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芹

芹

Translingual

Han character

芹 (radical 140 艸+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹一中 (THML), four-corner 44221, composition ⿱艹斤)

  1. celery (Apium graveolens)

References

  • KangXi: page 1021, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30742
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1480, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3182, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+82B9

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 芹

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (斤) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
蘄 *ɡɯ, *kɯl, *ɡɯn
祈 *ɡɯl
頎 *ɡɯl
旂 *ɡɯl
圻 *ɡɯl, *ŋɡɯːn, *ŋɡɯn
蚚 *ɡɯl, *ɡɯːls
岓 *ɡɯl
玂 *ɡɯl
沂 *ŋɡɯl
掀 *qʰan
釿 *ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋkɯn
齗 *ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋɡɯn
听 *ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋɡɯnʔ
垽 *ŋrɯns, *qɯns
斤 *kɯn, *kɯns
菦 *kɯnʔ
靳 *kɯns
劤 *kɯns
勁 *kɯns, *keŋs
赾 *kʰɯnʔ
芹 *ɡɯn
近 *ɡɯnʔ, *ɡɯns
斦 *ŋɡɯn
欣 *qʰɯn
忻 *qʰɯn
昕 *qʰɯn
訢 *qʰɯn
炘 *qʰɯn, *qʰɯns
邤 *qʰɯn
庍 *qʰɯns, *mpreːɡs
焮 *qʰɯns

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 芹
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 欣 (57)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 巨斤切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɡɨn/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɡɨn/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɡiən/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /gɨn/
Li
Rong		 /ɡiən/
Wang
Li		 /ɡĭən/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /gi̯ən/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 qín
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 芹
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 qín
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ gjɨn ›
Old
Chinese		 /*C.[ɢ]ər/
English cress

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 芹
Reading # 1/1
No. 6657
Phonetic
component		 斤
Rime
group		 文
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 勤
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡɯn/

Definitions

芹

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Compounds

  • 一芹
  • 掇芹
  • 採芹人／采芹人
  • 曹雪芹
  • 水芹
  • 獻芹／献芹
  • 芹獻／芹献
  • 芹菜 (qíncài)
  • 芹藻
  • 采芹
  • 野人獻芹／野人献芹
  • 鴨兒芹／鸭儿芹

Japanese

Kanji

芹

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

芹 • ‎(geun) (hangeul 근, revised geun, McCune-Reischauer kŭn, Yale kun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

芹 (cần)

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