萼

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See also: 蕚
萼 U+843C, 萼
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-843C
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Translingual

Han character

萼 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿口口尸 (TRRS), four-corner 44207, composition ⿱艹咢)

  1. the stem and calyx of a flower
  2. a younger brother

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1043, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31361
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1503, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3249, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+843C

Chinese

trad. 萼
simp. # 萼
alternative forms 蕚／萼
鄂

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (屰) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
斥 *ŋ̊ʰjaːɡs, *ŋ̊ʰjaːɡ
訴 *sŋaːɡs
泝 *sŋaːɡs
愬 *sŋaːɡs, *sŋreːɡ
遡 *sŋaːɡs
塑 *sŋaːɡs
溯 *sŋaːɡs
遻 *ŋaːɡs
柝 *tŋ̊ʰaːɡ
鶚 *ŋaːɡ
諤 *ŋaːɡ
齶 *ŋaːɡ
鍔 *ŋaːɡ
遌 *ŋaːɡ
崿 *ŋaːɡ
偔 *ŋaːɡ
堮 *ŋaːɡ
湂 *ŋaːɡ
鱷 *ŋaːɡ
噩 *ŋaːɡ
咢 *ŋaːɡ
鑩 *ŋaːɡ
鄂 *ŋaːɡ
鰐 *ŋaːɡ
萼 *ŋaːɡ
愕 *ŋaːɡ
顎 *ŋaːɡ
朔 *sŋraːɡ
槊 *sraːwɢ
蒴 *sraːwɢ
坼 *tŋ̊ʰraːɡ
拆 *tŋ̊ʰraːɡ
逆 *ŋraɡ
屰 *ŋraɡ
縌 *ŋraɡ
蝷 *reːɡ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 萼
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 唐 (103)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 五各切
Baxter ngak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ŋɑk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ŋɑk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ŋɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ŋak̚/
Li
Rong 		/ŋɑk̚/
Wang
Li 		/ŋɑk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ŋɑk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		è
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ngok6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 萼
Reading # 1/1
No. 9465
Phonetic
component 		屰
Rime
group 		鐸
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		咢
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋaːɡ/

Definitions

萼

  1. calyx

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

萼

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. calyx
  2. cup

Readings

Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
萼
がく
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 萼 (MC ngak).

Pronunciation

Noun

萼(がく) • (gaku) 

  1. (botany) a calyx (collective term for sepals)
Derived terms
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
萼
うてな
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Extension of 台 (utena, “tower, stand”), to a part of a flower.

Pronunciation

Noun

萼(うてな) • (utena) 

  1. (botany) a calyx (collective term for sepals)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

萼 • (ak) (hangeul 악, revised ak, McCune–Reischauer ak, Yale ak)

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