薑

薑 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿一田一 (TMWM), four-corner 4410₆, composition ⿱艹畺)

• KangXi: page 1061, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32110
• Dae Jaweon: page 1525, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3300, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8591

Historical forms of the character 薑
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Originally 䕬, a phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kaŋ) : semantic 艸 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 彊 (OC *kaŋs, *ɡaŋ, *ɡaŋʔ).

Note that the simplified form 姜 (OC *klaŋ) is also a traditional character on its own.

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kjaŋ (“ginger”). Compare Burmese ချင်း (hkyang:).

薑

1. ginger

   • 蒙舍蠻以椒、薑、桂和烹而飲之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     蒙舍蛮以椒、姜、桂和烹而饮之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Tang Dynasty, Fan Chuo, Manshu, chapter 7, part 7

     Méngshè Mán yǐ jiāo, jiāng, guì hé pēng ér yǐn zhī. [Pinyin]

     The Mengshe Barbarians use pepper, ginger, and cinnamon to boil as a drink.

• → Lisu: ꓚꓬꓺ (tʃɑ̱), ꓚꓬꓮꓥꓺ (tʃɑ̱ŋ)
• → Spanish: kion, kión
• → Zhuang: gieng

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. ginger

• Go-on: こう (kō)
• Kan-on: きょう (kyō)
• Kun: はじかみ (hajikami)

• 薑黄(きょうおう) (kyōō): wild turmeric

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

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薑: Hán Nôm readings: gừng; khương; cưng

薑

1. Nôm form of gừng (“ginger”).

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