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Translingual
Han character
萏 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓竹難 (TNHX), four-corner 44777, composition ⿱艹臽)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1041, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31270
- Dae Jaweon: page 1500, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3237, character 12
- Unihan data for U+840F
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 萏
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*l'oːmʔ
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| 窞
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*l'oːmʔ
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| 惂
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*kʰloːmʔ
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| 輡
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*kʰloːmʔ
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| 錎
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*kʰloːmʔ, *ɡroːms
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| 埳
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*kʰloːmʔ
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| 臽
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*kʰloːmʔ, *ɡroːms
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| 淊
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*ɡloːmʔ, *qroːm, *qroːms, *lomʔ
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| 欿
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*ɡloːmʔ
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| 蜭
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*ɡloːmʔ, *ɡluːms
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| 啗
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*l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms
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| 鵮
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*ʔr'oːm, *kʰroːm, *kʰroːms
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| 餡
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*ɡroːms
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| 陷
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*ɡroːms
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| 爓
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*ljom, *loms
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| 諂
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*l̥ʰomʔ
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| 讇
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*l̥ʰomʔ
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| 閻
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*lom
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| 焰
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*loms
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| 壛
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*lom
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| 櫩
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*lom
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| 燄
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*lomʔ
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| 掐
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*kʰroːb
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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萏
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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dàn
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ domX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*rˁomʔ/
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| English
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菡萏 homX.domX lotus flower
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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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萏
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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13539
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Phonetic
component
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臽
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Rime
group
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談
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Rime
subdivision
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3
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Corresponding
MC rime
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禫
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Old
Chinese
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/*l'oːmʔ/
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Definitions
萏
- Only used in 菡萏 (hàndàn, “lotus flower”).
Japanese
Kanji
萏
(Hyōgai kanji)
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