U+6897, 梗
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6897

[U+6896]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+6898]

Translingual

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Han character

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

Derived characters

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Further reading

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  • 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

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
alternative forms Cantonese vernacular
Cantonese vernacular

Glyph origin

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

Etymology

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Schuessler (2007) only lists “strong” as being related to (OC *ɡaŋ, “strong”). Are all these senses related?”

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • gang2 - literary;
  • kwaang2, gwaang2 - vernacular (“stem; stalk”).
Note:
  • gien3 - literary;
  • guang3 - vernacular (“stem; stalk”).
Note:
  • gǎing - literary;
  • guǎng - vernacular (“stem; stalk”).
Note:
  • gēng - literary;
  • guāng - vernacular (“stem; stalk”).
Note:
  • kéng/kńg/kēng - literary;
  • kíⁿ/kéⁿ - vernacular.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (109)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter kaengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠæŋX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚaŋX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kaŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kaɨjŋX/
Li
Rong
/kɐŋX/
Wang
Li
/kɐŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kɐŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
gěng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gang2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
gěng
Middle
Chinese
‹ kængX ›
Old
Chinese
/*kˁraŋʔ/
English suffering

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 871
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kraːŋʔ/

Definitions

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  1. Alternative name for 刺榆 (“Hemiptelea davidii”).
  2. (of plants) to prick
  3. spiny plant
  4. stalk (pedicel, peduncle, or petiole)
      ―  qīnggěngcài  ―  green-stalk pak choi
    葉兒 [MSC, trad.]
    叶儿 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā ài chī cài yèr, bù ài chī gěngr. [Pinyin]
    He loves to eat the leaves of vegetables, not the stalks.
    中意中意 [Cantonese, trad.]
    中意中意 [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 ) punchline; (humorous) reference; meme
    廣東人福建人什麼 [MSC, trad.]
    广东人福建人什么 [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. to resist; to defy
  9. to straighten up; to stiffen
  10. upright; straightforward; upstanding
  11. (Cantonese) stiff; tight
    [Cantonese, trad.]
    [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
    [Hong Kong Cantonese]  ―  gang2 coeng1 [Jyutping]  ―  fixed window
  13. (Cantonese) certainly; definitely; of course
    [Cantonese, trad.]
    [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 gam3 lek1, gang2 wui5 wan2 dou3-2 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.
  15. strong; violent
  16. illness; disaster
  17. a surname

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Jōyō kanji)

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Readings

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Compounds

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Korean

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Etymology

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From Middle Chinese (MC kaengX).

Pronunciation

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Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun 줄기 (julgi gyeong))

  1. hanja form? of (stem; stalk)

Compounds

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References

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

Vietnamese

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Han character

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

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