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茎

茎

See also: 莖

Translingual

Traditional 莖
Shinjitai 茎
Simplified 茎

Han character

茎 (radical 140 艸+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓人一 (TNOM), composition ⿱艹圣 or ⿱艹𢀖)

  1. stem, stalk

Usage notes

Due to Han unification, this Unicode character appears as 茎 (艹𢀖) in PRC-style fonts and 茎 (艹圣) in Japan-style fonts. Compare 径 and 径.

References

  • KangXi: not present, would follow page 1027, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30861
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1486, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3198, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+830E

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 茎 – see 莖.
(This character, 茎, is the simplified form of 莖.)
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji

茎

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 莖)

Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
茎
くき
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

茎 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 莖, hiragana くき, romaji kuki)

  1. stem, stalk

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
茎
なかご
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

茎 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 莖, hiragana なかご, romaji nakago)

  1. (swords) tang (part of a sword blade)

References

  1. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. 1 2 3 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

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