葱

See also: 蔥 and 茐
葱 U+8471, 葱
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8471
← 葰
[U+8470] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 葲 →
[U+8472]

Translingual

Han character

葱 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿心大心 (TPKP), composition ⿱艹怱)

Derived characters

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1046, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31454
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1507, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3253, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+8471

Chinese

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (囱) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
牎 *sʰroːŋ
窗 *sʰroːŋ
窓 *sʰroːŋ
囱 *sʰroːŋ, *sʰloːŋ
總 *ʔsloːŋʔ
熜 *ʔsloːŋʔ
傯 *ʔsloːŋʔ
緫 *ʔsloːŋʔ
揔 *ʔsloːŋʔ
偬 *ʔsloːŋʔ, *ʔsloːŋs
囪 *sʰloːŋ
璁 *sʰloːŋ
驄 *sʰloːŋ
蔥 *sʰloːŋ
匆 *sʰloːŋ
怱 *sʰloːŋ
葱 *sʰloːŋ
楤 *sʰloːŋ
聦 *sʰloːŋ
繱 *sʰloːŋ
騘 *sʰloːŋ
鍯 *sʰloːŋ
聰 *sʰloːŋ
愡 *sʰloːŋs
檧 *sloːŋ, *sloːŋʔ
憽 *sloːŋ
幒 *sʰloŋʔ, *kjoŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰloːŋ) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 怱 (OC *sʰloːŋ).

Definitions
For pronunciation and definitions of 葱 – see 蔥 (“green onion; spring onion; scallion; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 蔥).
Notes:

Usage notes
Region蔥葱
Taiwan standardvariant
Hong Kong variantstandard

Japanese

Kanji
葱

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. leek
  2. scallion, green onion

Readings
  • Go-on: す (su)
  • Kan-on: そう (sō)
  • Kun: ねぎ (negi, 葱)

Etymology
Kanji in this term
葱
ねぎ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Compound of 根 (ne, “root”) +‎ 葱 (ki, “onion”, older form).[1]

Pronunciation

    Noun

    葱(ねぎ) or 葱(ネギ) • (negi)  (counter 本)

    1. scallion, leek

    Synonyms

    Descendants
    • → Atayal: negi'

    References
    1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
    2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

    Korean

    Hanja

    葱 • (chong) (hangeul 총, revised chong, McCune–Reischauer ch'ong, Yale chong)

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