椏

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See also: 桠
椏 U+690F, 椏
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-690F
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Translingual

Traditional 椏
Shinjitai
(extended) 		𬂲
Simplified 桠

Han character

椏 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 木一中一 (DMLM), four-corner 41917, composition ⿰木亞)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 536, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15025
  • Dae Jaweon: page 924, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1224, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+690F

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (亞) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
椏 *qaːʔ, *qraː
錏 *qraː
鵶 *qraː
啞 *qraːʔ, *qraːɡs, *qraːɡ, *qraːɡ
瘂 *qraːʔ
亞 *qraːɡs
婭 *qraːɡs
俹 *qraːɡs
稏 *qraːɡs
惡 *qaː, *qaːɡs, *qaːɡ
噁 *qaːɡs
堊 *qaːɡ
蝁 *qaːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qaːʔ, *qraː) : semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 亞 (OC *qraːɡs).

Pronunciation 1

trad. 椏
simp. 桠/丫
alternative forms 枒／丫
桠 - Mainland standard character in place names, personal names and technical terms
Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Rime
Character 椏
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 麻 (98)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 於加切
Baxter 'ae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔˠa/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔᵚa/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔa/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔaɨ/
Li
Rong 		/ʔa/
Wang
Li 		/a/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʔa/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yā
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		aa1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 椏
Reading # 2/2
No. 14207
Phonetic
component 		亞
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		鴉
Old
Chinese 		/*qraː/

Definitions

椏

  1. Alternative form of 丫 (yā, “the forking branch of a tree”)
  2. † to close
  3. ‡ a kind of tree
  4. (Eastern Min, Southern Min) a branch, a twig of a tree

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

trad. 椏
simp. 桠
Rime
Character 椏
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 歌 (94)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 烏可切
Baxter 'aX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔɑX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔɑX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔɑX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔaX/
Li
Rong 		/ʔɑX/
Wang
Li 		/ɑX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʔɑX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		ě
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		o2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 椏
Reading # 1/2
No. 14206
Phonetic
component 		亞
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		𨵌
Old
Chinese 		/*qaːʔ/

Definitions

椏

  1. Only used in 㰁椏／㰁桠.

Japanese

Kanji

椏

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𬂲)

  1. crotch of a tree

Readings

  • Go-on: え (e)
  • Kan-on: あ (a)
  • Kun: また (mata, 椏)

Korean

Hanja

椏 • (a) (hangeul 아, revised a, McCune–Reischauer a, Yale a)

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References

Vietnamese

Han character

椏: Hán Nôm readings: a, nha

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