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Translingual
Han character
荇 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹人弓 (THON), four-corner 44221, composition ⿱艹行)
- banana-plant
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1030, character 14
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30942
- Dae Jaweon: page 1489, character 11
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3206, character 10
- Unihan data for U+8347
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 筕
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*ɡaːŋ, *ɡraːŋ
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| 桁
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*ɡaːŋ, *ɡraːŋ
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| 行
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*ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋs, *ɡraːŋ, *ɡraːŋs
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| 胻
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*ɡaːŋ, *ɡraːŋ, *ɡraːŋs
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| 衡
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*ɡraːŋ
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| 蘅
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*ɡraːŋ
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| 珩
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*ɡraːŋ
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| 洐
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*ɡraːŋ
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| 荇
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*ɡraːŋʔ
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| 絎
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*ɡraːŋs
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡraːŋʔ) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 行 (OC *ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋs, *ɡraːŋ, *ɡraːŋs).
Pronunciation
Definitions
荇
- Used in 荇菜 (xìngcài).
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
荇
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- yellow floating heart (nymphoides peltalum)
Readings
Korean
Hanja
荇 (eum 행 (haeng))
- Nymphoides peltata
- water chestnut