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Translingual

Han character

(radical 75 +9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木竹中月 (DHLB), four-corner 42927, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 538, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15091
  • Dae Jaweon: page 925, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1252, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+6940

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kʷaʔ, *kʰʷaʔ
*kʷaʔ, *ɢʷaʔ
*kʷaʔ, *ɢʷaʔ
*kʷaʔ, *ɢʷaʔ
*kʰʷaʔ
*ɢʷaʔ
*ɢʷaʔ
*ɢʷaʔ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (35) (28)
Final () (24) (24)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦɨoX/ /kɨoX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦioX/ /kioX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣioX/ /kioX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦuə̆X/ /kuə̆X/
Li
Rong
/ɣioX/ /kioX/
Wang
Li
/ɣĭuX/ /kĭuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/i̯uX/ /ki̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 15957 15963
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʷaʔ/ /*ɢʷaʔ/

Definitions

  1. (archaic) a kind of tree
  2. used as a surname