蘘

蘘 U+8618, 蘘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8618 ← 蘗 [U+8617] CJK Unified Ideographs 蘙 → [U+8619]

Translingual

Han character

蘘 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜口女 (TYRV), four-corner 4473₂, composition ⿱艹襄)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1069, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32480
• Dae Jaweon: page 1535, character 34
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3332, character 10
• Unihan data for U+8618

Chinese

trad.		蘘
simp. #		蘘

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
囊	*naːŋ
蠰	*naːŋ, *sraŋ, *hnjaŋs, *njaŋʔ
曩	*naːŋʔ
灢	*naːŋʔ, *naːŋs
儾	*naːŋs
孃	*naŋ, *njaŋ
瓤	*naŋ, *njaŋ
鑲	*naŋ, *njaŋ
釀	*naŋs
瓖	*snaŋ, *snaŋ
驤	*snaŋ
襄	*snaŋ
纕	*snaŋ
忀	*snaŋ
欀	*snaŋ, *njaŋs
饟	*hnjaŋ, *hnjaŋʔ, *hnjaŋs
攘	*njaŋ, *njaŋʔ, *njaŋs
禳	*njaŋ
穰	*njaŋ, *njaŋʔ
躟	*njaŋ, *njaŋʔ
瀼	*njaŋ
獽	*njaŋ
儴	*njaŋ
蘘	*njaŋ
鬤	*njaŋ, *rnaːŋ
勷	*njaŋ
壤	*njaŋʔ
嚷	*njaŋʔ
讓	*njaŋs
懹	*njaŋs
攮	*rnoːŋʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ráng (rang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ráng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ráng
    • Wade–Giles: jang²
    • Yale: ráng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rang
    • Palladius: жан (žan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: joeng⁴
    • Yale: yèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹/

Definitions

蘘

1. Used in 蘘荷 (ránghé, “myoga”).
2. Alternative form of 穣

Japanese

Kanji

蘘

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. myoga or Japanese ginger (Zingiber mioga), of which only the shoots and flower buds are used in cooking

Readings

• Go-on: にょう (nyō)
• Kan-on: じょう (jō)

Usage notes

Not used in modern Japanese. Rare even in older texts. Generally only appears in the term 蘘荷 (myōga), which is now spelled 茗荷 in modern Japanese.

Compounds

Compounds

• 蘘荷(みょうが) (myōga): myoga or Japanese ginger (Zingiber mioga); a dimwit, an idiot, a stupid person; a kind of 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”)

Korean

Hanja

蘘 • (yang) (hangeul 양, revised yang, McCune–Reischauer yang, Yale yang)

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Compounds

• 양하 (蘘荷, yangha, “wild ginger”)

Vietnamese

Han character

蘘: Hán Nôm readings: nhương

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