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韭
韭
Translingual
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Han character
韭 (radical 179 韭+0, 9 strokes, cangjie input 中尸一一 (LSMM) or 中一一一 (LMMM), four-corner 11101, composition ⿱非一)
- scallion, leek
- Kangxi radical #179, ⾲ (“leek”).
See also
References
- KangXi: page 1396, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43236
- Dae Jaweon: page 1911, character 24
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4404, character 1
- Unihan data for U+97ED
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
韭 | |
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Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 韭
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| Small seal script |
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Pictogram (象形) : a leek. The derivative 韮 refers to the original word.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ
- Wade-Giles: chiu3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeou
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: gau2
- Yale: gáu
- Cantonese Pinyin: gau2
- IPA (key): /kɐu̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiú
- Hakka Romanization System: giu`
- Hagfa Pinyim: giu3
- IPA: /ki̯u³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kú
- Tâi-lô: kú
- Phofsit Daibuun: kuo
- IPA (Xiamen): /ku⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ku⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ku⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /ku⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ku⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
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| Character | 韭 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 舉有切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/kɨuX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/kiuX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/kiəuX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/kuwX/ |
| Li Rong |
/kiuX/ |
| Wang Li |
/kĭəuX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ki̯ə̯uX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
jiǔ |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 韭 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
jiǔ |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ kjuwX › |
| Old Chinese |
/*s.[k](r)uʔ/ |
| English | Allium |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 韭 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6976 |
| Phonetic component |
韭 |
| Rime group |
幽 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
久 |
| Old Chinese |
/*kuʔ/ |
Definitions
韭
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Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
韭
Readings
See also
Korean
Hanja
韭 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune-Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)
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