榔

榔	U+6994, 榔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6994

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[U+6993]

CJK Unified Ideographs

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[U+6995]

Translingual

Han character

榔 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木戈戈中 (DIIL), four-corner 4792₇, composition ⿰木郎(GHT) or ⿰木郞(JKV))

References

KangXi: page 543, character 4
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15226
Dae Jaweon: page 930, character 35
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1239, character 3
Unihan data for U+6994

Chinese

simp. and trad.		榔

Glyph origin

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

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): láng (lang²)
(Zhuyin): ㄌㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): long⁴
Min Nan (POJ): lông / nn̂g

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/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: long⁴
  - Yale: lòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: long⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: long⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːŋ²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lông / nn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: lông / nn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loong, nngg
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lɔŋ²⁴/, /nŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔŋ²⁴/, /nŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔŋ¹³/, /nŋ̍¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lɔŋ²⁴/, /nŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔŋ²³/, /nŋ̍²³/

Note:

lông - literary;
nn̂g - vernacular.

Middle Chinese: /lɑŋ/

Rime
Character	榔
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	魯當切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/laŋ/
Li Rong	/lɑŋ/
Wang Li	/lɑŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/lɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	láng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	long⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*raːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	榔
Reading #	1/2
No.	8031
Phonetic component	良
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	郎
Old Chinese	/*raːŋ/

Definitions

榔

Used in compounds.

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎng (lang³)
(Zhuyin): ㄌㄤˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎng
  - Wade–Giles: lang³
  - Yale: lǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laang
  - Palladius: лан (lan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑŋ²¹⁴/

Middle Chinese: /lɑŋ^X/

Rime
Character	榔
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	盧黨切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/laŋ^X/
Li Rong	/lɑŋ^X/
Wang Li	/lɑŋ^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/lɑŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǎng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	long⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*raːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	榔
Reading #	2/2
No.	8039
Phonetic component	良
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	朗
Old Chinese	/*raːŋʔ/

Definitions

榔

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Compounds

桄榔 (guāngláng)
榔坪 (Lángpíng)
榔杭
榔板
榔榆

榔搥／榔捶
榔頭／榔头 (lángtou)
檳榔／槟榔 (bīngláng)
檳榔嶼／槟榔屿 (Bīngláng Yǔ)

檳榔攤／槟榔摊
檳榔西施／槟榔西施 (bīngláng xīshī)
鳴榔／鸣榔
鳴榔板／鸣榔板

Japanese

Kanji

榔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

betel palm

Readings

On (unclassified): ろう (rō)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

榔: Hán Nôm readings: lang, trang

betel nut tree

References

Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
Trần Văn Chánh Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
Vũ Văn Kính,Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999