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莠
莠
Translingual
Han character
莠 (radical 140 艸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹木尸 (THDS), four-corner 44227)
References
- KangXi: page 1034, character 22
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31065
- Dae Jaweon: page 1494, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3220, character 1
- Unihan data for U+83A0
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
莠 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 莠
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| Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (秀) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 透 | *l̥ʰoːs, *hljuɡ |
| 莠 | *luʔ |
| 誘 | *luʔ |
| 蜏 | *luʔ, *slus, *lus |
| 琇 | *luʔ, *slus |
| 秀 | *slus |
| 銹 | *slus |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ
- Wade-Giles: yu3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeou
- IPA (key): /i̯oʊ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: jau5
- Yale: yáuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: jau5
- IPA (key): /jɐu̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 莠 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 與久切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/jɨuX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/jiuX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/iəuX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/juwX/ |
| Li Rong |
/iuX/ |
| Wang Li |
/jĭəuX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/i̯ə̯uX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
yǒu |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 莠 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
yǒu |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ yuwX › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[l]uʔ/ |
| English | weeds |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 莠 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13930 |
| Phonetic component |
秀 |
| Rime group |
幽 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
酉 |
| Old Chinese |
/*luʔ/ |
Definitions
莠
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Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
莠
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
莠 • (yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune-Reischauer yu, Yale yu)
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