絳

See also: 绛

絳	U+7D73, 絳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D73

← 絲
[U+7D72]

CJK Unified Ideographs

絴 →
[U+7D74]

Translingual

Han character

絳 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女火竹水手 (VFHEQ), four-corner 2795₄, composition ⿰糹夅)

crimson, a kind of deep red
river in Shanxi province

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 924, character 4
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27449
Dae Jaweon: page 1359, character 2
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3395, character 8
Unihan data for U+7D73

Chinese

trad.		絳
simp.		绛

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
贛	kluːmʔ, kluːms, kromʔ, kloːms
灨	kluːmʔ, kluːms
竷	*kʰluːms
戇	kr'oːms, qʰloːms
洚	kruːŋs, ɡruːŋ, ɡloːŋ, ɡluːŋ
降	kruːŋs, ɡruːŋ
絳	*kruːŋs
栙	*ɡruːŋ
夅	*ɡruːŋ
跭	*ɡruːŋ
隆	*ɡ·ruːŋ
癃	*ɡ·ruːŋ
窿	*ɡ·ruːŋ
霳	*ɡ·ruːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kruːŋs): semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 夅 (OC *ɡruːŋ)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiàng (jiang⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gong³
Eastern Min (BUC): gáung
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kàng

(Teochew, Peng'im): gang³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiàng
  - Wade–Giles: chiang⁴
  - Yale: jyàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianq
  - Palladius: цзян (czjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gong³
  - Yale: gong
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gong³
  - Guangdong Romanization: gong³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gáung
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑuŋ²¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàng
  - Tâi-lô: kàng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kaxng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kaŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kaŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kaŋ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaŋ²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gang³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kàng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ²¹³/

Middle Chinese: kaewngH

Rime
Character	絳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	江 (9)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古巷切
Baxter	kaewngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠʌŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚɔŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kɔŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨwŋ^H/
Li Rong	/kɔŋ^H/
Wang Li	/kɔŋ^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kɔŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gong³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kruːŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	絳
Reading #	1/1
No.	6280
Phonetic component	夅
Rime group	終
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*kruːŋs/

Definitions

絳

crimson (a kind of deep red)

Compounds

新絳 / 新绛 (Xīnjiàng)
絳州 / 绛州 (Jiàngzhōu)
絳帳 / 绛帐 (Jiàngzhàng)
絳河 / 绛河 (jiànghé)
絳脣 / 绛唇 (jiàngchún)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kòng

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòng
  - Tâi-lô: kòng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koxng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ²¹/

Definitions

絳 (Hokkien)

Used in ideophones.

Compounds

燒絳絳 / 烧绛绛
紅絳絳 / 红绛绛
香絳絳 / 香绛绛

Japanese

Kanji

絳

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): こう (kō)
Kun: あか (aka)

Korean

Hanja

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

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