蔥

See also: 葱
蔥 U+8525, 蔥
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8525
← 蔤
[U+8524]
CJK Unified Ideographs 蔦 →
[U+8526]

Translingual

Han character

蔥 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹田心 (THWP), four-corner 44332, composition ⿱艹悤)

Usage notes

In the mainland China and Hong Kong standards, 蔥 is a variant form of 葱, where the middle component of the character is written as 囱. In the Taiwan stroke order for 蔥, the middle component is written as 囪.

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1055, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31825
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1517, character 24
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3281, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+8525

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

Etymology 1

trad. 蔥/葱
simp. 葱
2nd round simp. 茐
alternative forms
 
𦯎
䓗
菍
𦴜
𧁗
𦯎
䓗
菍
𦴜
𧁗
𢚱
𦹎
蔥 (1)

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-tsuŋ (“onion”). Cognate with Tibetan བཙོང (btsong), ཙོང (tsong, “onion, scallion”).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • chĕ̤ng - vernacular;
  • chŭng - literary.

Rime
Character 蔥
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 清 (14)
Final (韻) 東 (1)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 倉紅切
Baxter tshuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʰuŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʰuŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sʰuŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sʰəwŋ/
Li
Rong
/t͡sʰuŋ/
Wang
Li
/t͡sʰuŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡sʰuŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
cōng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cung1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 蔥
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
cōng
Middle
Chinese
‹ tshuwng ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ts]ʰˁoŋ/
English onion

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 蔥
Reading # 1/1
No. 1821
Phonetic
component
囱
Rime
group
東
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
怱
Old
Chinese
/*sʰloːŋ/

Definitions

蔥

  1. green onion; spring onion; scallion (Classifier: 根 m; 棵 m; 把 m; 捆 m; 條/条 c; 樖 c; 紮/扎 c; 叢/丛 mn)
  2. (~屬) Allium
  3. (literary, or in compounds) dark green
    青蔥/青葱  ―  qīngcōng  ―  fresh green
Synonyms
  • (green onion):
  • (onion):
  • (dark green):

Compounds

  • 三斗蔥
  • 倒栽蔥/倒栽葱 (dàozāicōng)
  • 冬蔥/冬葱
  • 分蔥/分葱
  • 削蔥/削葱
  • 剝蔥/剥葱
  • 大官蔥/大官葱
  • 大蔥/大葱 (dàcōng)
  • 太官蔥/太官葱
  • 小蔥/小葱
  • 山蔥/山葱
  • 愣蔥/愣葱
  • 憨蔥/憨葱
  • 拌蒜加蔥/拌蒜加葱
  • 擰蔥/拧葱
  • 春蔥/春葱
  • 木蔥/木葱
  • 楞頭蔥/楞头葱
  • 樓蔥/楼葱
  • 水蔥/水葱
  • 沙蔥/沙葱
  • 洋蔥/洋葱 (yángcōng)
  • 洋蔥頭/洋葱头 (yángcōngtóu)
  • 漢蔥/汉葱
  • 玉蔥/玉葱 (yùcōng)
  • 玉蔥條/玉葱条
  • 瓏蔥/珑葱
  • 盤怨蔥/盘怨葱
  • 籠蔥/笼葱
  • 籠蔥竹/笼葱竹
  • 細香蔥/细香葱 (xìxiāngcōng)
  • 老蔥/老葱
  • 茖蔥/茖葱
  • 菁蔥/菁葱
  • 蒜蔥/蒜葱
  • 蔥仔/葱仔
  • 蔥倩/葱倩
  • 蔥嶺/葱岭 (Cōnglǐng)
  • 蔥曚/葱曚
  • 蔥曨/葱昽
  • 蔥楚/葱楚
  • 蔥油/葱油
  • 蔥油拌麵/葱油拌面
  • 蔥油雞/葱油鸡
  • 蔥油餅/葱油饼 (cōngyóubǐng)
  • 蔥海/葱海
  • 蔥白/葱白 (cōngbái)
  • 蔥白兒/葱白儿
  • 蔥管/葱管
  • 蔥籠/葱笼 (cōnglóng)
  • 蔥粲/葱粲
  • 蔥綠/葱绿
  • 蔥翠/葱翠
  • 蔥聾/葱聋
  • 蔥芊/葱芊
  • 蔥花/葱花 (cōnghuā)
  • 蔥茂/葱茂
  • 蔥菁/葱菁
  • 蔥蒙/葱蒙
  • 蔥蒨/葱蒨
  • 蔥蔚/葱蔚
  • 蔥蔥/葱葱 (cōngcōng)
  • 蔥蔥郁郁
  • 蔥蘢/葱茏 (cōnglóng)
  • 蔥蘭/葱兰
  • 蔥郁
  • 蔥靈/葱灵
  • 蔥青/葱青
  • 蔥頭/葱头 (cōngtóu)
  • 蔥鬍子/葱胡子
  • 蔥鬱/葱郁 (cōngyù)
  • 蔥黃/葱黄
  • 蘢蔥/茏葱 (lóngcōng)
  • 蝦夷蔥/虾夷葱 (xiāyícōng)
  • 裝蔥賣蒜/装葱卖蒜
  • 賣蔥/卖葱
  • 青蔥/青葱 (qīngcōng)
  • 飯店回蔥/饭店回葱
  • 香蔥/香葱
  • 鬱蔥/郁葱
  • 鬱鬱蔥蔥/郁郁葱葱 (yùyùcōngcōng)
  • 鹿蔥/鹿葱
  • 黝蔥/黝葱
  • 龍爪蔥/龙爪葱
  • 龍角蔥/龙角葱

Descendants

  • Zhuang: coeng

Etymology 2

trad. 蔥/葱
simp. 葱

Pronunciation


Definitions

蔥

  1. Alternative form of 窗 (chuāng), only used in 蔥靈/葱灵.

References

Japanese

Kanji

蔥

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. Green onion; leek; scallion
  2. Allium
  3. Green-colored

Readings

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

Korean

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

蔥: Hán Nôm readings: song, thông

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