莖

See also: 茎
莖 U+8396, 莖
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8396
← 莕
[U+8395] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 莗 →
[U+8397]

Translingual
Traditional 莖
Shinjitai 茎
Simplified 茎

Han character

莖 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿一女一 (TMVM), four-corner 44101, composition ⿱艹巠)

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1034, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31052
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1493, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3217, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+8396

Chinese
trad. 莖
simp. 茎

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (坙) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
羥 *kʰreːn, *kʰreːŋ
俓 *ŋɡeːn, *ŋɡreːŋ, *keːŋs
牼 *kʰreːŋ, *ɡreːŋ
硁
誙 *kʰreːŋ
娙 *ŋɡreːŋ, *ɡeːŋ
莖 *ɡreːŋ, *qreːŋ
痙 *ɡeŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡreːŋ, *qreːŋ) : semantic 艹 + phonetic 巠 (OC *keːŋ).

Etymology

Compare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-kja-ŋ (“foot”) (STEDT), whence Tibetan རྐང་པ (rkang pa, “foot; leg; stem; stalk”).

脛 (OC *ɡeːŋs, “lower leg”) is also compared to the above Proto-Sino-Tibetan lemma.

Pronunciation 1

Note:
  • ging1, hang4, kwaang2 - variants;
  • kwaang2 - also written as 梗.
Rime
Character 莖
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 耕 (117)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 戸耕切
Baxter heang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦˠɛŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦᵚæŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣɐŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦəɨjŋ/
Li
Rong		 /ɣɛŋ/
Wang
Li		 /ɣæŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɣæŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 héng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 hang4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 莖
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 jīng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ hɛng ›
Old
Chinese		 /*m-k-lˁ<r>eŋ/
English stalk (n.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 莖
Reading # 1/2
No. 6786
Phonetic
component		 坙
Rime
group		 耕
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 莖
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡreːŋ/

Definitions

莖

  1. stem; stalk; something like a stalk
  2. † tall and straight
  3. † pillar
  4. † (traditional Chinese medicine) penis
  5. † handle
  6. Classifier for strips or stalks of objects.
Synonyms
  • (stem): (literary) 稿 (gǎo)
Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 莖
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 耕 (117)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 烏莖切
Baxter 'eang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔˠɛŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔᵚæŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔɐŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔəɨjŋ/
Li
Rong		 /ʔɛŋ/
Wang
Li		 /æŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʔæŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 ēng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 ang1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 莖
Reading # 2/2
No. 6788
Phonetic
component		 坙
Rime
group		 耕
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 甖
Old
Chinese		 /*qreːŋ/

Definitions

莖

  1. Only used in 姚莖／姚茎.

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

 茎

Kyūjitai

 莖

Kanji
莖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 茎)

  1. stem
  2. stalk

Readings

Korean

Hanja

莖 • (gyeong) (hangeul 경, revised gyeong, McCune–Reischauer kyŏng, Yale kyeng)

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Compounds
  • 男莖

Vietnamese

Han character

莖: Hán Nôm readings: hành, kinh

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