藕

Translingual

Han character

藕 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+15, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿手木月 (TQDB), four-corner 4492₇, composition ⿱艹耦)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1065, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32298
• Dae Jaweon: page 1529, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3317, character 6
• Unihan data for U+85D5

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋoːʔ) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 耦 (OC *ŋoːʔ).

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Definitions

藕

1. (lotus) root
2. a surname

Synonyms

Compounds

Descendants

• → Proto-Southwestern Tai: *ʰŋawꟲ (“central root”)
  • Ahom: 𑜂𑜧 (ṅaw), 𑜂𑜨𑜧 (ṅow), 𑜂𑜧𑜈𑜫 (ṅaww)
  • Lao: ເຫງົ້າ (ngao)
  • Lü: ᦄᧁᧉ (ṅgaw²)
  • Northern Thai: ᩉ᩠ᨦᩮᩢ᩶ᩣ
  • Shan: ငဝ်ႈ (ngāo)
  • Thai: เหง้า (ngâo)
• → Vietnamese: ngó (“lotus root”)
• → Zhuang: ngaeux (“lotus; lotus root”)

References

• “藕”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. lotus
2. lotus root
3. arrowroot

Readings

• Go-on: ぐ (gu)
• Kan-on: ごう (gō)
• Kan’yō-on: ぐう (gū)
• Kun: はすのね (hasunone)

Korean

Hanja

藕 • (u) (hangeul 우, revised u, McCune–Reischauer u, Yale wu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

藕: Hán Nôm readings: ngó, ngẫu

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