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牆
牆
Translingual
Han character
牆 (radical 90 爿+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 女一土人田 (VMGOW), four-corner 24261, composition ⿰爿嗇)
References
- KangXi: page 692, character 29
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19806
- Dae Jaweon: page 1105, character 20
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2378, character 22
- Unihan data for U+7246
Chinese
| trad. | 牆/墻 | |
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| simp. | 墙 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 牆
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| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (爿) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| 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, OC *zaŋ) : semantic 爿 (“wood”) + phonetic 嗇 (OC *srɯɡ).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˊ
- Wade-Giles: ch'iang2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyang
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: coeng4
- Yale: chèuhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng4
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰœːŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
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| Character | 牆 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 從 (15) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (105) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 在良切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/d͡zɨɐŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/d͡ziɐŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/d͡ziɑŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/d͡zɨaŋ/ |
| Li Rong |
/d͡ziaŋ/ |
| Wang Li |
/d͡zĭaŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/d͡zʱi̯aŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
qiáng |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 牆 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 10302 |
| Phonetic component |
爿 |
| Rime group |
陽 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
牆 |
| Old Chinese |
/*zaŋ/ |
Definitions
牆
Compounds
Derived terms from 牆
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Japanese
Kanji
牆
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Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
牆 • (jang) (hangeul 장, revised jang, McCune-Reischauer chang, Yale cang)
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Vietnamese
Han character
牆 (tường)
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Readings
- Nôm: tường
References
- Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
- Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
- Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm , NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999