# 講

| 講 | U+8B1B, &#35611; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B1B |
| ← 謚 [U+8B1A] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 謜 → [U+8B1C] |

## Translingual
### Han character

講 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 卜口廿廿月 (YRTTB), four-corner 0565$_7$, composition ⿰訁冓)

#### Derived characters

* 𡄧

#### Related characters

* 讲 (Simplified Chinese)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1175, character 24
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35824
* Dae Jaweon: page 1640, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4004, character 2
* Unihan data for U+8B1B

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 溝 | *koː |
| 篝 | *koː |
| 鞲 | *koː |
| 韝 | *koː, *kʰoː |
| 褠 | *koː |
| 冓 | *koː, *koːs |
| 構 | *koːs |
| 購 | *koːs |
| 媾 | *koːs |
| 覯 | *koːs |
| 遘 | *koːs, *koːs |
| 煹 | *koːs |
| 搆 | *koːs |
| 講 | *kroːŋʔ |
| 耩 | *kroːŋʔ |
| 傋 | *kroːŋʔ, *qʰroːŋʔ |
| 斠 | *kroːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kroːŋʔ): semantic 言 (“say”) + phonetic 冓 (OC *koː, *koːs).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): jiǎng (jiang$^3$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): jiang$^3$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җён (ži͡on, II)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gong$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): gong$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): gong$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kóng
    (Hailu, HRS): gong$^ˊ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): gong$^3$
* Jin (Wiktionary): jiang$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): gǒ̤ng
* Eastern Min (BUC): gōng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gorng$^3$ / gang$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kóng / káng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gang$^2$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^5$cian / $^5$kaon
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gan$^3$ / jian$^3$
* 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/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: jiang$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: giang
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕiaŋ⁵³/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җён (ži͡on, II)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕiɑŋ⁵¹/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gong$^2$
*** Yale: góng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gong$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɔːŋ³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: gong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɔŋ⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: gong$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɔŋ²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kóng
*** Hakka Romanization System: gong$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gong$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /koŋ³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: gong$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /koŋ²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: gong$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /kɔŋ³¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: jiang$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕiaŋ⁵³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gǒ̤ng
*** Sinological IPA : /kɔŋ²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gōng
*** Sinological IPA : /kouŋ³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gorng$^3$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gô̤ng
*** Sinological IPA : /kɒŋ⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gorng$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɒŋ³³²/
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gang$^3$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gâng
*** Sinological IPA : /kaŋ⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gang$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaŋ³³²/
* gorng3 - vernacular;
* gang3 - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit講 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /t͡ɕiɑŋ²¹⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /t͡ɕiaŋ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /t͡ɕiɑŋ¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /t͡ɕiaŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /t͡ɕiaŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /t͡ɕiaŋ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /t͡ɕiaŋ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /t͡ɕiɔ̃⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /t͡ɕiɑŋ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /t͡ɕiɑ̃⁴⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /t͡ɕiɑŋ⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /t͡ɕiaŋ⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /t͡ɕiaŋ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /t͡ɕiaŋ⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /t͡ɕiã̠⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /t͡ɕiaŋ²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /t͡ɕiɑ̃²⁴/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡ɕiɒ̃⁵³/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /t͡ɕiɑŋ⁵³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /t͡ɕiɑ̃⁵³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /kɑ̃³⁵/ /t͡ɕiã³⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /kɑ̃⁵¹/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /t͡ɕiɑŋ⁵³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /kuɔ³³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡ɕia³⁵/ ～解 /ka³⁵/ ～話 |
| Hui | Tunxi | /kau³¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡ɕian⁴¹/ /kan⁴¹/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /kɔn⁴²/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /kɔŋ²¹³/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /koŋ³¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /koŋ³¹/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /kɔŋ³⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /kɔŋ³⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /kɔŋ³⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /kaŋ⁵³/ /kɔŋ⁵³/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /kouŋ³²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /kɔŋ²¹/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /kaŋ⁵³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /kɔŋ²¹³/ |
* Middle Chinese: kaewngX
Rime :
| Character | 講 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 江 (9) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 古項切 |
| Baxter | kaewngX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kˠʌŋ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kᵚɔŋ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kɔŋ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kaɨwŋ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /kɔŋ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /kɔŋ$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kɔŋ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiǎng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gong$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤroŋʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kroːŋʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 講 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jiǎng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kaewng$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*kˁroŋʔ/ |
| English | explain; discuss |
| 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 | 講 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4201 |
| Phonetic component | 冓 |
| Rime group | 東 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 講 |
| Old Chinese | /*kroːŋʔ/ |

