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Translingual
Han character
芍 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 廿心戈 (TPI) or 廿心一 (TPM), four-corner 44127, composition ⿱艹勺)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1018, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30674
- Dae Jaweon: page 1476, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3175, character 10
- Unihan data for U+828D
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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豹
|
*preːwɢs
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趵
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*preːwɢs, *preːwɢ
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尥
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*breːw, *b·reːwɢs
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箹
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*ʔreːwɢs, *ʔreːwɢ
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杓
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*plew, *pʰlew, *bljewɢ, *pleːwɢ
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約
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*ʔlewɢs, *ʔlewɢ
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扚
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*pleːwʔ, *pleːwɢ
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釣
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*pleːwɢs
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瘹
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*teːwɢs
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芍
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*ɡleːwʔ, *spʰlewɢ, *pl'ewɢ, *bljewɢ, *pleːwɢ
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酌
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*pljewɢ
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灼
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*pljewɢ
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勺
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*pljewɢ, *bljewɢ
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彴
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*pljewɢ
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犳
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*pljewɢ
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妁
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*pljewɢ, *bljewɢ
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汋
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*bljewɢ, *sbreːwɢ
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仢
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*bljewɢ
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葯
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*qlewɢ, *qreːwɢ
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礿
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*lewɢ
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肑
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*preːwɢ, *pleːwɢ
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瓝
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*breːwɢ
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的
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*pleːwɢ
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靮
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*pleːwɢ
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馰
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*pleːwɢ
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玓
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*pleːwɢ
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魡
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*pleːwɢ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡleːwʔ, *spʰlewɢ, *pl'ewɢ, *bljewɢ, *pleːwɢ): semantic 艸 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 勺 (OC *pljewɢ, *bljewɢ).
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Note:
- Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou:
- sio̍k/chiak - literary;
- chio̍k/sio̍h/chhia̍h - vernacular.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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芍
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芍
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Reading #
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4/5
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3/5
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No.
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11196
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11188
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Phonetic component
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勺
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勺
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Rime group
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藥
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藥
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Rime subdivision
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2
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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妁
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芍
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Old Chinese
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/*bljewɢ/
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/*pl'ewɢ/
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Definitions
芍
- Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora)
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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芍
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Reading #
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1/5
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No.
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11186
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Phonetic component
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勺
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Rime group
