# 蔣

| 蔣 | U+8523, &#34083; 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 4424$_2$, 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (jiang$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤˇ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zoeng$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): diang$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chióng
    (Hailu, HRS): ziong$^ˊ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): jiong$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): ciōng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zieo$^3$ / ziuⁿ$^3$ / zyong$^3$ / zyeng$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chiúⁿ / chióⁿ / chióng / chiáng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ziên$^2$ / zion$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$cian
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎng
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎng
*** Wade–Giles: chiang$^3$
*** Yale: jyǎng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeang
*** Palladius: цзян (czjan)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zoeng$^2$
*** Yale: jéung
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zêng$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sœːŋ³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: diang$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /tiaŋ⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chióng
*** Hakka Romanization System: jiong$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: jiong$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡si̯oŋ³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: ziong$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sioŋ²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: jiong$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡siɔŋ³¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ciōng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡suoŋ³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zieo$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sieu⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ziuⁿ$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sĩũ³³²/
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zyong$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡syɒŋ⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zyeng$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡syøŋ³³²/
* zieo3/ziuⁿ3 - vernacular (incl. surname);
* zyong3/zyeng3 - literary.
* 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 | /t͡sɨɐŋ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡siɐŋ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡siɑŋ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡sɨaŋ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡siaŋ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sĭaŋ$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡si̯aŋ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiǎng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zoeng$^2$ |
* 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
* A Warring States-era state in modern-day Henan, China
* a surname
    蔣介石／蒋介石 ― Jiǎng Jièshí ― Chiang Kai-shek
* 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 (jiang$^1$, jiang$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤ, ㄐㄧㄤˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiāng
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiang
*** Wade–Giles: chiang$^1$
*** Yale: jyāng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiang
*** Palladius: цзян (czjan)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎng
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎng
*** Wade–Giles: chiang$^3$
*** Yale: jyǎng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeang
*** Palladius: цзян (czjan)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zoeng$^1$
*** Yale: jēung
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zêng$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵/
* 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 | zoeng$^1$ |
* 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
* 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 |
| Kyūjitai | 蔣 |

### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 蒋)
* 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)
* 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

## Korean
### Hanja

蔣 • (jang) (hangeul 장, revised jang, McCune–Reischauer chang, Yale cang)
* Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia, or Hydropyrum latifolium)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

蔣: Hán Nôm readings: tưởng
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