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樺
樺
Translingual
Han character
樺 (radical 75 木+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 木廿一十 (DTMJ), four-corner 44954, composition ⿰木華)
References
- KangXi: page 552, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15497
- Dae Jaweon: page 940, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1261, character 1
- Unihan data for U+6A3A
Chinese
| trad. | 樺 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 桦 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (華) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 鞾 | *qʰʷa |
| 華 | *qʰʷraː, *ɡʷraː, *ɡʷraːs |
| 譁 | *qʰʷraː |
| 樺 | *ɡʷraː, *ɡʷraːs |
| 嘩 | *ɡʷraː |
| 驊 | *ɡʷraː |
| 鏵 | *ɡʷraː |
| 崋 | *ɡʷraː, *ɡʷraːs |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˋ
- Wade-Giles: hua4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huah
- IPA (key): /xu̯a̠⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: waa6, waa4
- Yale: wah, wàh
- Cantonese Pinyin: waa6, waa4
- IPA (key): /wɑː²²/, /wɑː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 樺 | 樺 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 麻 (99) | 麻 (99) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | II | II |
| Fanqie | 戸花切 | 胡化切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɦˠua/ | /ɦˠuaH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɦʷᵚa/ | /ɦʷᵚaH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ɣua/ | /ɣuaH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɦwaɨ/ | /ɦwaɨH/ |
| Li Rong |
/ɣua/ | /ɣuaH/ |
| Wang Li |
/ɣwa/ | /ɣwaH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ɣwa/ | /ɣwaH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
huá | huà |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 樺 | 樺 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 5310 | 5317 |
| Phonetic component |
華 | 華 |
| Rime group |
魚 | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
華 | 摦 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ɡʷraː/ | /*ɡʷraːs/ |
Definitions
樺
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Japanese
Kanji
樺
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings
Compounds
- 樺太 (Karafuto)
Korean
Hanja
樺 • (hwa) (hangeul 화, revised hwa, McCune-Reischauer hwa, Yale hwa)
- (자작나무): birch
Synonyms
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
樺 (hoa)
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