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ginger

HSK 10
Objects →Food
jiāng
キョウ、コウ
はじかみ
강
Components
艹 grass (top)+ 畺 border =
薑 ginger
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
herb
畺 Phonetic component
jiāng border
boundary, border
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Notes
Similar Characters
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Historical Evolution
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
薑
Regular
Modern
Japanese
生姜 、 生薑 (rare) 、 薑 (rare) しょうが 、 ショウガ 同音
noun usually kana ginger (Zingiber officinale)
薑 、 椒 はじかみ 同音

noun

  1. archaic ginger (Zingiber officinale) (esp. 薑)
  2. Japanese pepper (Zanthoxylum piperitum) (esp. 椒)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
薑 はしかみ
Hashikami surname
薑 はじかみ
Hajikami surname
CHINESE WORDS (15)
生姜 [shēng​jiāng] #25,334
fresh ginger
姜黄 [jiāng​huáng] #42,950
turmeric
黄姜 [huáng​jiāng] #51,372
turmeric
干姜 [gān​jiāng]
dried ginger
仔姜 [zǐ​jiāng]
stem ginger
洋姜 [yáng​jiāng] #61,337
Jerusalem artichoke
生姜丝 [shēng​jiāng​sī]
shredded ginger
姜堰 [Jiāng​yàn] #55,126
Jiangyan county level city in Taizhou 泰州[Tài​zhōu], Jiangsu
姜堰市 [Jiāng​yàn​shì] #55,453
Jiangyan county level city in Taizhou 泰州[Tài​zhōu], Jiangsu
姜是老的辣 [jiāng​shì​lǎo​de​là]
see 薑還是老的辣|姜还是老的辣[jiāng​hái​shì​lǎo​de​là]
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JAPANESE WORDS (7)
⭐ 生姜 [しょうが] #36,627
ginger (Zingiber officinale)
紅しょうが [べにしょうが] #103,763
red pickled ginger
生姜湯 [しょうがゆ] #107,853
ginger tea
薑 [はじかみ] #124,549
ginger (Zingiber officinale)
呉茱萸 [ごしゅゆ] #172,799
Tetradium ruticarpum (species of deciduous trees)
生姜酢 [しょうがず] #273,236
vinegar mixed with ginger juice and soy sauce, etc.
乾薑 [かんきょう]
dried ginger
KOREAN WORDS (1)
생강
ginger