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Translingual

Han character

(radical 140 +12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿心心心 (TPPP), four-corner 44333, composition)

  1. unopened flowers, flower buds
  2. pistil or stamen

References

  • KangXi: page 1057, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31939
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1520, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3297, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+854A

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*sqʰloːlʔ, *sklol, *sɡlolʔ
*ŋljolʔ, *ŋljulʔ
*ŋljolʔ
*ŋljolʔ, *ŋljulʔ

Pronunciation



  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /ʐuei²¹⁴/
Harbin /luei²¹³/
/ʐuei²¹³/
Tianjin /ʐuei¹³/
Jinan /luei⁵⁵/
Qingdao /ləʔ⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /ʐuei⁵³/
Xi'an /vei⁴⁴/
Xining /uɨ⁵³/
Yinchuan /ʐuei⁵³/
Lanzhou /vei⁴⁴²/
Ürümqi /ʐuei²¹³/
/vei²¹³/
Wuhan /zuei³⁵/
Chengdu /zuei⁵³/
Guiyang
Kunming /ʐuei⁵³/
Nanjing /ʐuəi²¹²/
Hefei /ʐue⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /zuei⁴⁵/
Pingyao /zuei⁵³/
Hohhot /ʐuei⁵³/
Wu Shanghai /zø²³/
Suzhou /ze̞³¹/
Hangzhou /zz̩ʷei¹³/
Wenzhou /zz̩³⁵/
Hui Shexian /y³⁵/
Tunxi /lon²⁴/
Xiang Changsha /y⁴¹/
Xiangtan /yəi⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang
Hakka Meixian /lui³¹/
Taoyuan /lui²²/
Cantonese Guangzhou /jøy²³/
Nanning /jui²⁴/
Hong Kong /jøy²³/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /lui⁵³/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /luoi³²/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /lo²¹/
Shantou (Min Nan) /lui⁵³/
Haikou (Min Nan) /lui²¹³/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (38) (38)
Final () (12) (16)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ȵiuᴇX/ /ȵiuɪX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ȵʷiɛX/ /ȵʷiX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȵʑjuɛX/ /ȵʑjuɪX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ȵwiə̆X/ /ȵwiX/
Li
Rong
/ȵiueX/ /ȵuiX/
Wang
Li
/ȵʑǐweX/ /ȵʑwiX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȵʑwie̯X/ /ȵʑwiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ruǐ ruǐ
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 12200 12203
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3 3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋljolʔ/ /*ŋljulʔ/

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Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Korean

Hanja

(ye) (hangeul , revised ye, McCune-Reischauer ye, Yale yey)

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Vietnamese

Han character

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