萁

Translingual

Han character

萁 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿廿一金 (TTMC), four-corner 4480₁, composition ⿱艹其)

1. kind of grass

Derived characters

• 𣾁, 𬄤

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1040, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31244
• Dae Jaweon: page 1499, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3229, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8401

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 萁
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Pronunciation

Definitions

萁

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Compounds

Japanese

Alternative forms

• 豆殻, 豆幹

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: き (ki); ぎ (gi)
• Kan-on: き (ki)
• Kun: まめがら (mamegara, 萁)

Etymology

Compound of 豆 (mame, “bean”) +‎ 殻 (kara, “husk, shell”).

The kara changes to gara as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) まめがら (Heiban – )
• (Tokyo) まめがら​ (Odaka – )
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Noun

萁(まめがら) • (mamegara) 

1. bean husk

Derived terms

• 豆(まめ)を煮(に)るに萁(まめがら)をたく (mame o niru ni mamegara o taku)

References