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Translingual
Han character
葫 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿十口月 (TJRB), four-corner 44627, composition ⿱艹胡)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1045, character 34
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31443
- Dae Jaweon: page 1507, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3244, character 1
- Unihan data for U+846B
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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箇
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*kaːls
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個
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*kaːls
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居
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*kɯ, *kas
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橭
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*kaː, *kʰaː
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嫴
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*kaː
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姑
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*kaː
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辜
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*kaː
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酤
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*kaː, *kaːs, *ɡaːʔ
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蛄
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*kaː
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鴣
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*kaː
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沽
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*kaː, *kaːʔ, *kaːs
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盬
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*kaː, *kaːʔ
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古
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*kaːʔ
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罟
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*kaːʔ
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估
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*kaːʔ
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鈷
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*kaːʔ
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詁
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*kaːʔ
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牯
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*kaːʔ
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故
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*kaːs
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固
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*kaːs
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稒
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*kaːɡs
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痼
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*kaːɡs
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錮
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*kaːɡs
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鯝
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*kaːɡs
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棝
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*kaːɡs
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凅
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*kaːɡs
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枯
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*kʰaː
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軲
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*kʰaː
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跍
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*kʰaː
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骷
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*kʰaː
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苦
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*kʰaːʔ, *kʰaːs
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葫
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*qʰaː, *ɡaː
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餬
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*ɡaː
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瑚
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*ɡaː
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湖
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*ɡaː
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鶘
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*ɡaː
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猢
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*ɡaː
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醐
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*ɡaː
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糊
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*ɡaː
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箶
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*ɡaː
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蝴
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*ɡaː
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胡
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*ɡaː
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瓳
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*ɡaː
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怙
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*ɡaːʔ
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祜
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*ɡaːʔ
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岵
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*ɡaːʔ
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婟
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*ɡaːʔ, *ɡaːɡs
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楛
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*ɡaːʔ
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据
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*ka
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裾
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*ka
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琚
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*ka
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椐
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*ka, *kas, *kʰa
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鶋
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*ka
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蜛
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*ka
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崌
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*ka
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涺
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*ka
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腒
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*ka, *ɡa
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鋸
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*kas
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倨
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*kas
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踞
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*kas
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涸
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*ɡaːɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *qʰaː, *ɡaː) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 胡 (OC *ɡaː)
Pronunciation
Note:
- hô͘ - literary;
- ô͘ - vernacular.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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葫
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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hú
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Middle Chinese
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‹ hu ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ˁa/
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English
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gourd
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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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葫
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葫
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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No.
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4244
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4252
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Phonetic component
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古
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古
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Rime group
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魚
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魚
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Rime subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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呼
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胡
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Old Chinese
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/*qʰaː/
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/*ɡaː/
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Definitions
葫
- Used in 葫蘆/葫芦 (húlu).
- † garlic
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
葫
(Hyōgai kanji)
- gourd, bottle-gourd
- garlic
Readings
Compounds
Etymology 1
For pronunciation and definitions of 葫 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 葫, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 葫 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 葫, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Kikai
Kanji
葫
(Hyōgai kanji)
Noun
葫 (firu)
- Alternative form of 蒜
Korean
Hanja
葫 • (ho) (hangeul 호, revised ho, McCune–Reischauer ho, Yale ho)
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Okinawan
Kanji
葫
(Hyōgai kanji)
Noun
葫 (hiru)
- Alternative form of 蒜
Vietnamese
Han character
葫: Hán Nôm readings: hồ
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Yoron
Kanji
葫
(Hyōgai kanji)
Noun
葫 (piru)
- Alternative form of 蒜