### Definitions

講
* to say; to talk; to speak; to tell
    講故事／讲故事 ― jiǎng gùshì ― to tell a story
    你講咩呀？／你讲咩呀？ [Cantonese] ― nei$^5$ gong$^2$ me$^1$ aa$^3$? [Jyutping] ― What are you saying?
    你唔早講！／你唔早讲！ [Cantonese] ― nei$^5$ m$^4$ zou$^2$ gong$^2$! [Jyutping] ― Why didn't you say so earlier!?
       o$^2$ gai$^3$ bu$^6$ gan$^3$ da? [Wiktionary]
       Why aren't you saying anything?
       Góa bô kā i kóng. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       I didn't tell him.
       ngo$^5$ tung$^4$ zo$^2$ lou$^5$ si$^1$ gong$^2$ gaa$^3$ laa$^3$. [Jyutping]
       I told the teacher already.
       ngo$^3$ mau$^5$ gen$^1$ ta$^1$ gan$^3$ [Wiktionary]
       I didn't tell him.
       Tā huì jiǎng yīngyǔ, érqiě jiǎng de hǎo. [Pinyin]
       He can speak English, and what's more he speaks it very well.
       ngo$^5$ m$^4$ sik$^1$ gong$^2$ gwong$^2$ dung$^1$ waa$^{6-2}$. [Jyutping]
       I don't speak Cantonese.
       Can you speak English fluently?
       nyi$^3$ zhan$^2$ sa$^1$ fa$^5$ xiau$^3$ de gan$^3$ bo? [Wiktionary]
       Can you speak Changsha Xiang?
* to explain; to lecture
    講課／讲课 ― jiǎngkè ― to teach; to lecture
    講道／讲道 ― jiǎngdào ― to preach a sermon
* to discuss; to negotiate
    講條件／讲条件 ― jiǎng tiáojiàn ― to negotiate terms
* (literary) to make peace; to reconcile
    From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5th – 3rd centuries BCE
    Qín gōng Zhào, Zhào lìng Lóu Huǎn yǐ wǔ chéng qiú jiǎng yú Qín, ér yǔ zhī fá Qí. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* to emphasise; to pay attention to; to take into account
    講衛生／讲卫生 ― jiǎng wèishēng ― to pay attention to hygiene
    不講武德／不讲武德 ― bù jiǎng wǔdé ― to not obey ethics of martial arts
    From: Wu Jingzi, The Scholars, 1750 CE
    Yī xiǎodì kànlái: jiǎng xuéwèn de zhǐ jiǎng xuéwèn, bùbì wèn gōngmíng; jiǎng gōngmíng de zhǐ jiǎng gōngmíng, bùbì wèn xuéwèn. Ruòshì liǎngyàng dōu yào jiǎng, nòng dào hòulái, yī yàng yě zuò bù chéng! [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* regarding; concerning
* (Hokkien) Used after a verb to introduce a clause that is the object of the verb: that
    From: 1999, 豬頭皮 (zhūtóupí), 無名紅歌星
    tong-chho͘ siūⁿ kóng góa teh chò koa-chheⁿ, siōng-bô mā hông khòaⁿ khah ū ba̍k-tē [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    At first I thought that I, becoming a singer, would at least be seen more highly
    From: 2010, 徐立妍 (Arlene Li-yen Hsu), 《刣死一隻鳥仔》閩南語譯文 (Taiwanese Translation of To Kill A Mockingbird), in 閩南語翻譯問題初探—以《刣死一隻鳥仔》為例 (A Preliminary Analysis of the Issues of Taiwanese Translations: A Case Study of the Taiwanese Translation of To Kill A Mockingbird), page 102
    Góa kám-kak kóng góa bô èng-kai thiaⁿ chit ê pháiⁿ-lâng kóng-ōe [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    I had a feeling that I shouldn't be here listening to this sinful man
* Classifier for lectures.
    第二講／第二讲 ― dì èr jiǎng ― the second lecture
* a surname

