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蔣

蔣

蔣 U+8523, 蔣
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8523
← 蔢
[U+8522] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 蔤 →
[U+8524]
See also: 蒋

Translingual

Han character

蔣 (radical 140 艸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿女一戈 (TVMI) or X廿女一戈 (XTVMI), four-corner 44242, composition ⿱艹將)

  1. used as a surname
  2. hydropyrum latifolium

References

  • KangXi: page 1055, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31820
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1517, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3285, character 17
  • Unihan data for U+8523

Chinese

trad. 蔣
simp. 蒋

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (爿) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 蔣
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 陽 (105)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 即兩切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡sɨɐŋX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡siɐŋX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡siɑŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /t͡sɨaŋX/
Li
Rong		 /t͡siaŋX/
Wang
Li		 /t͡sĭaŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡si̯aŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jiǎng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蔣
Reading # 2/2
No. 10291
Phonetic
component		 爿
Rime
group		 陽
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 㢡
Old
Chinese		 /*ʔsaŋʔ/

Definitions

蔣

  1. Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
  2. A surname​.
    蔣介石 / 蒋介石  ―  Jiǎng Jièshí  ―  Chiang Kai-shek
Descendants

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 蔣
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 陽 (105)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 即良切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡sɨɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡siɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡siɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /t͡sɨaŋ/
Li
Rong		 /t͡siaŋ/
Wang
Li		 /t͡sĭaŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡si̯aŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jiāng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蔣
Reading # 1/2
No. 10289
Phonetic
component		 爿
Rime
group		 陽
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 將
Old
Chinese		 /*ʔsaŋ/

Definitions

蔣

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Japanese

Kanji

蔣

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. hydropyrum latifalium

Readings

Korean

Hanja

蔣 • ‎(jang) (hangeul 장, revised jang, McCune-Reischauer chang, Yale cang)

  1. hydropyrum latifalium

Vietnamese

Han character

蔣 (tưởng)

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