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U+79BE, 禾
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-79BE

CJK Unified Ideographs 禿
U+2F72, ⽲
KANGXI RADICAL GRAIN

Kangxi Radicals

Translingual

Stroke order (Japan)
0 strokes
Stroke order

Han character

(Kangxi radical 115, +0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 竹木 (HD), four-corner 20904, composition 丿 or 𠆢)

  1. Kangxi radical #115, .

Derived characters

Related characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 848, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24906
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1270, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2588, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+79BE

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) – picture of a plant stalk. The stalk is more recognizable in older form.

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.

Cognate with Tibetan གྲོ (gro, wheat) (Hill, 2019).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (33)
Final () (95)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter hwa
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦuɑ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦuɑ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣuɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦwa/
Li
Rong
/ɣuɑ/
Wang
Li
/ɣuɑ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣuɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
huó
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wo4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ hwa ›
Old
Chinese
/*ˁoj/
English growing grain

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 4931
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡoːl/

Definitions

  1. grain; cereal
  2. rice plant
Synonyms

Compounds

References

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.

Pronunciation borrowed from Mandarin (), tone from Cantonese (ngo5).

Pronunciation

Definitions

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, leetspeak or sarcastic) I; me; my

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. (Teochew, Leizhou Min) grain; cereal; crop

Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. grain; cereal
  2. rice plant

Readings

Korean

Etymology 1

Hanja

(eumhun (byeo hwa))

  1. rice

Etymology 2

Hanja

(eumhun 말 이빨의 수효 (mal ipparui suhyo su))

  1. the number of horse teeth

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: hòa/hoà

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