蔣

See also: 蒋
蔣 U+8523, 蔣
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8523
← 蔢
[U+8522]
CJK Unified Ideographs 蔤 →
[U+8524]

Translingual

Traditional 蔣
Shinjitai
(extended)
蒋
Simplified 蒋

Han character

蔣 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿女一戈 (TVMI) or 難廿女一戈 (XTVMI), four-corner 44242, composition ⿱艹將)

Derived characters

  • 𬬙

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1055, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31820
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1517, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3285, character 17
  • Unihan data for U+8523

Chinese

trad. 蔣
simp. 蒋

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋʔ) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 將 (OC *ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋs).

Pronunciation 1


Note:
  • chiúⁿ/chióⁿ - vernacular (incl. surname);
  • chióng/chiáng - literary.
    Note:
    • ziên2 - Chaozhou;
    • zion2 - Shantou.
      • Wu
        • (Shanghai):
          • Wugniu: 5cian
          • MiniDict: cian去
          • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 2jian
          • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiã³⁴/

Rime
Character 蔣
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 陽 (105)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 即兩切
Baxter tsjangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sɨɐŋX/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡siɐŋX/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡siɑŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sɨaŋX/
Li
Rong
/t͡siaŋX/
Wang
Li
/t͡sĭaŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡si̯aŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiǎng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zoeng2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蔣
Reading # 2/2
No. 10291
Phonetic
component
爿
Rime
group
陽
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
㢡
Old
Chinese
/*ʔsaŋʔ/

Definitions

蔣

  1. A Warring States-era state in modern-day Henan, China
  2. a surname
    蔣介石/蒋介石  ―  Jiǎng Jièshí  ―  Chiang Kai-shek
  3. Alternative form of 獎/奖 (jiǎng)

Compounds

Descendants
  • → English: Chiang, Jiang
  • → Tagalog: Chiong

Pronunciation 2



Rime
Character 蔣
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 陽 (105)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 即良切
Baxter tsjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sɨɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡siɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡siɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sɨaŋ/
Li
Rong
/t͡siaŋ/
Wang
Li
/t͡sĭaŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡si̯aŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiāng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zoeng1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蔣
Reading # 1/2
No. 10289
Phonetic
component
爿
Rime
group
陽
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
將
Old
Chinese
/*ʔsaŋ/

Definitions

蔣

  1. Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)

Pronunciation 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 蔣 – see 怎 (“Eastern Min: how”).
(This character is a variant form of 怎).

Japanese

Shinjitai
(extended)

蒋

Kyūjitai

蔣

Kanji

蔣

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 蒋)

  1. Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia, or Hydropyrum latifolium)

Readings

Korean

Hanja

蔣 • (jang) (hangeul 장, revised jang, McCune–Reischauer chang, Yale cang)

  1. Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia, or Hydropyrum latifolium)

Vietnamese

Han character

蔣: Hán Nôm readings: tưởng

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