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Translingual
Han character
椏 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 木一中一 (DMLM), four-corner 41917, composition ⿰木亞)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 536, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15025
- Dae Jaweon: page 924, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1224, character 3
- Unihan data for U+690F
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 椏
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*qaːʔ, *qraː
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| 錏
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*qraː
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| 鵶
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*qraː
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| 啞
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*qraːʔ, *qraːɡs, *qraːɡ, *qraːɡ
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| 瘂
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*qraːʔ
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| 亞
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*qraːɡs
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| 婭
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*qraːɡs
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| 俹
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*qraːɡs
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| 稏
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*qraːɡs
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| 惡
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*qaː, *qaːɡs, *qaːɡ
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| 噁
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*qaːɡs
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| 堊
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*qaːɡ
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| 蝁
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*qaːɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qaːʔ, *qraː) : semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 亞 (OC *qraːɡs).
Pronunciation 1
| trad.
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椏
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| simp.
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桠/丫
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| alternative forms
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枒／丫
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| 桠 - Mainland standard character in place names, personal names and technical terms
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Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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椏
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| Reading #
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2/2
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| No.
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14207
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Phonetic
component
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亞
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Rime
group
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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鴉
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Old
Chinese
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/*qraː/
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Definitions
椏
- Alternative form of 丫 (yā, “the forking branch of a tree”)
- † to close
- ‡ a kind of tree
- (Eastern Min, Southern Min) a branch, a twig of a tree
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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椏
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| Reading #
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1/2
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| No.
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14206
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Phonetic
component
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亞
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Rime
group
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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𨵌
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Old
Chinese
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/*qaːʔ/
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Definitions
椏
- Only used in 㰁椏／㰁桠.
Japanese
Kanji
椏
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𬂲)
- crotch of a tree
Readings
Korean
Hanja
椏 • (a) (hangeul 아, revised a, McCune–Reischauer a, Yale a)
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References
Vietnamese
Han character
椏: Hán Nôm readings: a, nha
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