莠

莠

莠 U+83A0, 莠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-83A0 ← 莟 [U+839F] CJK Unified Ideographs 莡 → [U+83A1]

Translingual

Han character

莠 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹木尸 (THDS), four-corner 4422₇, composition ⿱艹秀)

References

• KangXi: page 1034, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31065
• Dae Jaweon: page 1494, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3220, character 1
• Unihan data for U+83A0

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Chinese

trad.		莠
simp. #		莠

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 莠
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
透	*l̥ʰoːs, *hljuɡ
莠	*luʔ
誘	*luʔ
蜏	*luʔ, *slus, *lus
琇	*luʔ, *slus
秀	*slus
銹	*slus

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒu, yòu (you³, you⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ, ㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒu
    • Wade–Giles: yu³
    • Yale: yǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeou
    • Palladius: ю (ju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yòu
    • Wade–Giles: yu⁴
    • Yale: yòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yow
    • Palladius: ю (ju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁵
    • Yale: yáuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /jɨu^X/

Rime
Character	莠
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	與久切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨuX/
Pan Wuyun	/jiuX/
Shao Rongfen	/iəuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/juwX/
Li Rong	/iuX/
Wang Li	/jĭəuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jau5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[l]uʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*luʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	莠
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yǒu
Middle Chinese	‹ yuwX ›
Old Chinese	/*[l]uʔ/
English	weeds
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	莠
Reading #	1/1
No.	13930
Phonetic component	秀
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	酉
Old Chinese	/*luʔ/

Definitions

莠

1. Setaria viridis (green foxtail, green bristlegrass, wild foxtail millet)
2. (figurative) bad (one)

Synonyms

• (Setaria viridis)
  • 狗尾草 (gǒuwěicǎo)
  • 狗尾巴草 (gǒuwěibacǎo)

Compounds

不稂不莠 (bùlángbùyǒu) 稂莠 良莠不一

良莠不分 莠民 莠狗尾草

莠言 良莠不齊／良莠不齐 (liángyǒubùqí) 良莠淆雜／良莠淆杂

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Japanese

Kanji

莠

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ゆう (yū), しゅう (shū)
• Kun: はぐさ (hagusa), みにくい (minikui)

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Korean

Hanja

莠 • (yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune–Reischauer yu, Yale yu)

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