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Translingual
Han character
糕 (Kangxi radical 119, 米+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 火木廿土火 (FDTGF), four-corner 98931, composition ⿰米羔)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 911, character 37
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27069
- Dae Jaweon: page 1338, character 28
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3157, character 9
- Unihan data for U+7CD5
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 羔
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*kluː
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| 糕
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*kluː
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| 餻
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*kluː
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| 窯
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*luː
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| 溔
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*luːʔ
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Han compound: semantic component 米 ("rice") + phonetic component 羔. It originally indicates any food produced through rice flour, represented by the radical. However, the phonetic component ("lamb", hence an animal prone to be cooked) has a reference to food and cooking as well.
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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糕
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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3722
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Phonetic
component
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羔
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Rime
group
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幽
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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髙
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Old
Chinese
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/*kluː/
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| Notes
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同餻
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Definitions
糕
- cake
- pudding; paste
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
糕
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
糕 • (go) (hangeul 고, revised go, McCune–Reischauer ko, Yale ko)
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Vietnamese
Han character
糕: Hán Nôm readings: cao[1]
- cake, pastry, pie
References