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 言, 云, 曰, 道 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 說, 道 literary |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 說 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 說, 講 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 說, 講 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 說, 講 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 說 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 說 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 說, 講 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 說 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 說 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 說 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 說 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 講 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) | 講 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Pematangsiantar | 講 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 講 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 講, 話 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 講, 話 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 講, 話 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 講, 話 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 講 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 話 |
| Cantonese | Taishan (Guanghai) | 講 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 話 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 講, 話 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 講 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 講 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 講 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 講 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 講 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 講, 話 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 講, 話 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 講, 話 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 講 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 講 |
| Cantonese | Mandalay (Taishan) | 講 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 話 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 講, 話 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Meilin) | 講 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 講 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 講 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 講 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 講 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 講 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 講 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 講 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 講 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 講 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 講 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 說 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 話 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 講 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 講 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 講 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 講 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 講 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 說 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 說 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 說, 講 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 講 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 呾, 講 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 講 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 講 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 講 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 講 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 講 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 講 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 說, 講 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 呾 |
| Southern Min | Raoping | 呾 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 呾 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 呾 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 呾 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 呾 |
| Southern Min | Lufeng | 講 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 講 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 呾 |
| Southern Min | Phnom Penh (Teochew) | 呾 |
| Southern Min | Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) | 呾 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 呾 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 呾 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 講 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 講 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 講 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 講 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 講 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 講 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 講 |
| Southern Pinghua | Binyang | 講, 說 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 講 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 話 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 講, 說 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 說, 話, 講 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Yuhang) | 講, 話 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 講, 話 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 講 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 講 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 講 |
| Xiang | Xiangxiang | 講 |
| Xiang | Xiangxiang (Meiqiao) | 講 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 曰, 講 |

### Compounds

* 不講情理 / 不讲情理
* 不講究 / 不讲究
* 不講道理 / 不讲道理
* 世講 / 世讲
* 串講 / 串讲 (chuànjiǎng)
* 主講 / 主讲 (zhǔjiǎng)
* 亂講 / 乱讲 (luànjiǎng)
* 五講四美 / 五讲四美
* 侍講 / 侍讲
* 俗講 / 俗讲
* 助講 / 助讲
* 口講指畫 / 口讲指画
* 宣講 / 宣讲 (xuānjiǎng)
* 對講 / 对讲
* 對講機 / 对讲机 (duìjiǎngjī)
* 投戈講藝 / 投戈讲艺
* 明講 / 明讲 (míngjiǎng)
* 有講究 / 有讲究
* 歪談亂講 / 歪谈乱讲
* 沒講究 / 没讲究
* 演講 / 演讲 (yǎnjiǎng)
* 演講比賽 / 演讲比赛
* 直講 / 直讲
* 瞎講 / 瞎讲
* 瞎講八講 / 瞎讲八讲
* 經筵講官 / 经筵讲官
* 聽講 / 听讲 (tīngjiǎng)
* 胡講 / 胡讲
* 講交情 / 讲交情
* 講人情 / 讲人情
* 講信修睦 / 讲信修睦
* 講倒 / 讲倒
* 講價 / 讲价 (jiǎngjià)
* 講價錢 / 讲价钱 (jiǎng jiàqián)
* 講口 / 讲口
* 講史 / 讲史
* 講古 / 讲古 (jiǎnggǔ)
* 講台 (jiǎngtái)
* 講古論今 / 讲古论今
* 講和 / 讲和 (jiǎnghé)
* 講唱文學 / 讲唱文学
* 講堂 / 讲堂 (jiǎngtáng)
* 講壇 / 讲坛 (jiǎngtán)
* 講妥 / 讲妥
* 講學 / 讲学 (jiǎngxué)
* 講實際 / 讲实际
* 講師 / 讲师 (jiǎngshī)
* 講席 / 讲席 (jiǎngxí)
* 講座 / 讲座 (jiǎngzuò)
* 講情 / 讲情
* 講授 / 讲授 (jiǎngshòu)
* 講排場 / 讲排场 (jiǎngpáichǎng)
* 講敘 / 讲叙
* 講明 / 讲明 (jiǎngmíng)
* 講書 / 讲书 (jiǎngshū)
* 講桌 / 讲桌 (jiǎngzhuō)
* 講武 / 讲武
* 講殿 / 讲殿
* 講求 / 讲求 (jiǎngqiú)
* 講法 / 讲法 (jiǎngfǎ)
* 講演 / 讲演 (jiǎngyǎn)
* 講理 / 讲理 (jiǎnglǐ)
* 講盤兒 / 讲盘儿
* 講盤子 / 讲盘子
* 講禮貌 / 讲礼貌 (jiǎng lǐmào)
* 講稿 / 讲稿 (jiǎnggǎo)
* 講究 / 讲究
* 講經 / 讲经 (jiǎngjīng)
* 講經文 / 讲经文
* 講經說法 / 讲经说法
* 講美 / 讲美 (Jiǎngměi)
* 講義 / 讲义 (jiǎngyì)
* 講習 / 讲习 (jiǎngxí)
* 講習會 / 讲习会 (jiǎngxíhuì)
* 講臺 / 讲台 (jiǎngtái)
* 講衛生 / 讲卫生
* 講解 / 讲解 (jiǎngjiě)
* 講評 / 讲评 (jiǎngpíng)
* 講話 / 讲话 (jiǎnghuà)
* 講課 / 讲课 (jiǎngkè)
* 講論 / 讲论 (jiǎnglùn)
* 講讀 / 讲读
* 講貫 / 讲贯
* 講述 / 讲述 (jiǎngshù)
* 講透 / 讲透
* 講道 / 讲道 (jiǎngdào)
* 講道理 / 讲道理 (jiǎng dàolǐ)
* 講面子 / 讲面子
* 講頭兒 / 讲头儿
* 講題 / 讲题 (jiǎngtí)
* 起講 / 起讲
* 都講 / 都讲
* 閑講 / 闲讲
* 開講 / 开讲 (kāijiǎng)
* 雞同鴨講 / 鸡同鸭讲 (jītóngyājiǎng)
* 黑白講 / 黑白讲

