襁

Information about character(s)

Radical: 衣
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 11
Total Strokes: 17
Variants: 繈繦

Pronunciation

Pinyin: qiǎng
Cantonese: koeng5
JapaneseKun: MUTSUKI
JapaneseOn: KYOU
Korean: KANG

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: swaddling clothes

CE-Dict: cloth for carrying baby on back

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.swaddling clothes for an infant; a broad bandage for carrying an infant on the back

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《衣部》襁負兒衣。从衣强聲。

康熙字典文字版 【申集下】【衣字部】襁
【唐韻】居兩切【集韻】舉兩切，𠀤音鏹。【玉篇】襁褓，負兒衣也。【論語】則四方之民，襁負其子而至矣。【何晏註】負者以器曰襁。【疏】《博物志》云：襁織縷爲之，廣八寸，長丈二，以約小兒於背。【前漢·宣帝紀】曾孫雖在襁褓，猶坐收繫郡邸獄。【李奇註】襁，絡也，以繒布爲之，絡負小兒。【師古註】卽今小兒繃也。　【六書正譌】通作繦，非。襁字从強作。

CF-Dict: langes