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Translingual
Han character
莠 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹木尸 (THDS), four-corner 44227, composition ⿱艹秀)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1034, character 22
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31065
- Dae Jaweon: page 1494, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3220, character 1
- Unihan data for U+83A0
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 透
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*l̥ʰoːs, *hljuɡ
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| 莠
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*luʔ
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| 誘
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*luʔ
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| 蜏
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*luʔ, *slus, *lus
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| 琇
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*luʔ, *slus
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| 秀
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*slus
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| 銹
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*slus
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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莠
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yǒu
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ yuwX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*uʔ/
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| English
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weeds
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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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莠
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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13930
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Phonetic
component
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秀
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Rime
group
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幽
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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酉
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Old
Chinese
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/*luʔ/
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Definitions
莠
- Setaria viridis (green foxtail, green bristlegrass, wild foxtail millet)
- (figurative) bad (one)
Synonyms
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
莠
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
莠 • (yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune–Reischauer yu, Yale yu)
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