### Descendants

* → Japanese: 講(こう) (kō)
* → Korean: 강(講) (gang)
* → Vietnamese: giảng (講)
Others:
* → Bouyei: gaangc
* → Zhuang: gangj

### References

* “講”, 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–
* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03874
* “講”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 講 |
| Kyūjitai | 講󠄁 講+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 講󠄃 講+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)
* Kun: はかる (hakaru)、はなしあう (hanashiau)
* Nanori: つぐ (tsugu)、のり (nori)、みち (michi)、みな (mina)

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) こー [kóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ko̞ː]

### Suffix

講(こう) • (-kō)
* reading or lecture
* reading of sacred scriptures by Buddhist monks
    法華(ほっけ)八(はっ)講(こう)
       hokke hakkō
       reading of the eight scrolls of the Lotus Sutra
* gathering of monks and laity for Buddhist rites
    涅槃(ねはん)講(こう)
       nehan kō
       rites on February 15, the death day of the Buddha
* lay association of Buddhist or Shinto believers
* mutual financial assistance association
    いわゆる「ネズミ講(こう)」を運営(うんえい)したとして、無限連鎖(むげんれんさ)講(こう)防止法違反(ぼうしほういはん)の疑(うたが)いが持(も)たれています。
       Iwayuru “nezumi-kō” o un'ei shita toshite, mugenrensakō bōshihō ihan no utagai gamotareteimasu.
       He is being held on suspicion of violating the Law on Prevention of Pyramid Schemes for operating a so-called "Mouse Mutual Assistance Association."

### References

* ↑ “講”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
* ↑ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 1134 (paper), page 580 (digital)
* ↑ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

講 (eumhun 외울 강 (oe'ul gang))
* hanja form of 강 (“reading or lecture”)

#### Compounds

* 강의 (講義, gang'ui, “lecture”)
* 강사 (講師, gangsa, “lecturer”)
* 강당 (講堂, gangdang, “lecture hall; auditorium”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

講: Hán Nôm readings: giảng, nhãng
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