梗

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

• 𠼰

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 529, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14849
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1210, character 12
• Unihan data for U+6897

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

梗

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative name for 刺榆 (“Hemiptelea davidii”).
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, of plants) to prick
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) spiny plant
4. stalk (pedicel, peduncle, or petiole)

   青梗菜  ―  qīnggěngcài  ―  green-stalk pak choi

   他愛吃菜葉兒，不愛吃梗兒。 [MSC, trad.]
   他爱吃菜叶儿，不爱吃梗儿。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā ài chī cài yèr, bù ài chī gěngr. [Pinyin]

   He loves to eat the leaves of vegetables, not the stalks.

   佢中意食葉，唔中意食梗。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢中意食叶，唔中意食梗。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ zung¹ ji³ sik⁶ jip⁶, m⁴ zung¹ ji³ sik⁶ kwaang². [Jyutping]

   He likes to eat the leaves, not the stalks.

5. broad outline; general idea; gist
6. (alt. form 哏) punchline; (humorous) reference; meme

   「廣東人吃福建人」是什麼梗？ [MSC, trad.]
   「广东人吃福建人」是什么梗？ [MSC, simp.]

   “guǎngdōngrén chī fújiànrén” shì shénme gěng? [Pinyin]

   What's the joke behind "Cantonese people eat Fujianese people?"

7. to block; to obstruct; to hinder
8. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to resist; to defy
9. to straighten up; to stiffen
10. upright; straightforward; upstanding
11. (Cantonese) stiff; tight

    坐咗成日，坐到條腰都梗嗮。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    坐咗成日，坐到条腰都梗嗮。 [Cantonese, simp.]

    co⁵ zo² seng⁴ jat⁶, co⁵ dou³ tiu⁴ jiu¹ dou¹ gang² saai³. [Jyutping]

    My lower back's all stiff after sitting all day.

12. (Cantonese) fixed; immovable

    梗窗 [Hong Kong Cantonese]  ―  gang² coeng¹ [Jyutping]  ―  fixed window

13. (Cantonese) certainly; definitely; of course

    你咁叻，梗會搵到工嘅。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    你咁叻，梗会揾到工嘅。 [Cantonese, simp.]

    nei⁵ gam³ lek¹, gang² wui⁵ wan² dou^3-2 gung¹ ge³. [Jyutping]

    You're so smart; you'll definitely be able to find a job.

14. (Ningbonese) Classifier for long, slender objects, including ropes, fish, feathers, sticks. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
15. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) strong; violent
16. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) illness; disaster
17. a surname

(Jōyō kanji)

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• Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←きやう (kyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kun: やまにれ (yamanire)

• 桔(き)梗(きょう) (kikyō)

From Middle Chinese 梗 (MC kaengX).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kjʌ̹ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [경]

Wikisource

梗 (eumhun 줄기 경 (julgi gyeong))

1. hanja form^? of 경 (“stem; stalk”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

梗: Hán Nôm readings: ngành, cánh, cạnh, cành, chành, ngạnh, gánh, ngáng, ngánh, nhành, nhánh, gảnh

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