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)

1. stiff and motionless, stock still
2. 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).

	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

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

Pronunciation

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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	goeng1

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/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāng (jiang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): goeng¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): giŏng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gyong¹ / gyeng¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiong / khiong / kiang

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• 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/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: giŏng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyoŋ⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gyong¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gio̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyɒŋ⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gyeng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyøŋ⁵³³/
• 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/

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• Middle Chinese: kjang

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kaŋ/

Definitions

僵

1. (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)

2. 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

3. stupefied; dazed; blank
4. 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

References

• “僵”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “僵”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 106.

Japanese

Kanji

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Category:Japanese terms spelled with 僵

僵

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. fall down
2. collapse

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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