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Translingual
Han character
莪 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 11 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 10 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿竹手戈 (THQI), four-corner 44553, composition ⿱艹我)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1035, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31077
- Dae Jaweon: page 1494, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3219, character 15
- Unihan data for U+83AA
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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莪
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*ŋaːl
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哦
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*ŋaːl
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娥
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*ŋaːl
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峨
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*ŋaːl
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峩
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*ŋaːl
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鵝
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*ŋaːl
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俄
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*ŋaːl
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蛾
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*ŋaːl, *ŋralʔ
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睋
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*ŋaːl
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涐
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*ŋaːl
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誐
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*ŋaːl
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硪
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*ŋaːl, *ŋaːlʔ
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我
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*ŋaːlʔ
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騀
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*ŋaːlʔ
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餓
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*ŋaːls
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義
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*ŋrals
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儀
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*ŋral
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轙
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*ŋral, *ŋralʔ
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檥
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*ŋral, *ŋralʔ
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蟻
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*ŋralʔ
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艤
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*ŋralʔ
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礒
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*ŋralʔ
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羛
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*ŋralʔ, *hŋral
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議
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*ŋrals
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犧
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*hŋral
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曦
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*hŋral
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羲
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*hŋral
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋaːl) : semantic 艸 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 我 (OC *ŋaːlʔ).
Pronunciation
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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莪
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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13029
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Phonetic component
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我
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Rime group
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歌
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Rime subdivision
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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莪
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Old Chinese
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/*ŋaːl/
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Definitions
莪
- (botany) Incarvillea sinensis
- Synonyms: 角蒿, 莪蒿, 萝蒿
- † (botany) Alternative form of 菌 (jùn, “mushroom”)
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
莪
(Hyōgai kanji)
- name of two different plants in the family Asteraceae
Readings
Etymology 1
From Middle Chinese 莪 (MC nga, “Incarvillea sinensis”).
Pronunciation
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Alternative spellings
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狐薊 菻
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Pronunciation
Noun
莪 • (kitsuneazami)
- Alternative spelling of 狐薊 (kitsune azami, “Hemisteptia lyrata”)
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Noun
莪 • (tsunoyomogi)
- name of plant in the Artemisia genus
Korean
Hanja
莪 • (a) (hangeul 아, revised a, McCune–Reischauer a, Yale a)
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Tày
Han character
莪 (transliteration needed)
- Nôm form of ngà.
References
- Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
Vietnamese
Han character
莪: Hán Nôm readings: ngò, nga
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