薑

See also: 姜

薑	U+8591, 薑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8591

← 薐
[U+8590]

CJK Unified Ideographs

薒 →
[U+8592]

Translingual

Han character

薑 (radical 140 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿一田一 (TMWM), four-corner 4410₆, composition ⿱艹畺)

References

KangXi: page 1061, character 9

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32110

Dae Jaweon: page 1525, character 7

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3300, character 9

Unihan data for U+8591

Chinese

trad.		薑
simp.		姜^*
alt. forms		䕬𧅁𦷗葁

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (畺) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
畺	*kaŋ
畕	*kaŋ
礓	*kaŋ
繮	*kaŋ
韁	*kaŋ
橿	*kaŋ
薑	*kaŋ
疆	*kaŋ
壃	*kaŋ
僵	*kaŋ
彊	kaŋs, ɡaŋ, *ɡaŋʔ
麠	*kaŋ

Originally as 䕬: Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kaŋ) : semantic 艹 + phonetic 彊 (OC *kaŋs, *ɡaŋ, *ɡaŋʔ).

Note that the simplified form 姜 (OC *klaŋ) is also a traditional character on its own.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kjaŋ (“ginger”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiāng (jiang¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): goeng¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiông
Min Dong (BUC): giŏng
Min Nan (POJ): kiong / kiang / kiuⁿ / kioⁿ / kiauⁿ
Wu (Wiktionary): jian (T1)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤ
  - Wade–Giles: chiang¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiang
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: goeng¹
  - Yale: gēung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: goeng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gêng¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kœːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiông
  - Hakka Romanization System: giong´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: giong¹
  - IPA: /ki̯oŋ²⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: giŏng
  - IPA ^(key): /kyoŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiong
  - Tâi-lô: kiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiofng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiang
  - Tâi-lô: kiang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiafng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiaŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiuⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: kiunn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kviw
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiũ³³/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /kiũ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kioⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: kionn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kvioy
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɔ̃⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiauⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: kiaunn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kviaw
  - IPA (Penang): /kiãʊ³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: jian (T1)
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiã⁵³/

Middle Chinese: /kɨɐŋ/▼

Rime
Character	薑
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居良切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kiɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/kiaŋ/
Wang Li	/kĭaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiāng

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]aŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*kaŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	薑
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiāng
Middle Chinese	‹ kjang ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]aŋ/
English	ginger
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	薑
Reading #	1/1
No.	6260
Phonetic component	畺
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	薑
Old Chinese	/*kaŋ/

Definitions

薑

ginger
- 蒙舍蠻以椒、薑、桂和烹而飲之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  蒙舍蛮以椒、姜、桂和烹而饮之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Tang Dynasty, Fan Chuo, Manshu, chapter 7, part 7
  Méngshè Mán yǐ jiāo, jiāng, guì hé pēng ér yǐn zhī. [Pinyin]
  The Mengshe Barbarians use pepper, ginger, and cinnamon to boil as a drink.

Compounds

乾薑／干姜 (gānjiāng)
人老精，薑老辣／人老精，姜老辣
吃蔥吃蒜不吃薑／吃葱吃蒜不吃姜
咬薑呷醋／咬姜呷醋
毛薑／毛姜

生薑／生姜 (shēngjiāng)
薑是老的辣／姜是老的辣
薑桂／姜桂
薑桂老辣／姜桂老辣
薑母鴨／姜母鸭

薑湯／姜汤
薑還是老的辣／姜还是老的辣 (jiāng háishì lǎode là)
薑黃／姜黄 (jiānghuáng)
野薑花／野姜花

Japanese

Kanji

薑

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

ginger

Readings

Goon: こう (kō)
Kan’on: きょう (kyō)
Kun: はじかみ (hajikami)

Compounds

薑 (きょう)黄 (おう) (kyōō): wild turmeric

Korean

Hanja

薑 • (gang) (hangeul 강, revised gang, McCune–Reischauer kang, Yale kang)

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