Translingual

Han character

講 (radical 149 言+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 卜口廿廿月 (YRTTB), four-corner 0565₇, composition ⿰言冓)

References

• KangXi: page 1175, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35824
• Dae Jaweon: page 1640, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4004, character 2
• Unihan data for U+8B1B

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kroːŋʔ) : semantic 言 ‎(“say”) + phonetic 冓 ‎(OC *koː, *koːs).

Pronunciation

Definitions

講

1. (obsolete or dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Min, Wu, Xiang) to say; to talk; to speak; to talk

   你講咩呀？ / 你讲咩呀？ [Cantonese]  ―  Nei⁵gong² me¹ aa³? [Jyutping]  ―  What are you saying?

2. to tell; to inform

   我無共伊講。 / 我无共伊讲。 [Min Nan]  ―  Góa bô kā i kóng. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  I didn't tell him.

3. to speak (a language)

   講英語 / 讲英语  ―  jiǎng yīngyǔ  ―  to speak English

   • 他會講英語，而且講得好。 [MSC, trad.]
     他会讲英语，而且讲得好。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tā huì jiǎng yīngyǔ, érqiě jiǎng de hǎo. [Pinyin]

     He can speak English, and what's more he speaks it very well.

   • 我唔識講廣東話。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
     我唔识讲广东话。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]

     Ngo⁵ m⁴ sik¹gong² gwong² dung¹ waa^6-2. [Jyutping]

     I don't speak Cantonese.

   • 儂好流利個講英文𠲎？ [Shanghainese, trad.]
     侬好流利个讲英文𠲎？ [Shanghainese, simp.]

     Can you speak English fluently?

4. to explain; to lecture
5. to discuss; to negotiate
6. to emphasise; to pay attention to; to take into account

   講衛生 / 讲卫生  ―  jiǎng wèishēng  ―  to pay attention to hygiene

7. speech; lecture
8. Classifier for lectures.

Synonyms

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: こう (kō)
• Kan’on: こう (kō)
• Kun: はかる (hakaru), はなしあう (hanashiau)

Suffix

講 ‎(hiragana こう, romaji -kō)

1. reading or lecture
2. reading of sacred scriptures by Buddhist monks

   法華 (ほっけ)八講 (はっこう)

   hokke hakkō

   reading of the eight scrolls of the Lotus Sutra

3. gathering of monks and laity for Buddhist rites

   涅槃 (ねはん)講 (こう)

   nehan kō

   rites on February 15, the death day of the Buddha

4. lay association of Buddhist or Shinto believers
5. mutual financial assistance association

   いわゆる「ネズミ講 (こう)」を運営 (うんえい)したとして、無限連鎖講防止法違反 (むげんれんさこうぼうしほういはん)の疑 (うたが)いが持 (も)たれています。

   Iwayuru “Nezumi-kō” O un'ei shita toshite, mugenrensakō bōshihō ihan no utagai gamotareteimasu.

   He is being held on suspicion of violating the Law on Prevention of Pyramid Schemes for operating a so-called "Mouse Mutual Assistance Association."

Korean

Hanja

講 • ‎(gang) (hangeul 강, McCune-Reischauer kang, Yale kang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

講 (giảng, nhãng)

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