蔣

蔣 — jang

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading: 성(姓) 장
Romanization: jang
English: surname; Hydropyrum latifolium
Mandarin: jiǎng
Japanese on'yomi: ショウ, ソウ
Japanese kun'yomi: まこもはげ.ます
Japanese usage: Jinmeiyō kanji
Strokes: 14
Variant forms: 蒋
Radical: 艸 (140, 11 residual)
Phonetic component: 將(장)
Unicode: U+8523

Parts that make up 蔣

艹 풀 초variant of 艸 돋아난 풀잎 둘풀·나물·약초. 글자 위에 얹힌다
將 장수 장Japanese form of 将 장수 장(將)의 일본 신자체거느리는 일. ‘장’ 계열의 소리

How 蔣 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 蔣 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 艸, 將.

Korean example words with 蔣

장개석蔣介石 Korean gloss: ‘장제스’를 우리 한자음으로 읽은 이름.
장경국蔣經國 Korean gloss: ‘장징궈’를 우리 한자음으로 읽은 이름.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Characters sharing the phonetic 將

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “장” in Korean.

奬漿獎醬鏘

Other hanja with radical 艸

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