莨

莨 U+83A8, 莨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-83A8 ← 莧 [U+83A7] CJK Unified Ideographs 莩 → [U+83A9]

Translingual

Han character

莨 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿戈日女 (TIAV), four-corner 4473₂, composition ⿱艹良)

Derived characters

• 𢳑

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1035, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31075
• Dae Jaweon: page 1494, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3225, character 11
• Unihan data for U+83A8

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 莨
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
剆	*raːl, *raːlʔ
郎	*raːŋ
稂	*raːŋ
桹	*raːŋ
鋃	*raːŋ
硠	*raːŋ
浪	*raːŋ, *raːŋs
蜋	*raːŋ, *raŋ
琅	*raːŋ
狼	*raːŋ
欴	*raːŋ
踉	*raːŋ, *raŋ, *raŋs
莨	*raːŋ, *raːŋs
艆	*raːŋ
駺	*raːŋ
躴	*raːŋ
筤	*raːŋ
閬	*raːŋ, *raːŋs
哴	*raːŋ, *raŋs
蓈	*raːŋ
廊	*raːŋ
榔	*raːŋ, *raːŋʔ
螂	*raːŋ
瑯	*raːŋ
朗	*raːŋʔ
朖	*raːŋʔ
誏	*raːŋʔ
俍	*raːŋʔ
崀	*raːŋʔ
埌	*raːŋs
蒗	*raːŋs
娘	*naŋ
良	*raŋ
粮	*raŋ
悢	*raŋs

Etymology 1

trad.		莨
simp. #		莨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): làng (lang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): long⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: làng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: làng
    • Wade–Giles: lang⁴
    • Yale: làng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lanq
    • Palladius: лан (lan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: long⁶
    • Yale: lohng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: long⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: long⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːŋ²²/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*raːŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	莨
Reading #	2/2
No.	8043
Phonetic component	良
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	浪
Old Chinese	/*raːŋs/
Notes	原下從閬，史記作此

Definitions

莨

1. Only used in 莨菪 (làngdàng).

Etymology 2

trad.		莨
simp. #		莨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liáng (liang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liáng
    • Wade–Giles: liang²
    • Yale: lyáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liang
    • Palladius: лян (ljan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: loeng⁴
    • Yale: lèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ²¹/

Definitions

莨

1. Only used in 薯莨 (shǔliáng) and 莨綢／莨绸 (liángchóu).

Etymology 3

trad.		莨
simp. #		莨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láng (lang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄤˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láng
    • Wade–Giles: lang²
    • Yale: láng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lang
    • Palladius: лан (lan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: lang

Rime
Character	莨
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	魯當切
Baxter	lang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/laŋ/
Li Rong	/lɑŋ/
Wang Li	/lɑŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	láng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	long4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*raːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	莨
Reading #	1/2
No.	8022
Phonetic component	良
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	郎
Old Chinese	/*raːŋ/

Definitions

莨

1. Chinese pennisetum (Pennisetum alopecuroides)
2. foxtail millet (Setaria italica)

References

• “莨”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

莨

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. tobacco

Readings

• Go-on: ろう (rō)^{←らう (rau, historical)}
• Kan-on: ろう (rō)^{←らう (rau, historical)}
• Kun: たばこ (tabako, 莨)

Definitions

Kanji in this term
莨
たばこ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 莨 – see the following entry.

【タバコたばこ】 [noun] tobacco [noun] Short for 紙巻きタバコ (kamimaki tabako, “cigarette”). Alternative spellings 煙草, 烟草, 多葉粉, 丹波粉, 淡婆姑

(This term, 莨, is an alternative spelling (obsolete) of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

莨 • (rang>nang) (hangeul 랑>낭, revised rang>nang, McCune–Reischauer rang>nang, Yale lang>nang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

莨: Hán Nôm readings: lang, lương

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