茳

茳 · jiāng

Cyperus malaccensis, short-leaved Malacca galingale

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
jiāng
Cantonese
gong1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

Cyperus malaccensis, short-leaved Malacca galingale

Dictionary definitions & readings

茳 jiāng · used in 茳芏 jiāng dù

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53210.070:jiāng Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0559.050:jiāng Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
166.140:jiāng Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
jiāng粵gong1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
コウ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
강:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
古雙 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
TEM Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4411.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1029.010 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
038.33 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8333
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
9
Residual strokes
6
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6793

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

9 strokes
茳
Strokes
9
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

9 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
kaewng · 古雙 · 江開二平江見 · #69

PHONO-ML, source line 631; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1138.606
kDaeJaweon
1487.250
kHanYu
53210.070
kIRGDaeJaweon
1487.250
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53210.070
kIRGKangXi
1029.010
kKangXi
1029.010
kMorohashi
30912:E0102
kSBGY
038.33
kSMSZD2003Index
579.01
kCangjie
TEM
kFourCornerCode
4411.1
kMojiJoho
MJ021828 MJ021828:E0101 MJ021829:E0102
kPhonetic
655
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-5C7C
kIRG_HSource
HB2-D373
kIRG_JSource
J1-576E
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-6D83
kIRG_KSource
K1-5765
kIRG_TSource
T2-3237
kRSUnicode
140.6
kTotalStrokes
9
kBigFive
D373
kCCCII
227D26
kCNS1986
2-3237
kCNS1992
2-3237
kEACC
227D26
kGB0
6092
kGB1
6092
kJis1
5578
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:6793
kXerox
321:054
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+22317+140.3.6
kCantonese
gong1
kDefinition
Cyperus malaccensis, short-leaved Malacca galingale
kFanqie
古雙
kHangul
강:1N
kHanyuPinyin
53210.070:jiāng
kJapanese
コウ
kJapaneseOn
KOU
kKorean
KANG
kMandarin
jiāng
kSMSZD2003Readings
jiāng粵gong1
kTGHZ2013
166.140:jiāng
kXHC1983
0559.050:jiāng

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 茳0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
艹 above 江 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿱艹江$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹江$(GHTJKP)

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