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葭
葭
Translingual
Han character
葭 (radical 140 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿口尸水 (TRSE), four-corner 44247, composition ⿱艹叚)
- reed plant
References
- KangXi: page 1046, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31449
- Dae Jaweon: page 1507, character 11
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3257, character 11
- Unihan data for U+846D
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
葭 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 葭
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| Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (叚) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 葭 | *kraː |
| 麚 | *kraː |
| 瘕 | *kraː, *kraːʔ |
| 豭 | *kraː |
| 貑 | *kraː |
| 猳 | *kraː |
| 犌 | *kraː |
| 假 | *kraːʔ, *kraːs |
| 嘏 | *kraːʔ |
| 婽 | *kraːʔ |
| 椵 | *kraːʔ |
| 叚 | *kraːʔ |
| 蝦 | *qʰraː, *ɡraː |
| 煆 | *qʰraː, *qʰraːs |
| 霞 | *ɡraː |
| 遐 | *ɡraː |
| 瑕 | *ɡraː |
| 鰕 | *ɡraː |
| 碬 | *ɡraː |
| 蕸 | *ɡraː |
| 赮 | *ɡraː |
| 鍜 | *ɡraː |
| 騢 | *ɡraː |
| 暇 | *ɡraːs |
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ
- Wade-Giles: chia1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jia
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯a̠⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: gaa1
- Yale: gā
- Cantonese Pinyin: gaa1
- IPA (key): /kɑː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka
- Tâi-lô: ka
- Phofsit Daibuun: kaf
- IPA (Xiamen): /ka⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ka³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ka⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /ka⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 葭 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 麻 (98) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 古牙切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/kˠa/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/kᵚa/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ka/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/kaɨ/ |
| Li Rong |
/ka/ |
| Wang Li |
/ka/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ka/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
jiā |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 葭 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5948 |
| Phonetic component |
叚 |
| Rime group |
魚 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
嘉 |
| Old Chinese |
/*kraː/ |
Definitions
葭
- reed plant
Compounds
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Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 葭 – see 笳. (This character, 葭, is an ancient form of 笳.) |
Japanese
Kanji
葭
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
葭 • (ga) (hangeul 가, revised ga, McCune-Reischauer ka, Yale ka)
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Vietnamese
Han character
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