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Translingual
Han character
芐 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 廿一卜 (TMY), four-corner 44231, composition ⿱艹下)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1018, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30680
- Dae Jaweon: page 1476, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3174, character 10
- Unihan data for U+8290
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 丅
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*ɡraːʔ
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| 下
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*ɡraːʔ, *ɡraːs
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| 芐
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*ɡraːs, *ɡaːʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡraːs, *ɡaːʔ) : semantic 艸 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 下 (OC *ɡraːʔ, *ɡraːs).
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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芐
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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xià
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ hæH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁra-s/
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| English
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rush, sedge
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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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芐
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芐
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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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13447
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13448
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Phonetic
component
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下
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下
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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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暇
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戸
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡraːs/
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/*ɡaːʔ/
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| Notes
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見禮記
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Definitions
芐
- † a kind of medicinal herb
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Definitions
芐
- † mat woven from cattails
- A surname.
References