蕖

蕖

蕖 U+8556, 蕖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8556 ← 蕕 [U+8555] CJK Unified Ideographs 蕗 → [U+8557]

Translingual

Han character

蕖 (radical 140, 艸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿水尸木 (TESD), four-corner 4490₄, composition ⿱艹渠)

References

• KangXi: page 1057, character 43
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31962
• Dae Jaweon: page 1520, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3284, character 7
• Unihan data for U+8556

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		蕖

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (巨) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
柜	*kaʔ
渠	*ɡa
磲	*ɡa
蕖	*ɡa
蟝	*ɡa
璖	*ɡa
巨	*ɡaʔ
距	*ɡaʔ
拒	*ɡaʔ
苣	*ɡaʔ
炬	*ɡaʔ
詎	*ɡaʔ, *ɡas
鉅	*ɡaʔ
秬	*ɡaʔ
粔	*ɡaʔ
駏	*ɡaʔ
歫	*ɡaʔ
矩	*kʷaʔ
榘	*kʷaʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qú (qu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): keoi⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qú
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˊ
    • Wade–Giles: ch'ü²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: keoi⁴
    • Yale: kèuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: koey⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kêu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɵy̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɡɨʌ/▼

Rime
Character	蕖
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	強魚切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gɨə̆/
Li Rong	/ɡiɔ/
Wang Li	/ɡĭo/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qú

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡa/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蕖
Reading #	1/1
No.	7044
Phonetic component	巨
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ɡa/
Notes	見爾雅

Definitions

蕖

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Compounds

芙蕖 (fúqú)

蒗蕖

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Japanese

Kanji

蕖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. Lotus flower.[1]
2. Mother tuber of a taro.[1]

Readings

• On (unclassified): きょ (kyo), ご (go)
• Kun: おやいも (oyaimo)

References

1. Akiyasu Tōdō [et al.] (2002) 漢字源, →ISBN: “蕖”

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Korean

Hanja

蕖 • (geo) (hangeul 거, revised geo, McCune–Reischauer kŏ, Yale ke)

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