梗
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Translingual
Han character
梗 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木一中大 (DMLK), four-corner 41946, composition ⿰木更)
Derived characters
- 𠼰
Further reading
- KangXi: page 529, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14849
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1210, character 12
- Unihan data for U+6897
Chinese
simp. and trad. | 梗 | |
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alternative forms | 莖/茎 Cantonese vernacular 框 Cantonese vernacular |
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (丙) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Old Chinese | |
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更 | *kraːŋ, *kraːŋs |
粳 | *kraːŋ |
埂 | *kraːŋ, *kraːŋʔ |
浭 | *kraːŋ |
稉 | *kraːŋ |
梗 | *kraːŋʔ |
哽 | *kraːŋʔ |
綆 | *kraːŋʔ |
鯁 | *kraːŋʔ |
挭 | *kraːŋʔ |
骾 | *kraːŋʔ |
郠 | *kraːŋʔ |
硬 | *ŋɡraːŋs, *ŋɡraːŋs |
鞕 | *ŋɡraːŋs |
丙 | *pqraŋʔ |
炳 | *praŋʔ |
邴 | *praŋʔ, *praŋs |
怲 | *praŋʔ, *praŋs |
苪 | *praŋʔ |
蛃 | *praŋʔ |
昺 | *praŋʔ |
昞 | *praŋʔ |
窉 | *praŋʔ |
柄 | *praŋʔ, *praŋs |
鈵 | *praŋs |
寎 | *praŋs |
病 | *braŋs |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kraːŋʔ) : semantic 木 + phonetic 更 (OC *kraːŋ, *kraːŋs) – a type of plant.
Pronunciation
Definitions
梗
- † Alternative name for 刺榆 (“Hemiptelea davidii”).
- † (of plants) to prick
- † spiny plant
- stem; stalk
- 他愛吃菜葉兒,不愛吃梗兒。 [MSC, trad.]
- Tā ài chī cài yèr, bù ài chī gěngr. [Pinyin]
- He loves to eat the leaves of vegetables, not the stems.
他爱吃菜叶儿,不爱吃梗儿。 [MSC, simp.]- 佢中意食葉,唔中意食梗。 [Cantonese, trad.]
- keoi5 zung1 ji3 sik6 jip6, m4 zung1 ji3 sik6 kwaang2. [Jyutping]
- He likes to eat the leaves, not the stem.
佢中意食叶,唔中意食梗。 [Cantonese, simp.]
- broad outline; general idea; gist
- (alt. form 哏) punchline; reference; humorous reference
- 「廣東人吃福建人」是什麼梗? [MSC, trad.]
- “guǎngdōngrén chī fújiànrén” shì shénme gěng? [Pinyin]
- What's the joke behind "Cantonese people eat Fujianese people?"
“广东人吃福建人”是什么梗? [MSC, simp.]
- to block; to obstruct; to hinder
- † to resist; to defy
- to straighten up; to stiffen
- upright; straightforward; upstanding
- (Cantonese) stiff; tight
- 坐咗成日,坐到條腰都梗嗮。 [Cantonese, trad.]
- co5 zo2 seng4 jat6, co5 dou3 tiu4 jiu1 dou1 gang2 saai3. [Jyutping]
- My lower back's all stiff after sitting all day.
坐咗成日,坐到条腰都梗嗮。 [Cantonese, simp.]
- (Cantonese) fixed; immovable
- (Cantonese) certainly; definitely; of course
- 你咁叻,梗會搵到工嘅。 [Cantonese, trad.]
- nei5 gam3 lek1, gang2 wui5 wan2 dou3-2 gung1 ge3. [Jyutping]
- You're so smart; you'll definitely be able to find a job.
你咁叻,梗会揾到工嘅。 [Cantonese, simp.]
- † strong; violent
- † illness; disaster
- (Internet slang) meme
- a surname
Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
梗
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
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Readings
- Go-on: きょう (kyō)←きやう (kyau, historical)
- Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)←かう (kau, historical)
- Kun: やまにれ (yamanire)
Compounds
- 桔梗 (kikyō)
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 梗 (MC kˠæŋX).
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Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [kjʌ̹ŋ]
- Phonetic hangul: [경]
Hanja
Wikisource梗 (eumhun 줄기 경 (julgi gyeong))
- Hanja form? of 경 (“stem; stalk”).
Compounds
Compounds
- 경색 (梗塞, gyeongsaek, “blockage; (medicine) infarction”)
- 뇌경색 (腦梗塞, noegyeongsaek, “(neurology, diseases) ischaemic stroke”)
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.
Vietnamese
Han character
梗: Hán Nôm readings: ngành, cánh, cạnh, cành, chành, ngạnh, gánh, ngáng, ngánh, nhành, nhánh, gảnh
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