襁

襁 · qiǎng

swaddling clothes

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
qiǎng
Cantonese
koeng5
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

swaddling clothes

Dictionary definitions & readings

襁 qiǎng · string of copper coins; variant of 襁 qiǎng

襁 qiǎng · cloth for carrying baby on back

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53116.060:qiǎng Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0919.030:qiǎng Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
299.020:qiǎng Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
qiǎng粵goeng5 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
キョウ コウ むつき Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
강:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
居兩 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
LNII Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
3623.6 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1123.200 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
311.56 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0713d Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8941
Radical
衣 · 145
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
11
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6301

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
襁
Strokes
17
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

17 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
kjangX · 居兩 · 宕開三上陽見 · #1813

PHONO-ML, source line 11645; 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
1219.403
kDaeJaweon
1591.110
kFennIndex
45.09
kGSR
0713d
kHanYu
53116.060
kIRGDaeJaweon
1591.110
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53116.060
kIRGKangXi
1123.200
kKangXi
1123.200
kMatthews
647
kMeyerWempe
1133a
kMorohashi
34545 34545:E0102
kNelson
4261 4263
kSBGY
311.56
kSMSZD2003Index
634.01 634.07
kCangjie
LNII
kFenn
785K
kFourCornerCode
3623.6
kMojiJoho
MJ024123 MJ024123:E0102 MJ024124:E0103
kPhonetic
610
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTKP
kIRG_GSource
G0-715F
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EE75
kIRG_JSource
J0-6A76
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-CEBB
kIRG_KSource
K0-4B3A
kIRG_TSource
T2-5F43
kRSUnicode
145.11
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
EE75
kCCCII
232F5D
kCNS1986
2-5F43
kCNS1992
2-5F43
kEACC
4D2F5D
kGB0
8163
kGB1
8163
kJis0
7486
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
5982
kTGH
2013:6301
kTaiwanTelegraph
5982
kXerox
272:336
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6619+145.5.11 V+20215+145.5.12
kCantonese
koeng5
kDefinition
swaddling clothes
kFanqie
居兩
kHangul
강:0N
kHanyuPinyin
53116.060:qiǎng
kJapanese
キョウ コウ むつき
kJapaneseKun
MUTSUKI
kJapaneseOn
KYOU
kKorean
KANG
kMandarin
qiǎng
kSMSZD2003Readings
qiǎng粵goeng5
kTGHZ2013
299.020:qiǎng
kXHC1983
0919.030:qiǎng
kSemanticVariant
U+7E48<kMatthews,kMeyerWempe U+7E66<kMatthews

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
3dictionary records using 襁0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
衤 beside 强 · the shape used in China, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰衤强$(GKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰衤强$(GKP)

^⿰衤強$(HTJ)

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