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Translingual
Han character
茭 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜金大 (TYCK), four-corner 44408, composition ⿱艹交)
- an aquatic grass, the stalks of which are eaten as a vegetable
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1028, character 21
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30904
- Dae Jaweon: page 1487, character 18
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3208, character 5
- Unihan data for U+832D
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 烄
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*keːws, *kreːwʔ
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| 礮
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*pʰreːws
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| 交
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*kreːw
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| 郊
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*kreːw
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| 茭
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*kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ
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| 蛟
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*kreːw
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| 鮫
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*kreːw
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| 鵁
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*kreːw
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| 咬
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*kreːw, *ŋɡreːwʔ, *qreːw
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| 鉸
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*kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *kreːws
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| 佼
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*kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ
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| 詨
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*kreːw, *qʰreːws, *ɡreːws
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| 絞
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*kreːwʔ
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| 狡
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*kreːwʔ
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| 姣
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*kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw
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| 筊
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*kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw
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| 校
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*kreːws, *ɡreːws
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| 珓
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*kreːws
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| 跤
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*kʰreːw
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| 頝
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*kʰreːw
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| 骹
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*kʰraːw
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| 齩
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*ŋɡreːwʔ
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| 洨
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*ɡreːw
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| 胶
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*ɡreːw
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| 效
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*ɡreːws
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| 効
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*ɡreːws
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| 傚
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*ɡreːws
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| 皎
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*keːwʔ
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| 恔
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*keːwʔ
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| 晈
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*keːwʔ
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| 窔
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*qeːws
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| 駮
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*pqreːwɢ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ) : semantic 艹 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 交 (OC *kreːw)
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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茭
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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jiāo
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ kæw ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁrw/
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| English
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dried grass
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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茭
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茭
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茭
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| Reading #
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1/3
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2/3
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3/3
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| No.
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6298
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6309
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6328
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Phonetic
component
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交
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交
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交
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Rime
group
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宵
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宵
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宵
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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2
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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交
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絞
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澩
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Old
Chinese
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/*kreːw/
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/*kreːwʔ/
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/*ɡreːwʔ/
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| Notes
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䕧注或體
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䕧注或體
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Definitions
茭
- dry feed
- Java water dropwort, water celery (Oenanthe javanica)
- cable made from bamboo or reed
- wild rice (Zizania aquatica)
Compounds
Etymology 2
Japanese
Kanji
茭
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Vietnamese
Han character
茭: Hán Nôm readings: giao
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