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Translingual

Han character

(radical 75 +13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 木一田金 (DMWC), four-corner 41986, composition)

  1. An ancient name for the tea plant (Camellia sinensis)
  2. Catalpa bungei or Manchurian catalpa; Catalpa, a genus of mostly deciduous trees
  3. A small evergreen shrub (Mallotus japonicus)

References

  • KangXi: page 557, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15680
  • Dae Jaweon: page 946, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1300, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+6A9F

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kraːʔ, *kraːs, *klaːʔ
*kraːʔ
*kraːs
*qʰraːʔ
*qraːs

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (98)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠaX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚaX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kaX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kaɨX/
Li
Rong
/kaX/
Wang
Li
/kaX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kaX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiǎ
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 14200
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kraːʔ/

Definitions

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References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(ga) (hangeul , revised ga, McCune-Reischauer ka, Yale ka)

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Vietnamese

Han character

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