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Translingual

Han character

(radical 140 +13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜廿心 (TYTP), four-corner 44336)

  1. Job's tears
  2. the heart of a lotus seed

References

  • KangXi: page 1061, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32106
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1525, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3306, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+858F

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*qrɯːɡs, *qɯ
*qɯ, *qɯʔ, *qɯl
*qɯʔ, *qɯɡ
*qɯɡs
*qɯɡs
*qɯɡ
*qɯɡ
*qɯɡ
*qɯɡ
*qɯɡ
*qɯɡ
*qɯɡ
*qɯɡ

Pronunciation


Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (34)
Final () (134)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔɨk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔɨk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔiek̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔik̚/
Li
Rong
/ʔiək̚/
Wang
Li
/ĭək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔi̯ək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yi
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 15162
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qɯɡ/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 苦薏
  • 薏仁
  • 薏米
  • 薏苡
  • 薏苡之謗薏苡之谤

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. seed of job's tears
  2. lotus seed

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(ui) (hangeul , revised ui, McCune-Reischauer ŭi, Yale uy)

  1. the heart of a lotus seed

Vietnamese

Han character

(ý, é)

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