瓢

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See also: 飃, 飘, and 飄
瓢 U+74E2, 瓢
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-74E2
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Translingual

Han character

瓢 (Kangxi radical 97, 瓜+11, 16 strokes, cangjie input 一火竹女人 (MFHVO), four-corner 12930, composition ⿰票瓜)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 747, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21419
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1155, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2657, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+74E2

Chinese

trad. 瓢
simp. # 瓢

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (票) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
標 *pew, *pewʔ
鏢 *pew, *pʰew
瘭 *pew
幖 *pew
熛 *pew
蔈 *pew
膘 *prew, *pʰewʔ, *bewʔ, *spewʔ
褾 *pewʔ
票 *pʰew
飄 *pʰew, *bew
漂 *pʰew, *pʰews
螵 *pʰew, *bew
瞟 *pʰew, *pʰewʔ
嫖 *pʰew, *pʰews
旚 *pʰew
僄 *pʰew, *pʰews
慓 *pʰew, *pʰews, *bewʔ
彯 *pʰew, *pʰews
摽 *pʰew, *pʰews, *bewʔ
翲 *pʰew, *pʰews
嘌 *pʰew
縹 *pʰewʔ
醥 *pʰewʔ
顠 *pʰewʔ, *bewʔ
篻 *pʰewʔ, *mbew
剽 *pʰews, *bew
勡 *pʰews
薸 *bew
瓢 *bew
鰾 *bewʔ
驃 *bews

Etymology

Cognate with 匏 (OC *bruː, “gourd”), as well as Proto-Lolo-Burmese *pu (“pumpkin, gourd”), whence Burmese ဘူး (bhu:, “gourd”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • phiâu - literary;
  • phiô - vernacular.
    Rime
    Character 瓢
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 並 (3)
    Final (韻) 宵 (91)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 符霄切
    Baxter bjiew
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/biᴇu/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/biɛu/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/bjæu/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/biaw/
    Li
    Rong         		/biɛu/
    Wang
    Li         		/bĭɛu/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/bʱi̯ɛu/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		piáo
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		piu4
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 瓢
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		piáo
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ bjiew ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*(Cə.)ew/
    English gourd

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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 瓢
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 9781
    Phonetic
    component         		票
    Rime
    group         		宵
    Rime
    subdivision         		2
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		瓢
    Old
    Chinese         		/*bew/

    Definitions

    瓢

    1. ladle made from dried gourd

    Compounds

    Japanese

    Kanji

    瓢

    (Jinmeiyō kanji)

    1. gourd

    Readings

    Korean

    Hanja

    瓢 • (pyo) (hangeul 표)

    1. Wooden ladle. They cut a dried gourd in half, and use each as a ladle.

    Vietnamese

    Han character

    瓢: Hán Nôm readings: biều, bầu, vào, bèo, bịn, bìu, vèo

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