藁

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藁 U+85C1, 藁
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85C1
← 藀
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 藂 →

Translingual

Han character

藁 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜口木 (TYRD) or 難廿卜口木 (XTYRD), composition ⿱艹槀)

  1. straw, hay
  2. dry, withered

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1063, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32222
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1528, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3315, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+85C1

Chinese

trad. 藁
simp. # 藁

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (高) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
高 *kaːw
膏 *kaːw, *kaːws
篙 *kaːw
稿 *kaːwʔ
稾 *kaːwʔ, *kʰaːws
槁 *kaːwʔ, *kʰaːwʔ
縞 *kaːwʔ, *kaːws
暠 *kaːwʔ
槀 *kaːwʔ
藁 *kaːwʔ
燺 *kʰaːwʔ
薧 *kʰaːwʔ, *kʰaːws, *qʰaːw
犒 *kʰaːws
蒿 *qʰaːw
藃 *qʰaːws, *qʰraːw, *qʰraw
豪 *ɡaːw
毫 *ɡaːw
壕 *ɡaːw
濠 *ɡaːw
鎬 *ɡaːwʔ
滈 *ɡaːwʔ, *qʰraːwɢ
鄗 *ɡaːwʔ, *kʰraːw, *qʰaːwɢ
鰝 *ɡaːwʔ, *qʰaːwɢ
薃 *ɡaːwʔ
搞 *kruːʔ
敲 *kʰraːw, *kʰraːws
髇 *qʰraːw
嗃 *qʰraːw, *qʰraːws, *qʰaːwɢ
巐 *kʰl'awʔ
歊 *qʰraw, *qʰoːwɢ
謞 *qʰaːwɢ, *qʰraːwɢ
熇 *qʰaːwɢ, *qʰoːwɢ, *qʰoːɡ
碻 *kʰraːwɢ
塙 *kʰraːwɢ
毃 *kʰraːwɢ
翯 *qʰraːwɢ, *ɡraːwɢ, *ɡoːwɢ
瀥 *qʰraːwɢ

Pronunciation

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 藁
Reading # 1/1
No. 3735
Phonetic
component 		高
Rime
group 		宵
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		暠
Old
Chinese 		/*kaːwʔ/
Notes 俗稾字

Definitions

藁

  1. Alternative form of 稿 (gǎo, “straw; stalk”)
  2. Alternative form of 槁 (gǎo, “withered”)
  3. Used in place names.

References

Japanese

Kanji

藁

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. straw, hay
  2. (2channel slang, dated) Alternative form of (笑): LOL

Readings

  • Go-on: こう (kō)←かう (kau, historical)
  • Kan-on: こう (kō)←かう (kau, historical)
  • Kun: わら (wara, 藁)←わら (wara, 藁, historical)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
藁
わら
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
 藁 on Japanese Wikipedia

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *wara.

Pronunciation

Noun

藁(わら) • (wara) 

  1. straw
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典 / 新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局 / 大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      藁(わら)で蓆(むしろ)を作(つく)る
      wara de mushiro o tsukuru
      to make a mat from straw

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Ainu: ワラ (wara)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

藁 (eum 고 (go))

  1. straw, hay
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