姜 (goeng1 | jiang1) : ginger

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姜

goeng1

jiang1

[1] ginger
[2] a Chinese family name

For the meaning of "ginger", 薑 is the traditional form. However, the simplified form 姜 is getting so popular outside China that it virtually becomes a variant of 薑.

Stroke count: 9

Level: 3

Radical: 女 (#38)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

姜

This word has been viewed 7917 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 3rd Jul 2010 06:20

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生姜 saang1 goeng1 = rhizoma zingiberis recens

姜太公釣魚，願者上釣 goeng1 taai3 gung1 diu3 jyu4*2 jyun6 ze2 soeng5 diu3 jiang1 tai4 gong1 diao4 yu2 yuan4 zhe3 shang4 diao4 = one would do something voluntarily if that's what he wants to do.

姜大衛 goeng1 daai6 wai6 jiang1 da4 wei4 = John Chiang (a.k.a, David Chiang)

姜文 goeng1 man4 jiang1 wen2 = Jiang Wen

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Decimal representation of this word: 姜
Unicode code for this character: U+59dc (off-site link)

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