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Translingual
Han character
荼 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿人一木 (TOMD), four-corner 44904, composition ⿱艹余)
Derived characters
- 𨝛, 𠻬, 𢴉, 瑹, 𣘻, 𦹍, 䅷, 𭱻, 𮌵, 𨢬, 𮜌, 鷋, 𩻓
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1032, character 21
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31008
- Dae Jaweon: page 1492, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3221, character 11
- Unihan data for U+837C
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 斜
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*lja, *laː
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| 茶
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*rlaː
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| 荼
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*rlaː, *ɦlja, *l'aː
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| 梌
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*rlaː, *l̥ʰaː, *l'aː
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| 搽
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*rlaː
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| 塗
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*rlaː, *l'aː
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| 佘
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*ɦlja
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| 賒
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*hljaː
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| 畬
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*hljaː, *la
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| 舍
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*hljaːʔ, *hljaːs
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| 捨
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*hljaːʔ
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| 騇
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*hljaːʔ, *hljaːs
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| 涻
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*hljaːs
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| 稌
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*l̥ʰaː, *l̥ʰaːʔ
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| 悇
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*l̥ʰaː, *l̥ʰas, *las
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| 庩
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*l̥ʰaː
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| 捈
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*l̥ʰaː, *l'aː
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| 途
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*l'aː
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| 酴
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*l'aː
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| 駼
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*l'aː
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| 鵌
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*l'aː, *la
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| 涂
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*l'aː, *l'a
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| 嵞
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*l'aː
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| 峹
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*l'aː
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| 筡
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*l'aː, *l̥ʰa
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| 蒤
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*l'aː
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| 徐
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*lja
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| 俆
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*lja
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| 敘
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*ljaʔ
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| 漵
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*ljaʔ
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| 除
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*l'a, *l'as
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| 篨
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*rla
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| 滁
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*rla
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| 蒢
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*rla
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| 蜍
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*ɦlja, *la
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| 鵨
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*hljaː
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| 瑹
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*hlja
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| 余
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*la
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| 餘
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*la
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| 艅
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*la
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| 狳
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*la
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| 雓
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*la
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| 悆
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*las
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rlaː, *ɦlja, *l'aː) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 余 (OC *la)
Pronunciation 1
| Rime
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| Character
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荼
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荼
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荼
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| Reading #
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3/3
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1/3
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2/3
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| Initial (聲)
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澄 (11)
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定 (7)
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船 (27)
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| Final (韻)
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麻 (98)
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模 (23)
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麻 (100)
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| Tone (調)
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Level (Ø)
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Level (Ø)
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Level (Ø)
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| Openness (開合)
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Open
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Open
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Open
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| Division (等)
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II
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I
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III
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| Fanqie
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宅加切
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同都切
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食遮切
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| Baxter
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drae
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du
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zyae
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| Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang
Shangfang
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/ɖˠa/
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/duo/
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/ʑia/
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Pan
Wuyun
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/ɖᵚa/
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/duo/
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/ʑia/
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Shao
Rongfen
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/ȡa/
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/do/
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/ʑia/
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Edwin
Pulleyblank
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/ɖaɨ/
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/dɔ/
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/ʑia/
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Li
Rong
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/ȡa/
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/do/
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/d͡ʑia/
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Wang
Li
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/ȡa/
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/du/
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/d͡ʑĭa/
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Bernhard
Karlgren
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/ȡʱa/
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/dʱuo/
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/d͡ʑʰi̯a/
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Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
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chá
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tú
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shé
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Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
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caa4
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tou4
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se4
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| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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荼
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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chá
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ dræ ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*lˁra/
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| English
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(name of a plant)
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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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荼
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荼
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荼
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| Reading #
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1/3
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3/3
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2/3
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| No.
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15748
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15776
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15761
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Phonetic
component
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余
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余
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余
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Rime
group
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魚
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魚
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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𡨀
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徒
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蛇
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Old
Chinese
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/*rlaː/
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/*l'aː/
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/*ɦlja/
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Definitions
荼
- a type of bitter vegetable, possibly sow thistle or other plants of Asteraceae
- (figurative) pain; suffering
- spikes of cogon (or other grasses) with long whitish hair
- 如火如荼 ― rúhuǒrútú ― (red) like fire, (white) like cogon spikes
- pappus
- 1803, 程瑤田, 釋草小記:
芺、薊者……荼卽其華之實所戴者。- Thistle... The pappus is what its flower's fruit wears.
- white
- 荼首 ― túshǒu ― hoary head
Usage notes
- 荼 can refer to one of several types of bitter tasting vegetables. Early Chinese texts are rather vague in their description, which makes it difficult to determine which species it originally referred to.
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 荼 – see 茶 (“tea; tea; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 茶). |
Pronunciation 3
Definitions
荼
- a surname
Pronunciation 4
Definitions
荼
- Only used in 神荼 (Shēnshū).
Compounds
Pronunciation 5
For pronunciation and definitions of 荼 – see 舒 (“to open up; to unfold; to stretch out; to relax; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 舒). |
References
Japanese
Kanji
荼
(Hyōgai kanji)
- Ixeridium dentatum
- kanji used to transliterate Buddhist terms borrowed from Sanskrit
Readings
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
荼: Hán Nôm readings: đồ, dưa, giưa
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