莔

莔

莔 U+8394, 莔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8394 ← 莓 [U+8393] CJK Unified Ideographs 莕 → [U+8395]

Translingual

Han character

莔 (radical 140, 艸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿田金月 (TWCB), four-corner 4460₀, composition ⿱艹囧)

References

• KangXi: page 1034, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31048
• Dae Jaweon: page 1493, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3219, character 12
• Unihan data for U+8394

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		莔

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 莔
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (明) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
莔	*mraːŋ, *qʰɯd
明	*mraŋ
盟	*mraŋ, *mraːŋs
萌	*mreːŋ
奣	*ʔmraːŋʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méng (meng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maang⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: méng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ
    • Wade–Giles: mêng²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meng
    • IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: maang⁴
    • Yale: màahng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mang⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /maːŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /mˠæŋ/, /hɨt̚/▼

Rime
Character	莔	莔
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	庚 (109)	迄 (58)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	武庚切	許迄切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠæŋ/	/hɨt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚaŋ/	/hɨt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/maŋ/	/xiət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/maɨjŋ/	/hɨt̚/
Li Rong	/mɐŋ/	/xiət̚/
Wang Li	/mɐŋ/	/xĭət̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/mɐŋ/	/xi̯ət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	méng	xi

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*mraːŋ/, /*qʰɯd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	莔	莔
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	9187	13429
Phonetic component	明	莔
Rime group	陽	物
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	盲
Old Chinese	/*mraːŋ/	/*qʰɯd/
Notes	說文朙省聲，詩作蝱

Definitions

莔

1. Fritillaria verticillata, the bulb of which is used in traditional Chinese medicine as a medicinal herb to reduce phlegm

See also

• 貝母／贝母 (bèimǔ)

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Japanese

Kanji

莔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): もう (mō); みょう (myō); きつ (kitsu); こち (kochi); てい (tei); きょう (kyō)
• Kun: ははぐり (hahaguri)