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葯

葯

See also: 药

Translingual

Han character

葯 (radical 140 艸+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿女火戈 (TVFI), four-corner 44927, composition ⿱艹約)

References

  • KangXi: page 1046, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31451
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1507, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3259, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+846F

Chinese

Etymology 1

trad. 葯
simp. 药

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 葯 葯
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 影 (34) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 覺 (10) 藥 (107)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II III
Fanqie 於角切 於略切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔˠʌk̚/ /ʔɨɐk̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔᵚɔk̚/ /ʔiɐk̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔɔk̚/ /ʔiɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔaɨwk̚/ /ʔɨak̚/
Li
Rong		 /ʔɔk̚/ /ʔiak̚/
Wang
Li		 /ɔk̚/ /ĭak̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʔɔk̚/ /ʔi̯ak̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yue yue
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 葯 葯
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yào yuē
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ʔæwk › ‹ ʔjak ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[q]ˤrewk/ /*[q]ˤrewk/
English Iris leaves Iris leaves

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 葯 葯
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 11202 11208
Phonetic
component		 勺 勺
Rime
group		 藥 藥
Rime
subdivision		 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 約 渥
Old
Chinese		 /*qlewɢ/ /*qreːwɢ/
Notes 見九歌：芷

Definitions

葯

  1. Angelica dahurica
  2. orris root
  3. leaf of the iris
  4. leaf of the Angelica dahurica

See also

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 葯 – see 藥.
(This character, 葯, is a variant form of 藥.)

Usage notes

This is the simplified form of 藥 that was used in Singapore from 1969 to 1976. Singapore, like the PRC, now uses 药.

References

Japanese

Kanji

葯

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Etymology

Kanji in this term
葯
やく
Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

From Sinitic.

Pronunciation

Noun

葯 ‎(hiragana やく, romaji yaku)

  1. (botany) anther

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Korean

Hanja

葯 • ‎(yak, ak) (hangeul 약, 악, revised yak, ak, McCune-Reischauer yak, ak, Yale yak, ak)

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