View source for 姜

{{also|薑}}
{{character info}}
==Translingual==

===Han character===
{{Han char|rn=38|rad=女|as=06|sn=9|four=80404|canj=TGV|ids=⿱𦍌女}}

====Derived characters====
* {{l|mul|[[𠷩]], [[𡟜]], [[𤟲]], [[𣕞]], [[𤚖]], [[𥔣]], [[𨃇]], [[𨩍]], [[𩝅]], [[𩹖]], [[𦍯]], [[𨜰]], [[𡟿]], [[𦎛]], [[𡡭]], [[葁]]}}

====References====
* {{Han ref|kx=0259.200|dkj=06205|dj=0525.210|hdz=21047.110|uh=59DC|ud=23004|bh=ABB8|bd=43960}}

==Chinese==

===Glyph origin===
{{Han etym}}
{{Han compound|羊|女|c1=p|c2=s|ls=psc|t2=female}}

===Etymology 1===
{{zh-forms}}
Commonly assumed to be related to {{och-l|羌}} ({{zh-ref|Pulleyblank, 2000}}), though not necessarily ({{zh-ref|Schuessler, 2007}}); {{och-l|羊|sheep}} in the graphs may be just phonetic or also semantic, signifying "names referring to nomads" ({{zh-ref|Schuessler, 2009}}).

====Pronunciation====
{{zh-pron
|m=jiāng
|c=goeng1
|h=pfs=kiông
|mn=xm,qz,tw:khiuⁿ/xm,tw:kiuⁿ/zz:kioⁿ/xm,qz,tw:khiong/zz:khiang/tw:kiong
|mn_note=khiuⁿ - vernacular (surname in Quanzhou); kiuⁿ/kioⁿ - vernacular (limited, e.g. {{zh-l|*埔姜}}); khiong/khiang - literary (surname in Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taiwan); kiong - literary (limited, e.g. {{zh-l|*范姜}})
|mn-t=giang1
|mc=y
|oc=y
|cat=pn
}}

====Definitions====
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# {{surname|zh}}
#: {{zh-x|^姜 ^維|{{w|Jiang Wei|'''Jiang''' Wei}} (military general of the state of {{w|Shu}})}}
# {{lb|zh|mythology}} {{n-g|name of a river, identified as a Qi stream near {{w|Qishan County|Mount Qi}} ({{w|Commentary on the Water Classic}})}}
#* {{zh-x|^神農 居 ^姜.^水，以為{wéi} 姓。|The Divine Farmer dwelt by the '''Jiang''' river, (whose name) he took as (his) surname.|CL|ref=Shuowen}}

====Compounds====
{{col3|zh|范姜|姜被|姬姜|姜黃|姜家大被|孟姜女|姜芋|敬姜猶績|海埔姜|賣良姜|齊姜|埔姜|姜巷|姜姜}}

===Etymology 2===
{{zh-see|薑}}

{{cat|cmn|Advanced Mandarin}}

==Japanese==

===Kanji===
{{ja-kanji|grade=|rs=女06}}

# {{rfdef|ja|sort=女06}}

====Readings====
{{ja-readings
|goon=こう
|kanon=きょう
|kun=つよい}}

====Compounds====
* {{ja-r|姜黄|きょうおう}}: [[wild turmeric]]

==Korean==

===Hanja===
{{ko-hanja|hangeul=강|rv=gang|mr=kang}}

# {{surname|ko}}

==Vietnamese==

===Han character===
{{vi-readings|reading=Khương, khương, cưng, gừng|rs=女06}}

# {{rfdef|vi|sort=女06}}