荸

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荸	U+8378, 荸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8378

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

荸 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿十月木 (TJBD), four-corner 4440₇, composition ⿱艹孛)

Derived characters

𠍤, 𫆲

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1032, character 14
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31001
Dae Jaweon: page 1492, character 2
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3215, character 6
Unihan data for U+8378

Chinese

trad.		荸
simp. ^#		荸

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bí, bó (bi², bo²)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˊ, ㄅㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): but⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pi̍t / pu̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bí
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bí
  - Wade–Giles: pi²
  - Yale: bí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: byi
  - Palladius: би (bi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bó
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bó
  - Wade–Giles: po²
  - Yale: bwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bor
  - Palladius: бо (bo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: but⁶
  - Yale: buht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: but⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bud⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːt̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pi̍t
  - Tâi-lô: pi̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pit
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pit̚⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pit̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pit̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pu̍t
  - Tâi-lô: pu̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: put
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /put̚⁴/

Definitions

荸

Only used in 荸薺／荸荠 (bíqi, “Chinese water chestnut”).

Japanese

Kanji

荸

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): ほつ (hotsu); ぼち (bochi)

Vietnamese

Han character

荸: Hán Nôm readings: bột, mụt, bụt

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