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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 140 +9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿口尸水 (TRSE), four-corner 44247, composition)

  1. 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

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kraː
*kraː
*kraː, *kraːʔ
*kraː
*kraː
*kraː
*kraː
*kraːʔ, *kraːs
*kraːʔ
*kraːʔ
*kraːʔ
*kraːʔ
*qʰraː, *ɡraː
*qʰraː, *qʰraːs
*ɡraː
*ɡraː
*ɡraː
*ɡraː
*ɡraː
*ɡraː
*ɡraː
*ɡraː
*ɡraː
*ɡraːs

Etymology 1

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (98)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
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
Reading # 1/1
No. 5948
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kraː/

Definitions

  1. reed plant

Compounds

  • 吹葭
  • 葭灰
  • 葭莩
  • 葭莩之末
  • 葭莩之親葭莩之亲
  • 葭葦葭苇
  • 蒹葭
  • 蒹葭倚玉

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of – see .
(This character, , is an ancient form of .)

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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References