蔣

See also: 蒋

蔣 U+8523, 蔣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8523 ← 蔢 [U+8522] CJK Unified Ideographs 蔤 → [U+8524]

Translingual

Traditional	蔣
Shinjitai (extended)	蒋
Simplified	蒋

Han character

蔣 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿女一戈 (TVMI) or 難廿女一戈 (XTVMI), four-corner 4424₂, composition ⿱艹將)

Derived characters

• 𬬙

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1055, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31820
• Dae Jaweon: page 1517, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3285, character 17
• Unihan data for U+8523

Chinese

trad.		蔣
simp.		蒋

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
臧	*ʔsaːŋ
牂	*ʔsaːŋ
戕	*kaːl, *ʔsaːŋ, *zaŋ
贓	*ʔsaːŋ
藏	*zaːŋ, *zaːŋs
奘	*zaːŋʔ, *zaːŋs
臟	*zaːŋs
將	*ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋs
漿	*ʔsaŋ
鱂	*ʔsaŋ
蔣	*ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋʔ
螿	*ʔsaŋ
槳	*ʔsaŋʔ
獎	*ʔsaŋʔ
醬	*ʔsaŋs
鏘	*sʰaŋ
蹡	*sʰaŋ, *ʔshaŋs
嶈	*sʰaŋ
斨	*sʰaŋ
爿	*braːn, *zaŋ
牆	*zaŋ
妝	*ʔsraŋ
莊	*ʔsraŋ
裝	*ʔsraŋ, *ʔsraŋs
壯	*ʔsraŋs
疒	*rnɯːɡ, *zraŋ
床	*zraŋ
牀	*zraŋ
狀	*zraŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋʔ): semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 將 (OC *ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋs).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎng (jiang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zoeng²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): diang²

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chióng

  (Hailu, HRS): ziong^ˊ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): jiong³

• Eastern Min (BUC): ciōng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zieo³ / ziunn³ / zyorng³ / zyoeng³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chiúⁿ / chióⁿ / chióng / chiáng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ziên² / zion²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵cian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎng
    • Wade–Giles: chiang³
    • Yale: jyǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeang
    • Palladius: цзян (czjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: zoeng²
    • Yale: jéung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: diang²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiaŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chióng
    • Hakka Romanization System: jiong^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: jiong³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡si̯oŋ³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: ziong^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sioŋ²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: jiong³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕiɔŋ³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ciōng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suoŋ³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zieo³
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: câ̤uⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sieu⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ziunn³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sĩũ³³²/
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zyorng³
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ciô̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syɒŋ⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zyoeng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syøŋ³³²/

Note:

• zieo3/ziunn3 - vernacular (incl. surname);
• zyorng3/zyoeng3 - literary.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiúⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsiúnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cviuo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siũ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Lukang): /t͡siũ⁵⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Yilan, Kinmen): /t͡siũ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siũ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chióⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsiónn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cvioir
    • IPA (Zhangzhou, Tainan): /t͡siɔ̃⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chióng
    • Tâi-lô: tsióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciorng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɔŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiáng
    • Tâi-lô: tsiáng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciarng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siaŋ⁵³/
Note:
• chiúⁿ/chióⁿ - vernacular (incl. surname);
• chióng/chiáng - literary.
• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ziên² / zion²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiéⁿ / tsióⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sĩẽ⁵²/, /t͡sĩõ⁵²/
Note:
• ziên2 - Chaozhou;
• zion2 - Shantou.
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵cian
    • MiniDict: cian^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²jian
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiã³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tsjangX

Rime
Character	蔣
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	即兩切
Baxter	tsjangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨɐŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɐŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡siɑŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sɨaŋX/
Li Rong	/t͡siaŋX/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭaŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯aŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǎng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zoeng2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsaŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蔣
Reading #	2/2
No.	10291
Phonetic component	爿
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	㢡
Old Chinese	/*ʔsaŋʔ/

Definitions

蔣

1. a Warring States-era state in modern-day Henan, China
2. a surname

   蔣介石／蒋介石  ―  Jiǎng Jièshí  ―  Chiang Kai-shek

3. alternative form of 獎 / 奖 (jiǎng)

Compounds

• 總統蔣公逝世紀念日 / 总统蒋公逝世纪念日 (Zǒngtǒng Jiǎng Gōng Shìshì Jìniànrì)
• 蔣家堰 / 蒋家堰 (Jiǎngjiāyàn)
• 蔣家沖 / 蒋家冲 (Jiǎngjiāchōng)
• 蔣湖 / 蒋湖 (Jiǎnghú)
• 蔣畈 / 蒋畈 (Jiǎngfàn)
• 蔣舍三徑 / 蒋舍三径
• 蔣集 / 蒋集 (Jiǎngjí)

Descendants

• → English: Chiang, Jiang
• → Tagalog: Chiong

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāng, jiǎng (jiang¹, jiang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤ, ㄐㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiang
    • Wade–Giles: chiang¹
    • Yale: jyāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiang
    • Palladius: цзян (czjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎng
    • Wade–Giles: chiang³
    • Yale: jyǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeang
    • Palladius: цзян (czjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: zoeng¹
    • Yale: jēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsjang

Rime
Character	蔣
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	即良切
Baxter	tsjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡siɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡siaŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭaŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zoeng1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsaŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蔣
Reading #	1/2
No.	10289
Phonetic component	爿
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	將
Old Chinese	/*ʔsaŋ/

Definitions

蔣

1. Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)

Pronunciation 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 蔣 – see 怎 (“Eastern Min: how”). (This character is a variant form of 怎).

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	蒋
Print standard	蔣

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 蔣

蔣

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 蒋)

1. Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia, or Hydropyrum latifolium)

Readings

• On (unclassified): しょう (shō)、そう (sō)
• Kun: まこも (makomo, 蔣)、はげます (hagemasu)

Proper noun

蔣(しょう) • (Shō) ^{←しやう (Syau)?}

1. an orthographic borrowing of the Chinese surname 蔣 / 蒋, Jiang

   蔣(しょう)介(かい)石(せき) (shō kaiseki, “Chiang Kai-shek”)

   援蔣(えんしょう) ― enshō ― to support Chiang Kai-shek

References

• “^▲蔣”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja

蔣 • (jang) (hangeul 장, revised jang, McCune–Reischauer chang, Yale cang)

1. Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia, or Hydropyrum latifolium)

Vietnamese

Han character

蔣: Hán Nôm readings: tưởng

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