葬

See also: 塟

葬 U+846C, 葬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-846C ← 葫 [U+846B] CJK Unified Ideographs 葭 → [U+846D]

Translingual

Han character

葬 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿一心廿 (TMPT), four-corner 4444₁, composition ⿳艹死廾)

Derived characters

• 髒 𠿺 𩦦

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1046, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31448
• Dae Jaweon: page 1507, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3246, character 2
• Unihan data for U+846C

Chinese

trad.		葬
simp. #		葬
alternative forms		塟／葬 𦵏 𦽱 ancient 𧂥 ancient 𦿑 ancient 塟／葬 𦵏 𦽱 ancient 𧂥 ancient 𦿑 ancient 𦱼 ancient 𦴓 ancient

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 葬
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

	Old Chinese
髒	*ʔsaːŋʔ
葬	*ʔsaːŋs

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

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 茻 (“grass”) + 死 (“dead person”) – bury the dead 死 in the grass 茻. Top is now grass radical (艹), while bottom is simplified to 廾, hence graphically 艹 + 死 + 廾.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	葬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	則浪切
Baxter	tsangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɑŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sɑŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡saŋH/
Li Rong	/t͡sɑŋH/
Wang Li	/t͡sɑŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sɑŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zong3

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	葬
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zàng
Middle Chinese	‹ tsangH ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]ˁaŋ-s/
English	bury
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	葬
Reading #	1/1
No.	16545
Phonetic component	葬
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	葬
Old Chinese	/*ʔsaːŋs/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zàng (zang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zong³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chong
• Northern Min (KCR): co̤̿ng
• Eastern Min (BUC): cáung
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chòng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zeng³

• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zàng
    • Wade–Giles: tsang⁴
    • Yale: dzàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzanq
    • Palladius: цзан (czan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zong³
    • Yale: jong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chong
    • Hakka Romanization System: zong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡soŋ⁵⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: co̤̿ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔŋ³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cáung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑuŋ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòng
    • Tâi-lô: tsòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoxng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔŋ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zeng³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ̀ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯŋ²¹³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: zan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡san⁴⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsangH

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ˤaŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsaːŋs/

Definitions

葬

1. to bury; to inter

   葬身  ―  zàngshēn  ―  to be buried

   葬花詞／葬花词  ―  Zàng Huā Cí  ―  Poem of Burying Flowers (a poem in Dream of the Red Chamber)

   佢老豆葬咗喺和合石。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   keoi⁵ lou⁵ dau⁶ zong³ zo² hai² wo⁴ hap⁶ sek⁶. [Jyutping]

   His father is buried in Wo Hop Shek Cemetery.

   • 子曰：「生事之以禮；死葬之以禮，祭之以禮。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     子曰：「生事之以礼；死葬之以礼，祭之以礼。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zǐ yuē: “Shēng shì zhī yǐ lǐ; sǐ zàng zhī yǐ lǐ, jì zhī yǐ lǐ.” [Pinyin]

     The Master replied, "That parents, when alive, be served according to propriety; that, when dead, they should be buried according to propriety; and that they should be sacrificed to according to propriety."

   • 以色列人將他葬在他地業的境內，就是在以法蓮山地的亭拿西拉，在迦實山的北邊。 [MSC, trad.]
     以色列人将他葬在他地业的境内，就是在以法莲山地的亭拿西拉，在迦实山的北边。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 約書亞記 (Joshua) 24:30

     Yǐsèlièrén jiāng tā zàng zài tā dìyè de jìngnèi, jiùshì zài Yǐfǎlián shān dì de Tíngnáxīlā, zài Jiāshí shān de běibiān. [Pinyin]

     And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathheres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash.

2. to bury in a specified way according to local customs

   火葬  ―  huǒzàng  ―  to cremate

3. a surname, Zang

Synonyms

• (to bury):

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• 下葬 (xiàzàng)
• 入土 (rùtǔ)
• 埋葬 (máizàng)
• 埋藏 (máicáng)
• 安厝 (āncuò) (literary, or Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 安土 (Hokkien)
• 安葬 (ānzàng)
• 掩埋 (yǎnmái)
• 落塗 / 落涂 (Hokkien)
• 落葬 (luòzàng)

Compounds

• 下葬 (xiàzàng)
• 亂葬埂 / 乱葬埂 (luànzànggěng)
• 亂葬崗 / 乱葬岗 (luànzànggǎng)
• 亂葬崗子 / 乱葬岗子 (luànzànggǎngzi)
• 厚葬 (hòuzàng)
• 叢葬 / 丛葬
• 合葬 (hézàng)
• 喪葬 / 丧葬 (sāngzàng)
• 國葬 / 国葬 (guózàng)
• 土葬 (tǔzàng)
• 埋葬 (máizàng)
• 壁葬 (bìzàng)
• 天葬 (tiānzàng)
• 安葬 (ānzàng)
• 懸棺葬 / 悬棺葬
• 拾骨葬 (shígǔzàng)
• 改葬 (gǎizàng)
• 敕葬
• 族葬
• 會葬 / 会葬 (huìzàng)
• 歸葬 / 归葬 (guīzàng)
• 殉葬 (xùnzàng)
• 殉葬品
• 殯葬 / 殡葬 (bìnzàng)
• 水葬 (shuǐzàng)
• 海葬 (hǎizàng)
• 渴葬
• 濫葬 / 滥葬
• 火葬 (huǒzàng)
• 燒葬 / 烧葬
• 營葬 / 营葬
• 碧葬
• 稿葬
• 臝葬 / 裸葬
• 葬儀社 / 葬仪社
• 葬師 / 葬师
• 葬玉埋香
• 葬禮 / 葬礼 (zànglǐ)
• 葬身 (zàngshēn)
• 葬身之地 (zàngshēnzhīdì)
• 葬身火窟
• 葬身魚腹 / 葬身鱼腹
• 葬送 (zàngsòng)
• 賣身葬父 / 卖身葬父
• 送葬 (sòngzàng)
• 遷葬 / 迁葬 (qiānzàng)
• 野葬
• 陪葬 (péizàng)
• 陪葬品 (péizàngpǐn)
• 隨葬 / 随葬 (suízàng)
• 鳥葬 / 鸟葬
• 黛玉葬花

References

• “葬”, 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–