僵

僵 U+50F5, 僵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50F5 ← 僴 [U+50F4] CJK Unified Ideographs 僶 → [U+50F6]

僵 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+13, 15 strokes, cangjie input 人一田一 (OMWM), four-corner 2121₆, composition ⿰亻畺)

1. stiff and motionless, stock still
2. rigid

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 118, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1158
• Dae Jaweon: page 250, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 224, character 3
• Unihan data for U+50F5

simp. and trad.		僵
2nd round simp.		⿰亻𱰥
alternative forms		殭／僵 of corpse

僵

1. (obsolete) to fall down

   • 妻使妾奉卮酒進之，妾知其藥酒也，進之則殺主父，言之則逐主母，乃陽僵棄酒。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     妻使妾奉卮酒进之，妾知其药酒也，进之则杀主父，言之则逐主母，乃阳僵弃酒。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5^th – 3^rd centuries BCE

     Qī shǐ qiè fèng zhījiǔ jìn zhī, qiè zhī qí yàojiǔ yě, jìn zhī zé shā zhǔfù, yán zhī zé zhú zhǔmǔ, nǎi yáng jiāng qì jiǔ. [Pinyin]

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2. stiff; rigid

   僵硬  ―  jiāngyìng  ―  stiff; rigid; inflexible

   凍僵／冻僵  ―  dòngjiāng  ―  numb with cold

   僵著臉／僵着脸  ―  jiāng zhe liǎn  ―  to have a serious facial expression

3. stupefied; dazed; blank
4. deadlocked

   僵持  ―  jiāngchí  ―  to be locked in a stalemate

   僵局  ―  jiāngjú  ―  a deadlock situation

   把事情弄僵  ―  bǎ shìqíng nòng jiāng  ―  to bring things into a deadlock

   把關係鬧僵／把关系闹僵  ―  bǎ guānxì nào jiāng  ―  to reach a deadlock with someone

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. fall down
2. collapse

• Go-on: こう (kō)
• Kan-on: きょう (kyō)
• Kun: たおれる (taoreru, 僵れる)

僵 (eum 강 (gang))

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僵: Hán Nôm readings: cương

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