梗

梗	U+6897, 梗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6897

← 梖
[U+6896]

CJK Unified Ideographs

梘 →
[U+6898]

Translingual

Han character

梗 (radical 75, 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木一中大 (DMLK), four-corner 4194₆, composition ⿰木更)

References

KangXi: page 529, character 4

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14849

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1210, character 12

Unihan data for U+6897

Chinese

simp. and trad.		梗
variant forms		莖／茎 Cantonese vernacular 框 Cantonese vernacular

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (丙) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
更	kraːŋ, kraːŋs
粳	*kraːŋ
埂	kraːŋ, kraːŋʔ
浭	*kraːŋ
稉	*kraːŋ
梗	*kraːŋʔ
哽	*kraːŋʔ
綆	*kraːŋʔ
鯁	*kraːŋʔ
挭	*kraːŋʔ
骾	*kraːŋʔ
郠	*kraːŋʔ
硬	ŋɡraːŋs, ŋɡraːŋs
鞕	*ŋɡraːŋs
丙	*pqraŋʔ
炳	*praŋʔ
邴	praŋʔ, praŋs
怲	praŋʔ, praŋs
苪	*praŋʔ
蛃	*praŋʔ
昺	*praŋʔ
昞	*praŋʔ
窉	*praŋʔ
柄	praŋʔ, praŋs
鈵	*praŋs
寎	*praŋs
病	*braŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kraːŋʔ) : semantic 木 + phonetic 更 (OC *kraːŋ, *kraːŋs) – a type of plant.

Etymology

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): gěng (geng³)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄥˇ

(Chengdu, SP): gen³
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): gang², kwaang², gwaang²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): gang²
Gan (Wiktionary): gien³ / guang³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): koáng / káng

(Meixian, Guangdong): guang³ / gang³
Jin (Wiktionary): geng²
Min Bei (KCR): gǎing / guǎng
Min Dong (BUC): gēng / guāng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): kéng / kńg / kēng / kíⁿ / kéⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): gên²
Wu (Wiktionary): kan (T2)
Xiang (Wiktionary): gen³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: gěng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄥˇ
  - Wade–Giles: kêng³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: geeng
  - IPA ^(key): /kɤŋ²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: gěngr
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄥˇㄦ
  - Wade–Giles: kêngrh³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: geengl
  - IPA ^(key): /kɤ̃ɻ²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: gen³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gen
  - IPA ^(key): /kən⁵³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gang², kwaang², gwaang²
  - Yale: gáng, kwáang, gwáang
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gang², kwaang², gwaang²
  - Guangdong Romanization: geng², kuang², guang²
  - IPA ^(key): /kɐŋ³⁵/, /kʷʰäːŋ³⁵/, /kʷäːŋ³⁵/

Note:

gang2 - literary;
kwaang2, gwaang2 - vernacular (“stem; stalk”).

- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: gang²
  - IPA ^(key): /kaŋ⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: gien³ / guang³
  - IPA ^(key): /kiɛn²¹³/, /kuaŋ²¹³/

Note:

gien3 - literary;
guang3 - vernacular (“stem; stalk”).

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: koáng / káng
  - Hakka Romanization System: guang` / gang`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: guang³ / gang³
  - IPA: /koaŋ³¹/, /kaŋ³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: guang³ / gang³
  - IPA: /kuaŋ³¹/, /kaŋ³¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: geng²
  - IPA (old-style): /kə̃ŋ⁵³/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gǎing / guǎng
  - IPA ^(key): /kaiŋ²¹/, /kuaŋ²¹/

Note:

gǎing - literary;
guǎng - vernacular (“stem; stalk”).

Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gēng / guāng
  - IPA ^(key): /kɛiŋ³³/, /kuaŋ³³/

Note:

gēng - literary;
guāng - vernacular (“stem; stalk”).

