䴹

䴹

䴹 U+4D39, 䴹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4D39 ← 䴸 [U+4D38] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 䴺 → [U+4D3A]

Translingual

Han character

䴹 (radical 199, 麥+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 十水田木 (JEWD), composition ⿰麥果)

References

• KangXi: page 1513, character 36
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4604, character 16
• Unihan data for U+4D39

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		䴹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǒ, luǒ (guo³, luo³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˇ, ㄌㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: guǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˇ
    • Wade–Giles: ko³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guuo
    • IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: luǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˇ
    • Wade–Giles: luo³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luuo
    • IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwo²
    • Yale: gwó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: guo²
    • IPA ^(key): /kʷɔː³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /kuɑ^X/, /ɦˠua^X/▼

Rime
Character	䴹	䴹
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)	麻 (99)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	II
Fanqie	古火切	胡瓦切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuɑX/	/ɦˠuaX/
Pan Wuyun	/kuɑX/	/ɦʷᵚaX/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑX/	/ɣuaX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwaX/	/ɦwaɨX/
Li Rong	/kuɑX/	/ɣuaX/
Wang Li	/kuɑX/	/ɣwaX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuɑX/	/ɣwaX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guǒ	huà

Definitions

䴹

1. cake, biscuit, pastry
2. distiller's grains or yeast
3. (interchangeable with 稞) grains ready for grinding, healthy grains
4. flour

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 䴹 – see 䴷 (“use the whole piece of barley to ferment for brewing”). (This character, 䴹, is a variant form of 䴷.)