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蕉
蕉
Translingual
Han character
蕉 (radical 140 艸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿人土火 (TOGF), four-corner 44331, composition ⿱艹焦)
References
- KangXi: page 1057, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31937
- Dae Jaweon: page 1520, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3292, character 11
- Unihan data for U+8549
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
蕉 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (焦) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 癄 | *ʔsrews |
| 焦 | *ʔsew |
| 蕉 | *ʔsew |
| 鷦 | *ʔsew |
| 僬 | *ʔsew, *ʔsews, *zew |
| 噍 | *ʔsew, *zews |
| 膲 | *ʔsew |
| 鐎 | *ʔsew, *zew |
| 蟭 | *ʔsew |
| 燋 | *ʔsew, *ʔsewɢ |
| 醮 | *ʔsews |
| 潐 | *ʔsews |
| 趭 | *ʔsews, *zews, *lews |
| 樵 | *zew |
| 譙 | *zew |
| 憔 | *zew |
| 劁 | *zew, *zews |
| 顦 | *zew |
| 嶕 | *zew |
| 撨 | *zew, *seːw |
| 穛 | *ʔsreːwɢ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ
- Wade-Giles: chiao1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiau
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ziu1
- Yale: jīu
- Cantonese Pinyin: dziu1
- IPA (key): /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio
- Tâi-lô: tsio
- Phofsit Daibuun: cioy
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɤ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɤ³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɤ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕio⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɤ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 蕉 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 精 (13) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (91) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 即消切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/t͡siᴇu/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/t͡siɛu/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/t͡sjæu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/t͡siaw/ |
| Li Rong |
/t͡siɛu/ |
| Wang Li |
/t͡sĭɛu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/t͡si̯ɛu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
jiāo |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 蕉 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6342 |
| Phonetic component |
焦 |
| Rime group |
宵 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
焦 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ʔsew/ |
Definitions
蕉
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Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
蕉
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
蕉 • (cho) (hangeul 초, revised cho, McCune-Reischauer ch'o, Yale cho)
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Vietnamese
Han character
蕉 (tiêu)
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