榕

榕 U+6995, 榕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6995 ← 榔 [U+6994] CJK Unified Ideographs 榖 → [U+6996]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

榕 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 木十金口 (DJCR), four-corner 4396₈, composition ⿰木容)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 543, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15228
• Dae Jaweon: page 930, character 36
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1270, character 6
• Unihan data for U+6995

Chinese

simp. and trad.		榕

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (谷) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
螸	*lo
裕	*loɡs
容	*loŋ
溶	*loŋ, *loŋʔ
鎔	*loŋ
蓉	*loŋ
傛	*loŋ, *loŋʔ
褣	*loŋ
搈	*loŋ
瑢	*loŋ
嵱	*loŋ
熔	*loŋ
榕	*loŋ
塎	*loŋʔ
谷	*ɦkroːɡ, *kloːɡ, *ɡ·loːɡ
唂	*kloːɡ
焀	*ɡloːɡ
俗	*ljoɡ
欲	*loɡ
浴	*loɡ
鵒	*loɡ
峪	*ɦkloːɡ
鋊	*loɡ
輍	*loɡ
慾	*loɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *loŋ) : semantic 木 + phonetic 容 (OC *loŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): róng (rong²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jung⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): sṳ̀ng / ṳ̀ng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): oeng² / yeng² / soeng² / syeng²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhêng / iông / chêng / siông

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sêng⁵ / iong⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶yon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: róng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: róng
    • Wade–Giles: jung²
    • Yale: rúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rong
    • Palladius: жун (žun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jung⁴
    • Yale: yùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sṳ̀ng / ṳ̀ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syŋ⁵³/, /yŋ⁵³/

Note:

• sṳ̀ng - colloquial;
• ṳ̀ng - literary.

• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: oeng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /œŋ¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: yeng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yøŋ¹³/
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: soeng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬœŋ¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: syeng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬyøŋ¹³/

Note:

• soeng2/syeng2 - vernacular;
• oeng2/yeng2 - literary.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhêng
    • Tâi-lô: tshîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zheeng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iông
    • Tâi-lô: iông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ioong
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /iɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Lukang, Hsinchu, Sanxia)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng
    • Tâi-lô: tsîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeeng
    • IPA (Lukang): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siông
    • Tâi-lô: siông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioong
    • IPA (Yilan): /siɔŋ²⁴/

Note:

• iông - literary;
• chhêng/chêng/siông - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: sêng⁵ / iong⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sêng / iông
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /seŋ⁵⁵/, /ioŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

• sêng5 - vernacular;
• iong5 - literary.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶yon
    • MiniDict: yon^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhion
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦioŋ²³/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*loŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	榕
Reading #	1/1
No.	4294
Phonetic component	谷
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	容
Old Chinese	/*loŋ/

Definitions

榕

1. banyan tree
2. Short for 榕城 (Róngchéng, “Fuzhou”).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 榕樹 (“banyan”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		榕樹, 榕
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	榕樹
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	黃桷樹
Cantonese	Guangzhou	榕樹
	Hong Kong	榕樹
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	榕樹
	Macau	榕樹
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	榕樹
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	榕樹
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	榕樹
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	榕樹
	Foshan	榕樹
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	榕樹
	Foshan (Shunde)	榕樹
	Foshan (Sanshui)	榕樹
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	榕樹
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	榕樹
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	榕樹
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	榕樹
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	榕樹
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	榕樹
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	榕樹
	Taishan	榕樹
	Kaiping (Chikan)	榕樹
	Enping (Niujiang)	榕樹
	Heshan (Yayao)	榕樹
	Dongguan	榕樹
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	榕樹
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	榕樹
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	榕樹
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	榕樹
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	榕樹
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	榕樹
	Yudu	榕樹
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	榕樹
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	榕樹
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	榕樹
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	榕樹
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	榕樹
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	榕樹
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	榕, 榕樹
Southern Min	Xiamen	榕仔, 榕
	Quanzhou	榕
	Zhangzhou	榕仔, 榕
	Taipei	榕
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	榕樹
	Kaohsiung	榕仔
	Yilan	榕仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	榕
	Taichung	榕仔
	Tainan	榕仔
	Hsinchu	榕樹
	Kinmen	樹影
	Penghu (Magong)	榕仔樹
	Jieyang	榕樹
	Haikou	榕樹
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	榕樹
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	榕樹, 龍根, 龍樹

Compounds

• 印度榕 (“Ficus elastica”)
• 垂榕 (“Ficus benjamina”)
• 孟加拉榕 (“Ficus benghalensis”)
• 榕仔 (“Ficus microcarpa”) (Hokkien)
• 榕仔鬚／榕仔须
• 榕城 (Róngchéng)
• 榕壇問業／榕坛问业
• 榕樹／榕树 (róngshù, “Ficus microcarpa”)
• 榕江 (Róngjiāng)
• 正榕 (“Ficus microcarpa”)
• 灑金榕／洒金榕 (“Codiaeum variegatum”)
• 細葉榕／细叶榕 (xìyèróng, “Ficus microcarpa”)
• 雀榕 (quèróng, “Ficus subpisocarpa”)

 

Japanese

Kanji

榕

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): よう (yō)
• Kun: あこう (akō)

Korean

Hanja

榕 (eum 용 (yong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

榕: Hán Nôm readings: dung

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References

• Nom Foundation