襁

襁 U+8941, 襁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8941 ← 襀 [U+8940] CJK Unified Ideographs 襂 → [U+8942]

襁 U+FAB6, 襁 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FAB6 ← 蝹 [U+FAB5] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 覆 → [U+FAB7]

Translingual

Han character

襁 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 中弓戈戈 (LNII) or 中弓口戈 (LNRI), four-corner 3623₆, composition ⿰衤强 or ⿰衤強)

1. swaddling clothes

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1123, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34545
• Dae Jaweon: page 1591, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3116, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8941

• Unihan data for U+FAB6

Chinese

trad.		襁
simp. #		襁
alternative forms		繈／繦

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
繈	*kaŋʔ
襁	*kaŋʔ
膙	*kaŋʔ
鏹	*kaŋʔ
勥	*ɡaŋ, *ɡaŋʔ
強	*ɡaŋ, *ɡaŋʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiǎng (qiang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): koeng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciǎng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiang³
    • Yale: chyǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheang
    • Palladius: цян (cjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: koeng⁵
    • Yale: kéuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: koeng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: kêng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰœːŋ¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: kjangX

Rime
Character	襁
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居兩切
Baxter	kjangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨɐŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/kiɐŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/kiɑŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨaŋX/
Li Rong	/kiaŋX/
Wang Li	/kĭaŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯aŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǎng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	goeng2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kaŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	襁
Reading #	1/1
No.	10314
Phonetic component	强
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	繈
Old Chinese	/*kaŋʔ/

Definitions

襁

1. wide cloth band used to carry a baby on the back
2. to carry a baby on the back as such
3. Used in 襁褓 (qiǎngbǎo, “swaddling clothes”).
4. Alternative form of 繈 (qiǎng, “string of coins”)

Compounds

• 襁抱
• 襁褓 (qiǎngbǎo)
• 襁褓之年
• 襁負／襁负

 

Japanese

Kanji

襁

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): きょう (kyō)
• Kun: むつき (mutsuki)

Korean

Hanja

襁 • (gang) (hangeul 강, revised gang, McCune–Reischauer kang, Yale kang)

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