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng
  - Tâi-lô: kíng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: keang
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kńg
  - Tâi-lô: kńg
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kngr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kŋ̍⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kēng
  - Tâi-lô: kīng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: keng
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kíⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: kínn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kvie
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kĩ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kĩ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: kénn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kvea
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kẽ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɛ̃⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kẽ⁵³/

Note:

kéng/kńg/kēng - literary;
kíⁿ/kéⁿ - vernacular.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gên²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kéⁿ
  - IPA ^(key): /kẽ⁵²/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: kan (T2)
  - IPA ^(key): /kã³⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: gen³
  - IPA ^(key): /kən⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: /kˠæŋ^X/▼

Rime
Character	梗
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	庚 (109)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古杏切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠæŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚaŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kaŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨjŋ^X/
Li Rong	/kɐŋ^X/
Wang Li	/kɐŋ^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/kɐŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gěng

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤraŋʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*kraːŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	梗
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gěng
Middle Chinese	‹ kæng^X ›
Old Chinese	/*kˁraŋʔ/
English	suffering
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	梗
Reading #	1/1
No.	871
Phonetic component	丙
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	梗
Old Chinese	/*kraːŋʔ/

Definitions

梗

^† Alternative name for 刺榆 (“Hemiptelea davidii”).
^† (of plants) to prick
^† spiny plant
stem; stalk
他愛吃菜葉兒，不愛吃梗兒。 [MSC, trad.]
他爱吃菜叶儿，不爱吃梗儿。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā ài chī cài yèr, bù ài chī gěngr. [Pinyin]
He loves to eat the leaves of vegetables, not the stems.

佢中意食葉，唔中意食梗。 [Cantonese, trad.]
佢中意食叶，唔中意食梗。 [Cantonese, simp.]
Keoi⁵ zung¹ ji³ sik⁶ jip⁶, m⁴ zung¹ ji³ sik⁶ kwaang². [Jyutping]
He likes to eat the leaves, not the stem.
broad outline; general idea; gist
Alternative form of 哏 (gén, “punchline; reference; humorous reference”).
「廣東人吃福建人」是什麼梗？ [MSC, trad.]
“广东人吃福建人”是什么梗？ [MSC, simp.]
“guǎngdōngrén chī fújiànrén” shì shénme gěng? [Pinyin]
What's the joke behind "Cantonese people eat Fujianese people?"
to block; to obstruct; to hinder
^† to resist; to defy
to straighten up; to stiffen
upright; straightforward; upstanding
(Cantonese) stiff; tight
坐咗成日，坐到條腰都梗嗮。 [Cantonese, trad.]
坐咗成日，坐到条腰都梗嗮。 [Cantonese, simp.]
Co⁵ zo² seng⁴ jat⁶, co⁵ dou³ tiu⁴ jiu¹ dou¹ gang² saai³. [Jyutping]
My lower back's all stiff after sitting all day.
(Cantonese) fixed; immovable
(Cantonese) certainly; definitely; of course
你咁叻，梗會搵到工嘅。 [Cantonese, trad.]
你咁叻，梗会揾到工嘅。 [Cantonese, simp.]
Nei⁵ gam³ lek¹, gang² wui⁵ wan² dou^3-2 gung¹ ge³. [Jyutping]
You're so smart; you'll definitely be able to find a job.
^† strong; violent
^† illness; disaster
A surname.

Compounds

作梗 (zuògěng)
土偶桃梗
土梗
強梗／强梗
從中作梗／从中作梗
心肌梗塞 (xīnjī gěngsè)
悍梗
斷梗流萍／断梗流萍
斷梗飄萍／断梗飘萍

斷梗飄蓬／断梗飘蓬
斷梗飛蓬／断梗飞蓬
桔梗 (jiégěng)
梗塞 (gěngsè)
梗概 (gěnggài)
梗泛
梗直
梗阻 (gěngzǔ)
橫梗／横梗

浮梗
浮萍斷梗／浮萍断梗
浮萍浪梗
花梗
萍梗
萍蹤梗跡／萍踪梗迹
阻梗
頑梗／顽梗 (wángěng)
飄蓬斷梗／飘蓬断梗

Japanese

Kanji

梗

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←きやう (kyau, historical)}
Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
Kun: やまにれ (yamanire)

Compounds

桔 (き)梗 (きょう) (kikyō)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

梗 (ngành, cánh, cạnh, cành, chành, ngạnh, gánh, ngáng, ngánh, nhành, nhánh)

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