僵

See also: 殭

僵	U+50F5, 僵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50F5

← 僴
[U+50F4]

CJK Unified Ideographs

僶 →
[U+50F6]

Translingual

Han character

僵 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+13, 15 strokes, cangjie input 人一田一 (OMWM), four-corner 2121₆, composition ⿰亻畺)

stiff and motionless, stock still
rigid

References

KangXi: page 118, character 6
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1158
Dae Jaweon: page 250, character 17
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 224, character 3
Unihan data for U+50F5

Chinese

simp. and trad.		僵
2nd round simp.		⿰亻𱰥
alternative forms		殭／僵 of corpse

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 僵

**Small seal script**
s05869

**Transcribed ancient scripts**
L32803	L09696	L09697	L09698

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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

	Old Chinese
畺	*kaŋ
畕	*kaŋ
礓	*kaŋ
繮	*kaŋ
韁	*kaŋ
橿	*kaŋ
薑	*kaŋ
疆	*kaŋ
壃	*kaŋ
僵	*kaŋ
彊	kaŋs, ɡaŋ, *ɡaŋʔ
麠	*kaŋ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiāng (jiang¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): goeng¹
Min Nan (POJ): kiong / khiong / kiang

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiang
  - Wade–Giles: chiang¹
  - Yale: jyāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiang
  - Palladius: цзян (czjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: goeng¹
  - Yale: gēung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: goeng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gêng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kœːŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiong
  - Tâi-lô: kiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiofng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiong
  - Tâi-lô: khiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qiofng
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiang
  - Tâi-lô: kiang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiafng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiaŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiaŋ³³/

Middle Chinese: /kɨɐŋ/

Rime
Character	僵
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居良切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kiɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/kiaŋ/
Wang Li	/kĭaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	goeng¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kaŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	僵
Reading #	1/1
No.	6263
Phonetic component	畺
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	薑
Old Chinese	/*kaŋ/

Definitions

僵

^† to fall down
stiff; rigid
僵硬 ― jiāngyìng ― stiff; rigid; inflexible
凍僵／冻僵 ― dòngjiāng ― numb with cold
僵著臉／僵着脸 ― jiāng zhe liǎn ― to have a serious facial expression
motionless; inflexible
deadlocked
僵持 ― jiāngchí ― to be locked in a stalemate
僵局 ― jiāngjú ― a deadlock situation
把事情弄僵 ― bǎ shìqíng nòng jiāng ― to bring things into a deadlock
把關係鬧僵／把关系闹僵 ― bǎ guānxì nào jiāng ― to reach a deadlock with someone

Compounds

僵事
僵住
僵冷
僵化 (jiānghuà)
僵固
僵局 (jiāngjú)
僵持 (jiāngchí)
僵持不下 (jiāngchíbùxià)

僵李代桃
僵死
僵直
僵硬 (jiāngyìng)
僵立
李代桃僵 (lǐdàitáojiāng)
板僵
百足不僵

目瞪口僵
目瞪舌僵
僵仆
僵屍／僵尸 (jiāngshī)
凍僵／冻僵
掛僵／挂僵
發僵／发僵

Japanese

Kanji

僵

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

fall down
collapse

Readings

Go-on: こう (kō)
Kan-on: きょう (kyō)
Kun: たおれる (taoreru, 僵れる)

Korean

Hanja

僵 (eum 강 (gang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

僵: Hán Nôm readings: cương

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