坬

坬

坬 U+576C, 坬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-576C ← 坫 [U+576B] CJK Unified Ideographs 坭 → [U+576D]

Translingual

Han character

坬 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 土竹女人 (GHVO), composition ⿰土瓜)

References

• KangXi: page 226, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4980
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 433, character 3
• Unihan data for U+576C

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		坬

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (瓜) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
瓜	*kʷraː
坬	*kʷraːs
窊	*qʷraː, *qʷraːs
畖	*qʷraː
搲	*qʷraːs
攨	*qʷraːs
孤	*kʷaː
苽	*kʷaː
胍	*kʷaː
泒	*kʷaː
呱	*kʷaː
觚	*kʷaː
柧	*kʷaː
罛	*kʷaː
軱	*kʷaː
菰	*kʷaː
箛	*kʷaː
狐	*ɡʷaː
弧	*ɡʷlaː

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guà (gua⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaa³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guà
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guà
    • Wade–Giles: kua⁴
    • Yale: gwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guah
    • Palladius: гуа (gua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kwä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaa³
    • Yale: gwa
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gua³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaː³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /kˠua^H/

Rime
Character	坬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	麻 (99)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古罵切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠuaH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚaH/
Shao Rongfen	/kuaH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwaɨH/
Li Rong	/kuaH/
Wang Li	/kwaH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kwaH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guà
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwaa3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷraːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	坬
Reading #	1/1
No.	4341
Phonetic component	瓜
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	坬
Old Chinese	/*kʷraːs/

Definitions

坬

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References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 86

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Japanese

Kanji

坬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): か (ka), け (ke)