See also:
U+8525, 蔥
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8525

[U+8524]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8526]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 140, +11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹田心 (THWP), four-corner 44332, composition )

Usage notes

In the mainland China and Hong Kong standards, 蔥 is a variant form of , where the middle component of the character is written as . In the Taiwan stroke order for 蔥, the middle component is written as .

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1055, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31825
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1517, character 24
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3281, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+8525

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *sʰloːŋ) : semantic (grass; plant) + phonetic ().

Etymology 1

trad. /
simp.
2nd round simp.
alternative forms
 
𦯎


𦴜
𧁗
𦯎


𦴜
𧁗
𢚱
𦹎
(1)

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-tsuŋ (onion). Cognate with Tibetan བཙོང (btsong), ཙོང (tsong, onion, scallion).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • chĕ̤ng - vernacular;
  • chŭng - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (14)
Final () (1)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter tshuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʰuŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʰuŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sʰuŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sʰəwŋ/
Li
Rong
/t͡sʰuŋ/
Wang
Li
/t͡sʰuŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡sʰuŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
cōng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cung1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
cōng
Middle
Chinese
‹ tshuwng ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ts]ʰˁoŋ/
English onion

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 1821
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sʰloːŋ/

Definitions

  1. green onion; spring onion; scallion (Classifier: m;  m;  m;  m;  c;  c;  c;  mn)
  2. () Allium
  3. (literary, or in compounds) dark green
       qīngcōng   fresh green
Synonyms
  • (green onion):
  • (onion):
  • (dark green):

Compounds

  • 三斗蔥
  • 倒栽蔥倒栽葱 (dàozāicōng)
  • 冬蔥冬葱
  • 分蔥分葱
  • 削蔥削葱
  • 剝蔥剥葱
  • 大官蔥大官葱
  • 大蔥大葱 (dàcōng)
  • 太官蔥太官葱
  • 小蔥小葱
  • 山蔥山葱
  • 愣蔥愣葱
  • 憨蔥憨葱
  • 拌蒜加蔥拌蒜加葱
  • 擰蔥拧葱
  • 春蔥春葱
  • 木蔥木葱
  • 楞頭蔥楞头葱
  • 樓蔥楼葱
  • 水蔥水葱
  • 沙蔥沙葱
  • 洋蔥洋葱 (yángcōng)
  • 洋蔥頭洋葱头 (yángcōngtóu)
  • 漢蔥汉葱
  • 玉蔥玉葱 (yùcōng)
  • 玉蔥條玉葱条
  • 瓏蔥珑葱
  • 盤怨蔥盘怨葱
  • 籠蔥笼葱
  • 籠蔥竹笼葱竹
  • 細香蔥细香葱 (xìxiāngcōng)
  • 老蔥老葱
  • 茖蔥茖葱
  • 菁蔥菁葱
  • 蒜蔥蒜葱
  • 蔥仔葱仔
  • 蔥倩葱倩
  • 蔥嶺葱岭 (Cōnglǐng)
  • 蔥曚葱曚
  • 蔥曨葱昽
  • 蔥楚葱楚
  • 蔥油葱油
  • 蔥油拌麵葱油拌面
  • 蔥油雞葱油鸡
  • 蔥油餅葱油饼 (cōngyóubǐng)
  • 蔥海葱海
  • 蔥白葱白 (cōngbái)
  • 蔥白兒葱白儿
  • 蔥管葱管
  • 蔥籠葱笼 (cōnglóng)
  • 蔥粲葱粲
  • 蔥綠葱绿
  • 蔥翠葱翠
  • 蔥聾葱聋
  • 蔥芊葱芊
  • 蔥花葱花 (cōnghuā)
  • 蔥茂葱茂
  • 蔥菁葱菁
  • 蔥蒙葱蒙
  • 蔥蒨葱蒨
  • 蔥蔚葱蔚
  • 蔥蔥葱葱 (cōngcōng)
  • 蔥蔥郁郁
  • 蔥蘢葱茏 (cōnglóng)
  • 蔥蘭葱兰
  • 蔥郁
  • 蔥靈葱灵
  • 蔥青葱青
  • 蔥頭葱头 (cōngtóu)
  • 蔥鬍子葱胡子
  • 蔥鬱葱郁 (cōngyù)
  • 蔥黃葱黄
  • 蘢蔥茏葱 (lóngcōng)
  • 蝦夷蔥虾夷葱 (xiāyícōng)
  • 裝蔥賣蒜装葱卖蒜
  • 賣蔥卖葱
  • 青蔥青葱 (qīngcōng)
  • 飯店回蔥饭店回葱
  • 香蔥香葱
  • 鬱蔥郁葱
  • 鬱鬱蔥蔥郁郁葱葱 (yùyùcōngcōng)
  • 鹿蔥鹿葱
  • 黝蔥黝葱
  • 龍爪蔥龙爪葱
  • 龍角蔥龙角葱

Descendants

  • Zhuang: coeng

Etymology 2

trad. /
simp.

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. Alternative form of (chuāng), only used in 蔥靈葱灵.

References

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. Green onion; leek; scallion
  2. Allium
  3. Green-colored

Readings

  • Go-on: (su)
  • Kan-on: そう ()
  • Kun: ねぎ (negi, )

Korean

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Hanja

Wikisource • (chong) (hangeul , revised chong, McCuneReischauer ch'ong, Yale chong)

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: song, thông

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