苪 *praŋʔ
蛃 *praŋʔ
昺 *praŋʔ
昞 *praŋʔ
窉 *praŋʔ
柄 *praŋʔ, *praŋs
鈵 *praŋs
寎 *praŋs
病 *braŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kraːŋʔ) : semantic 木 + phonetic 更 ‎(OC *kraːŋ, *kraːŋs) – a type of plant.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 梗
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 庚 (109)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 古杏切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kˠæŋX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kᵚaŋX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kaŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kaɨjŋX/
Li
Rong		 /kɐŋX/
Wang
Li		 /kɐŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kɐŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 gěng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 梗
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 gěng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ kængX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*kˤraŋʔ/
English suffering

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 梗
Reading # 1/1
No. 871
Phonetic
component		 丙
Rime
group		 陽
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 梗
Old
Chinese		 /*kraːŋʔ/

Definitions

梗

  1. †Alternative term for 刺榆 (“Hemiptelea davidii”).
  2. †spiny plant
  3. stem; stalk
  4. broad outline; general idea; gist
  5. Alternative form of 哏 (gén, “punchline”).
  6. to block; to obstruct; to hinder
  7. † to resist; to defy
  8. to straighten up; to stiffen
  9. upright; straightforward; upstanding
  10. †strong; violent

Compounds

  • 作梗 (zuògěng)
  • 土偶桃梗
  • 土梗
  • 強梗／强梗
  • 從中作梗／从中作梗
  • 心肌梗塞 (xīnjī gěngsè)
  • 悍梗
  • 斷梗流萍／断梗流萍
  • 斷梗飄萍／断梗飘萍
  • 斷梗飄蓬／断梗飘蓬
  • 斷梗飛蓬／断梗飞蓬
  • 桔梗 (jiégěng)
  • 梗塞 (gěngsè)
  • 梗概 (gěnggài)
  • 梗泛
  • 梗直
  • 梗阻 (gěngzǔ)
  • 橫梗／横梗
  • 浮梗
  • 浮萍斷梗／浮萍断梗
  • 浮萍浪梗
  • 花梗
  • 萍梗
  • 萍蹤梗跡／萍踪梗迹
  • 阻梗
  • 頑梗／顽梗
  • 飄蓬斷梗／飘蓬断梗

Japanese

Kanji

梗

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

梗 • ‎(gyeong) (hangeul 경, revised gyeong, McCune-Reischauer kyŏng, Yale kyeng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

梗 (ngành, cánh, cạnh, cành, chành, ngạnh, gánh, ngáng, ngánh, nhành, nhánh)

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