瘴

瘴

瘴 U+7634, 瘴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7634 ← 瘳 [U+7633] CJK Unified Ideographs 瘵 → [U+7635]

Translingual

Han character

瘴 (radical 104, 疒+11, 16 strokes, cangjie input 大卜廿十 (KYTJ), four-corner 0014₆, composition ⿸疒章)

1. malaria pestilential vapors

References

• KangXi: page 779, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22455
• Dae Jaweon: page 1189, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2694, character 8
• Unihan data for U+7634

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		瘴

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (章) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
章	*kjaŋ
樟	*kjaŋ
彰	*kjaŋ
漳	*kjaŋ
鄣	*kjaŋ
璋	*kjaŋ
嫜	*kjaŋ
獐	*kjaŋ
慞	*kjaŋ
墇	*kjaŋ, *kjaŋs
障	*kjaŋ, *kjaŋs
麞	*kjaŋ
蔁	*kjaŋ
暲	*kjaŋ
嶂	*kjaŋs
瘴	*kjaŋs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhàng (zhang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng³
• Min Nan (POJ): chiòng / chiàng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˋ
    • Wade–Giles: chang⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: janq
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng³
    • Yale: jeung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃœ̽ːŋ³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiòng
    • Tâi-lô: tsiòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cioxng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɔŋ¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiàng
    • Tâi-lô: tsiàng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaxng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiaŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕɨɐŋ^H/▼

Rime
Character	瘴
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	之亮切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨɐŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɐŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕiɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cɨaŋH/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiaŋH/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭaŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯aŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhàng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*kjaŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瘴
Reading #	1/1
No.	16833
Phonetic component	章
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	障
Old Chinese	/*kjaŋs/

Definitions

瘴

1. Pestilential vapours arising from a swamp.
2. Classical Chinese: quartan malaria (Plasmodium malariae infection). Modern Chinese: [復三日瘧].

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Japanese

Kanji

瘴

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. Miasma, toxic air or gasses.

Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)

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Korean

Hanja

瘴 • (jang) (hangeul 장, revised jang, McCune–Reischauer chang, Yale cang)

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