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宵
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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皛
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Old Chinese
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/*ɡleːwʔ/
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Definitions
芍
- † water chestnut
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
荸薺 (“Chinese water chestnut”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Classical Chinese
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芍, 鳧茈, 鳧茨, 烏芋
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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荸薺
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Taxonomic name
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荸薺
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Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
荸薺
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Taiwan
|
荸薺
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Chengde
|
荸薺
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Chifeng
|
地梨兒
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Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
荸薺
|
Heihe
|
地梨
|
Qiqihar
|
地梨
|
Harbin
|
荸薺
|
Baicheng
|
地梨
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Tonghua
|
地梨
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Shenyang
|
荸薺
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Jinzhou
|
荸薺
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Singapore
|
馬蹄
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Jilu Mandarin
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Tianjin
|
荸薺
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Tangshan
|
荸薺
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Cangzhou
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荸薺, 地梨兒
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Baoding
|
荸薺, 地梨兒
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Shijiazhuang
|
荸薺
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Lijin
|
荸薺
|
Jinan
|
荸薺
|
Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Dalian
|
荸薺
|
Dandong
|
荸薺
|
Yantai
|
地梨兒
|
Yantai (Muping)
|
地梨兒
|
Qingdao
|
地薺
|
Zhucheng
|
地薺
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Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
荸薺
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Lingbao
|
荸薺
|
Jining
|
荸薺
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Linfen
|
地梨兒
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Shangqiu
|
荸薺
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Yuanyang
|
荸薺
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Zhengzhou
|
荸薺
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Xinyang
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地梨兒
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Baihe
|
荸薺
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Xi'an
|
荸薺
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Baoji
|
荸薺
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Tianshui
|
荸薺
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Xining
|
荸薺
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Xuzhou
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荸薺
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Fuyang
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荸薺, 地梨子
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Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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荸薺
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Lanzhou
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荸薺
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Dunhuang
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荸薺
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Hami
|
荸薺
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Ürümqi
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荸薺
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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慈姑兒, 荸薺
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Nanchong
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土菜瓜
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Dazhou
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荸蒜兒
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Hanyuan
|
荸薺
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Xichang
|
荸薺
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Zigong
|
荸薺
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Chongqing
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荸薺兒
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Wuhan
|
荸薺
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Yichang
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荸球
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Xiangyang
|
荸薺
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Tianmen
|
荸薺
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Guiyang
|
荸薺
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Zunyi
|
荸薺
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Bijie
|
荸薺
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Liping
|
荸薺
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Zhaotong
|
荸薺
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Dali
|
荸薺
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Kunming
|
荸薺
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Mengzi
|
荸薺
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Guilin
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馬蹄
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Guilin (Lingui)
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馬蹄
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Liuzhou
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馬蹄, 蒲薺, 蒲慈 dated
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Liuzhou (Luorong)
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馬蹄
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Jishou
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荸薺子
