Translingual

Han character

菱 (radical 140 艸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿土金水 (TGCE), four-corner 4440₇, composition ⿱艹夌)

1. water caltrops, water chestnut

References

• KangXi: page 1039, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31219
• Dae Jaweon: page 1498, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3229, character 1
• Unihan data for U+83F1

Chinese

Glyph origin

Pronunciation

Definitions

菱

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Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. diamond (shape), rhombus

Readings

• On: りょう (ryō)
• Kun: ひし (hishi)

Etymology

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA^(key): [çiɕi]

Noun

菱 ‎(hiragana ひし, katakana ヒシ, romaji hishi)

1. water caltrop, Trapa japonica

Usage notes

• As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana in biological contexts, as ヒシ.

Korean

water caltrop seeds in diamond shape (마름모, 菱形)

Hanja

菱 • ‎(reung>neung) (hangeul 릉>능, revised reung>neung, McCune-Reischauer rŭng>nŭng, Yale lung>nung)

1. (마름): water caltrop, compare water chestnut.

Usage notes

• It may be implausible to use water chestnut synonymously or confusingly, which is also synonymous to Eleocharis dulcis that is unrelated to water caltrop.

Vietnamese

Han character

菱 (lăng, năng, trăng)

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