莒

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莒 U+8392, 莒
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8392
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Translingual

Alternative forms

Due to Han unification, the traditional form containing 呂 and simplified form containing 吕 are encoded under the same code point. Depending on the font installed, this character may appear to be either 莒 or 莒.

Han character

莒 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7 in traditional Chinese, 艸+6 in simplified Chinese, 10 strokes in traditional Chinese, 9 strokes in simplified Chinese, cangjie input 廿口竹口 (TRHR) or 廿口口 (TRR), four-corner 44606, composition ⿱艹吕(G) or ⿱艹呂(HTJK))

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1034, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31046
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1493, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3204, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+8392

Chinese

trad. 莒
simp. # 莒
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Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (呂) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
櫚 *ra
閭 *ra
吕 *ɡ·raʔ
侣 *raʔ
梠 *raʔ
郘 *raʔ
絽 *raʔ
莒 *klaʔ
筥 *klaʔ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 莒
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 魚 (22)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 居許切
Baxter kjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kɨʌX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kiɔX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kiɔX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kɨə̆X/
Li
Rong 		/kiɔX/
Wang
Li 		/kĭoX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ki̯woX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jǔ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		geoi2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 莒
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jǔ
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kjoX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*k.raʔ/ (dialect: *k.r- > > kr-)
English plant; place name

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 莒
Reading # 1/1
No. 8584
Phonetic
component 		呂
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		舉
Old
Chinese 		/*klaʔ/

Definitions

莒

  1. taro
    Synonym: 芋
  2. (～國) state of Ju during the Zhou dynasty
  3. (～縣) Ju County in Shandong province
  4. a surname

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

莒

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): きょ (kyo)、こ (ko)
  • Kun: いも (imo)

Korean

Hanja

莒 • (geo) (hangeul 거, revised geo, McCune–Reischauer kŏ, Yale ke)

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