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Changde
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薺米
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Hanzhong
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荸薺
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
|
荸薺
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Yangzhou
|
荸薺
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Lianyungang
|
荸薺
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Nantong
|
荸薺
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Wuhu
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薺子
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Hefei
|
荸薺
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Huanggang
|
荸薺
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Hong'an
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荸薺
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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馬蹄
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Hong Kong
|
馬蹄
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Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
|
馬蹄
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Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
|
馬蹄
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Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
馬蹄
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Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
馬蹄
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Macau
|
馬蹄
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Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
馬蹄
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Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
馬蹄
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Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
馬蹄
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Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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馬蹄
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Foshan
|
馬蹄
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Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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馬蹄
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Foshan (Shunde)
|
馬蹄
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Foshan (Sanshui)
|
馬蹄
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Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
馬蹄
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Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
馬蹄
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Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
馬蹄
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Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
馬蹄
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Zhuhai (Doumen)
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馬薺
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Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
馬薺
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
馬薺
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Taishan
|
馬薺
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Taishan (Guanghai)
|
馬薺
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Kaiping (Chikan)
|
馬薺
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Enping (Niujiang)
|
馬薺
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Heshan (Yayao)
|
馬蹄
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Dongguan
|
田薺, 馬蹄
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Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
馬蹄
|
Qingyuan
|
馬蹄
|
Fogang
|
馬薺
|
Yingde (Hanguang)
|
馬蹄
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Yangshan
|
馬蹄
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Lianshan (Butian)
|
馬蹄子
|
Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)
|
馬蹄
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Shaoguan
|
馬蹄
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Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
馬蹄
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Renhua
|
馬薺
|
Lechang
|
馬蹄
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Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
|
馬蹄
|
Sihui
|
馬蹄
|
Guangning
|
馬蹄
|
Deqing
|
馬蹄
|
Huaiji
|
馬蹄
|
Fengkai (Nanfeng)
|
馬蹄
|
Yunfu
|
馬蹄
|
Xinxing
|
馬蹄
|
Luoding
|
馬蹄
|
Yunan (Pingtai)
|
馬蹄
|
Yangjiang
|
馬蹄子
|
Xinyi
|
馬蹄子
|
Maoming (Xinpo)
|
馬蹄
|
Lianjiang
|
馬蹄子
|
Nanning
|
馬蹄
|
Wuzhou
|
馬蹄
|
Yulin
|
馬蹄
|
Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
馬蹄, 馬蹄子
|
Hepu (Shatian)
|
馬蹄
|
Guiping
|
馬蹄
|
Mengshan (Xihe)
|
馬蹄
|
Guigang (Nanjiang)
|
馬蹄
|
Beiliu (Tangliao)
|
馬蹄
|
Baise
|
馬蹄
|
Bobai
|
馬蹄
|
Lingshan
|
荸薺
|
Pubei
|
荸薺
|
Qinzhou
|
馬蹄
|
Beihai
|
馬蹄
|
Beihai (Nankang)
|
馬蹄
|
Beihai (Yingpan)
|
馬蹄子
|
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
|
馬蹄
|
Ningming
|
馬蹄
|
Hengzhou
|
馬蹄
|
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
|
馬蹄
|
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
馬蹄
|
Penang (Guangfu)
|
馬蹄
|
Singapore (Guangfu)
|
馬蹄
|
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
馬蹄
|
Móng Cái
|
馬蹄
|
Mandalay (Taishan)
|
馬薺
|
Gan
|
Nanchang
|
荸救
|
Lichuan
|
馬絲
|
Pingxiang
|
慈姑
|
Hakka
|
Meixian
|
馬薺, 馬蹄
|
Xingning
|
馬薺
|
Dabu (Xihe)
|
馬薺
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Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
|
馬薺, 馬蹄
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Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua)
|
馬蹄
|
Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua)
|
馬蹄
|
Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua)
|
馬薺
|
Huidong (Daling)
|
馬薺, 馬蹄
|
Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
馬薺
|
Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua)
|
馬蹄
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Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua)
|
馬薺
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Boluo (Bendihua)
|
馬蹄
