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Translingual
Han character
荄 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜女人 (TYVO), four-corner 44802, composition ⿱艹亥)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1030, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30935
- Dae Jaweon: page 1489, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3210, character 1
- Unihan data for U+8344
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 該
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*kɯː
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| 垓
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*kɯː
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| 賅
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*kɯː
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| 陔
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*kɯː
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| 豥
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*kɯː, *ɡɯː
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| 荄
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*kɯː, *krɯː
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| 郂
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*kɯː
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| 姟
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*kɯː
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| 絯
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*kɯː, *ɡrɯːʔ
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| 晐
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*kɯː
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| 峐
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*kɯː
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| 侅
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*kɯː, *kʰɯː, *ɡɯːʔ, *ɡrɯːʔ
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| 胲
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*kɯː
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| 頦
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*kɯːʔ, *ɡɯː
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| 奒
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*kʰɯː
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| 輆
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*kʰɯːʔ
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| 欬
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*kʰɯːɡs, *qraːds
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| 硋
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*ŋɡɯːɡs
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| 閡
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*ŋɡɯːɡs
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| 咳
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*qʰɯː, *ɡɯː
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| 孩
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*ɡɯː
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| 亥
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*ɡɯːʔ
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| 劾
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*ɡɯːɡs, *kʰrɯːɡs, *ɡɯːɡ
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| 痎
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*krɯː
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| 烗
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*kʰrɯːɡs
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| 骸
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*ɡrɯː
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| 駭
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*ɡrɯːʔ
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| 刻
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*kʰɯːɡ
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| 餩
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*qɯːɡ
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| 核
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*ɡuːd, *ɡrɯːɡ
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Etymology
Smith (2011) groups this word with the following terms into a word family meaning “root, germ, generative core”:
- its derivative 根 (OC *kɯːn, “root”),
- 核 (OC *ɡrɯːɡ, “germ, kernel”),
- 骸 (OC *ɡrɯː, “(human) bones”),
- 孩 (OC *ɡɯː, “child”),
- 亥 (OC *ɡɯːʔ, “sprouting stage”), i.e. "the moon’s first appearance" > "twelfth earthly branch".
See 核 (OC *ɡrɯːɡ) for further etymology.
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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荄
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荄
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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4808
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4831
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Phonetic
component
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亥
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亥
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Rime
group
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之
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之
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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該
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皆
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Old
Chinese
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/*kɯː/
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/*krɯː/
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| Notes
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亥之轉註字
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Definitions
荄
- grassroot
Japanese
Kanji
荄
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- roots
Readings