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 Dictionary: 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
Southern Min (Hokkien, 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): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: goeng¹
  - Yale: gēung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: goeng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gêng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kœːŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (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: kjang

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
Baxter	kjang
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

(obsolete) to fall down
- 妻使妾奉卮酒進之，妾知其藥酒也，進之則殺主父，言之則逐主母，乃陽僵棄酒。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  妻使妾奉卮酒进之，妾知其药酒也，进之则杀主父，言之则逐主母，乃阳僵弃酒。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5^th – 3^rd centuries BCE
  Qī shǐ qiè fèng zhījiǔ jìn zhī, qiè zhī qí yàojiǔ yě, jìn zhī zé shā zhǔfù, yán zhī zé zhú zhǔmǔ, nǎi yáng jiāng qì jiǔ. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
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
stupefied; dazed; blank
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
僵仆
僵住
僵冷
僵化 (jiānghuà)
僵固
僵局 (jiāngjú)
僵屍／僵尸 (jiāngshī)
僵持 (jiāngchí)
僵持不下 (jiāngchíbùxià)
僵李代桃
僵死
僵直
僵硬 (jiāngyìng)
僵立
凍僵／冻僵
掛僵／挂僵
李代桃僵 (lǐdàitáojiāng)
板僵
發僵／发僵
百足不僵
目瞪口僵
目瞪舌僵

Japanese

Kanji

僵

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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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