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Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
馬蹄
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Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng)
|
馬蹄
|
Zhongshan (Wuguishan)
|
馬蹄
|
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
馬蹄
|
Heyuan (Bendihua)
|
馬蹄
|
Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua)
|
馬蹄
|
Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)
|
馬蹄
|
Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua)
|
馬薺
|
Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)
|
馬薺
|
Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua)
|
馬蹄薺
|
Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)
|
馬蹄
|
Wengyuan
|
馬薺
|
Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua)
|
馬薺
|
Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua)
|
馬薺
|
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
馬蹄
|
Liannan
|
馬蹄
|
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
馬薺
|
Jiexi
|
馬薺
|
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
|
薺蔥
|
Changting
|
馬薺
|
Wuping
|
馬薺
|
Wuping (Yanqian)
|
馬薺
|
Wuping (Pingyu)
|
馬薺
|
Liancheng
|
馬薺
|
Ninghua
|
馬薺
|
Yudu
|
馬薺, 馬薺子
|
Ningdu
|
馬薺子
|
Ruijin
|
馬薺
|
Shicheng
|
馬薺
|
Shangyou (Shexi)
|
荸薺
|
Tonggu (Sandu)
|
馬薺
|
Ganzhou (Panlong)
|
荸薺
|
Dayu
|
荸薺
|
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
馬薺
|
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
馬薺
|
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)
|
馬薯
|
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)
|
馬薺
|
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)
|
馬錢
|
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
馬薺
|
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
馬薺, 脆薯
|
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
馬薺
|
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
馬薺
|
Hong Kong
|
馬蹄
|
Yangxi (Tangkou)
|
馬蹄子
|
Yangchun (Sanjia)
|
馬蹄子
|
Xinyi (Sihe)
|
馬蹄
|
Xinyi (Qianpai)
|
馬蹄
|
Gaozhou (Xindong)
|
馬蹄
|
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
|
馬蹄, 薯菇
|
Huazhou (Xin'an)
|
馬蹄子
|
Lianjiang (Shijiao)
|
馬蹄
|
Lianjiang (Qingping)
|
蹄子
|
Mengshan (Xihe)
|
馬蹄
|
Luchuan
|
馬蹄
|
Luchuan (Daqiao)
|
馬蹄
|
Beiliu (Tang'an)
|
馬蹄
|
Mashan (Pianlian)
|
馬薺
|
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)
|
馬蹄
|
Senai (Huiyang)
|
馬蹄
|
Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
荸薺
|
Shexian
|
荸薺
|
Huangshan (Tunxi)
|
荸薺
|
Xiuning
|
荸薺
|
Yixian
|
荸薺
|
Qimen
|
荸薺
|
Wuyuan
|
蒲薺
|
Chun'an (Qiandaohu)
|
荸薺
|
Chun'an (Jiangjia)
|
荸薺
|
Jiande (Meicheng)
|
荸薺
|
Jiande (Shouchang)
|
地荸薺
|
Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
荸薺
|
Jining
|
地梨
|
Hohhot
|
地梨兒
|
Erenhot
|
地梨兒
|
Pingshan
|
地梨兒
|
Zhangjiakou
|
荸薺
|
Suide
|
荸薺
|
Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
莓薺
|
Jian'ou (Dikou)
|
莓薺
|
Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
|
莓薺, 網薺
|
Pucheng (Shibei)
|
蠓薺
|
Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
莓薺
|
Fuzhou (Changle)
|
莓薺
|
Fuqing
|
莓薺
|
Yongtai
|
莓薺
|
Gutian
|
莓薺
|
Fu'an
|
薺栗
|
Ningde
|
莓薺
|
Shouning
|
水薺
|
Zhouning
|
莓薺
|
Fuding
|
莓薺
|
Matsu
|
莓薺
|
Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
馬薺
|
Xiamen (Tong'an)
|
馬薺
|
Quanzhou
|
馬薺
|
Jinjiang
|
馬薺
|
Yongchun
|
馬薺
|
Zhangzhou
|
田藕
|
Zhangzhou (Longhai)
|
田薺仔
|
Zhangzhou (Changtai)
|
田藕
|
Pinghe
|
馬薺
|
Zhangpu
|
田藕
|
Yunxiao
|
錢蔥
|
Zhao'an
|
錢蔥
|
Dongshan
|
馬薺蔥
|
Taipei
|
馬薺
|
Taipei (Wanhua)
|
馬薺
|
New Taipei (Tamsui)
|
馬薺
|
New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
馬薺
|
New Taipei (Pingxi)
|
馬薺
|
Kaohsiung
|
馬薺
|
Kaohsiung (Cijin)
|
馬薺
|
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)
|
馬薺
|
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)
|
馬薺
|
Kaohsiung (Tianliao)
|
馬薺
|
Yilan
|
馬薺
|
Yilan (Toucheng)
|
馬薺
|
Changhua (Lukang)
|
馬薺
|
Taichung
|
馬薺
|
Taichung (Wuqi)
|
馬薺
|
Tainan
|
馬薺
|
Tainan (Anping)
|
馬薺
|
Taitung
|
馬薺
|
Hsinchu
|
馬薺
|
Kinmen
|
馬薺
|
Penghu (Magong)
|
馬薺
|
Penghu (Xiyu)
|
荸薺
|
Penang (Hokkien)
|
馬蹄
|
Singapore (Hokkien)
|
馬薺, 錢蔥
|
Longyan
|
田藕
|
Datian
|
馬薺, 荸薺
|
Chaozhou
|
錢蔥
|
Raoping
|
錢蔥
|
Shantou
|
錢蔥
|
Shantou (Chenghai)
|
錢蔥
|
Shantou (Chaoyang)
|
錢蔥
|
Jieyang
|
錢蔥
|
Puning
|
錢蔥
|
Haifeng
|
馬蹄
|
Bangkok (Teochew)
|
錢蔥
|
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
錢蔥
|
Leizhou
|
馬蹄子
|
Maoming (Xiadong, Dianbai)
|
薯菇
|
Haikou
|
馬蹄子
|
Qionghai
|
馬蹄子
|
Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
尾梨
|
Xianyou
|
尾梨
|
Central Min
|
Yong'an
|
馬薺
|
Sanming (Sanyuan)
|
馬薺
|
Sanming (Shaxian)
|
馬薺
|
Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
馬蹄
|
Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
|
馬蹄
|
Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
馬蹄
|
Nanning (Shajing)
|
馬蹄
|
Binyang (Xinqiao)
|
馬蹄
|
Northern Pinghua
|
Guilin (Dahe)
|
荸薺
|
Guilin (Chaoyang)
|
荸薺
|
Guilin (Zhuyuan)
|
荸薺
|
Yangshuo (Jima)
|
荸薺
|
Wu
|
Shanghai
|
荸薺, 地栗
|
Shanghai (Chongming)
|
地栗
|
Suzhou
|
荸薺
|
Wuxi
|
荸薺
|
Danyang
|
荸薺
|
Hangzhou
|
荸薺
|
Ningbo
|
蒲薺, 地栗
|
Wenzhou
|
荸薺
|
Jinhua
|
蒲薺
|
Jinhua (Tangxi)
|
糖蒲薺
|
Xiang
|
Changsha
|
荸薺, 荸薺子, 慈姑子
|
Xiangtan
|
慈姑子
|
Loudi
|
慈姑子
|
Shuangfeng
|
慈姑子
|
Quanzhou
|
馬蹄
|
Guanyang (Wenshi)
|
馬蹄
|
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Zhengzhang system (2003)
|
Character
|
芍
|
Reading #
|
5/5
|
No.
|
11214
|
Phonetic component
|
勺
|
Rime group
|
藥
|
Rime subdivision
|
2
|
Corresponding MC rime
|
的
|
Old Chinese
|
/*pleːwɢ/
|
Notes
|
爾雅作的,集韻作菂
|
Definitions
芍
- † Alternative form of 菂 (dì, “lotus seed”)
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
Zhengzhang system (2003)
|
Character
|
芍
|
Reading #
|
2/5
|
No.
|
11187
|
Phonetic component
|
勺
|
Rime group
|
藥
|
Rime subdivision
|
2
|
Corresponding MC rime
|
鵲
|
Old Chinese
|
/*spʰlewɢ/
|
Definitions
芍
- Only used in 芍陂.
Japanese
Kanji
芍
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
芍 • (jak, jeok) (hangeul 작, 적, revised jak, jeok, McCune–Reischauer chak, chŏk, Yale cak, cek)
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Vietnamese
Han character
芍: Hán Nôm readings: thược
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