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莒

莒

Translingual

Han character

莒 (radical 140 艸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿口竹口 (TRHR) or 廿口口 (TRR), four-corner 4460₆)

hemp-like plant
taro
herb

References

KangXi: page 1034, character 3

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31046

Dae Jaweon: page 1493, character 8

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3204, character 3

Unihan data for U+8392

Chinese

simp. and trad.		莒

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (呂) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
櫚	*ra
閭	*ra
吕	*ɡ·raʔ
侣	*raʔ
梠	*raʔ
郘	*raʔ
絽	*raʔ
莒	*klaʔ
筥	*klaʔ

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): jǔ (ju³)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: jǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˇ
  - Wade-Giles: chü³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeu
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: geoi²
  - Yale: géui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: goey²
  - IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯³⁵/

Middle Chinese: /kɨʌ^X/▼

Rime
Character	莒
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居許切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨʌ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kiɔ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kiɔ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨə̆^X/
Li Rong	/kiɔ^X/
Wang Li	/kĭo^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯wo^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jǔ

Old Chinese▼

(Baxter-Sagart): /*k.raʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*klaʔ/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	莒
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ kjo^X ›
Old Chinese	/k.raʔ/ (dialect: k.r- > > kr-)
English	plant; place name
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	莒
Reading #	1/1
No.	8584
Phonetic component	呂
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	舉
Old Chinese	/*klaʔ/

Definitions

莒

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Compounds

在莒
毋忘在莒
莒光

莒光樓／莒光楼
莒光連隊／莒光连队
莒刀

莒拳
莒縣／莒县

Japanese

Kanji

莒

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On: きょ (kyo), こ (ko)

Kun: いも (imo)

Korean

Hanja

莒 • ‎(geo) (hangeul 거, revised geo, McCune-Reischauer kŏ, Yale ke)

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