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Translingual
Han character
萆 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹田十 (THWJ), four-corner 44406, composition ⿱艹卑)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1040, character 29
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31255
- Dae Jaweon: page 1499, character 18
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3235, character 18
- Unihan data for U+8406
Chinese
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
|
| Character
|
萆
|
萆
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| Reading #
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1/2
|
2/2
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| No.
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403
|
10028
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Phonetic
component
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卑
|
畁
|
Rime
group
|
錫
|
之
|
Rime
subdivision
|
0
|
0
|
Corresponding
MC rime
|
擗
|
枲
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*beɡ/
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/*slɯʔ/
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| Notes
|
|
集韻從畁同枲，
餘校爲葈
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Definitions
萆
- Used in names of some plants.
- † Alternative form of 蔽 (bì, “to hide; to conceal”)
- † straw raincoat
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
萆
(Hyōgai kanji)
- the castor-oil plant (also used for other plants)
Readings
Korean
Hanja
萆 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune–Reischauer pi, Yale pi)
- the castor-oil plant also used for other plants