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粟
粟
Translingual
Han character
粟 (radical 119 米+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一田火木 (MWFD), four-corner 10904, composition ⿱覀米)
References
- KangXi: page 908, character 14
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26922
- Dae Jaweon: page 1334, character 15
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3146, character 17
- Unihan data for U+7C9F
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
粟 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (粟) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 粟 | *soɡ |
| 憟 | *soɡ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ
- Wade-Giles: su4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suh
- IPA (key): /su⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: suk1
- Yale: sūk
- Cantonese Pinyin: suk7
- IPA (key): /sʊk̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhek / siok
- Tâi-lô: tshik / siok
- Phofsit Daibuun: zheg, siog
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiɪk̚³²/, /ɕiɔk̚³²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɪk̚⁵/, /ɕiɔk̚⁵/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɪk̚³²/, /ɕiɔk̚³²/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiɪk̚³²/, /ɕiɔk̚³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɪk̚³²/, /ɕiɔk̚³²/
- Note: chhek - vernacular, siok - literary.
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 粟 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 燭 (8) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 相玉切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/sɨok̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/siok̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/siok̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/suawk̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/siok̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/sĭwok̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/si̯wok̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
su |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 粟 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
sù |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ sjowk › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[s]ok/ |
| English | grain (rice or millet) in husk |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 粟 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12111 |
| Phonetic component |
粟 |
| Rime group |
屋 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
粟 |
| Old Chinese |
/*soɡ/ |
Noun
粟
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References
- (Min Nan) “Entry #8851”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Japanese
Kanji
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 粟 |
|
あわ Jinmeiyō |
| kun'yomi |
From Proto-Japonic *àpá (“millet”), which, according to the controversial Altaic hypothesis, is possibly from Proto-Altaic *àrp`á (“barley, millet”). Compare Turkish arpa (“barley”), Mongolian арвай (arvaj, “barley”).
Noun
粟 (hiragana あわ, katakana アワ, romaji awa)
Korean
Hanja
粟 • (sok) (hangeul 속, revised sok, McCune-Reischauer sok, Yale sok)
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Vietnamese
Han character
粟 (thóc, túc)
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