襁

襁	U+8941, 襁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8941

← 襀
[U+8940]

CJK Unified Ideographs

襂 →
[U+8942]

襁	U+FAB6, 襁 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FAB6

← 蝹
[U+FAB5]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

覆 →
[U+FAB7]

Translingual

Han character

襁 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 中弓戈戈 (LNII) or 中弓口戈 (LNRI), four-corner 3623₆, composition ⿰衤强 or ⿰衤強)

swaddling clothes

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1123, character 20
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34545
Dae Jaweon: page 1591, character 11
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3116, character 6
Unihan data for U+8941

Unihan data for U+FAB6

Chinese

trad.		襁
simp. ^#		襁
alternative forms		繈／繦

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
繈	*kaŋʔ
襁	*kaŋʔ
膙	*kaŋʔ
鏹	*kaŋʔ
勥	ɡaŋ, ɡaŋʔ
強	ɡaŋ, ɡaŋʔ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiǎng (qiang³)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): koeng⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciǎng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻiang³
  - Yale: chyǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheang
  - Palladius: цян (cjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: koeng⁵
  - Yale: kéuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: koeng⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: kêng⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰœːŋ¹³/

Middle Chinese: kjangX

Rime
Character	襁
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居兩切
Baxter	kjangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨɐŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kiɐŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kiɑŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨaŋ^X/
Li Rong	/kiaŋ^X/
Wang Li	/kĭaŋ^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯aŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǎng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	goeng²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kaŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	襁
Reading #	1/1
No.	10314
Phonetic component	强
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	繈
Old Chinese	/*kaŋʔ/

Definitions

襁

wide cloth band used to carry a baby on the back
to carry a baby on the back as such
used in 襁褓 (qiǎngbǎo, “swaddling clothes”)
alternative form of 繈 (qiǎng, “string of coins”)

Compounds

襁抱
襁褓 (qiǎngbǎo)
襁褓之年
襁負 / 襁负

Japanese

Kanji

襁

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): きょう (kyō)
Kun: むつき (mutsuki)

Korean

Hanja

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

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