菱
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water caltrop seeds
water caltrop seeds in diamond shape (마름모, 菱形)
See also: 蔆
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Translingual
Han character
菱 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿土金水 (TGCE), four-corner 44407, composition ⿱艹夌)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1039, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31219
- Dae Jaweon: page 1498, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3229, character 1
- Unihan data for U+83F1
Chinese
| trad. | 菱 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 菱 | |
| alternative forms | 蔆 䔖 𧅊 𧁽 | |
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rɯŋ) : semantic 艸 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 夌 (OC *rɯŋ).
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nin2
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): lin4
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): ling1
- Northern Min (KCR): lâing / lěng
- Eastern Min (BUC): lèng / lìng
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6lin
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lin2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: líng
- Wade–Giles: ling2
- Yale: líng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ling
- Palladius: лин (lin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /liŋ³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: nin2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lin
- Sinological IPA (key): /nin²¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: ling4
- Yale: lìhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: ling4
- Guangdong Romanization: ling4
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɪŋ²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: len3
- Sinological IPA (key): /len²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: lin4
- Sinological IPA (key): /lin³⁵/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lìn
- Hakka Romanization System: linˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: lin2
- Sinological IPA: /lin¹¹/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: ling1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /lĩŋ¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: lâing / lěng
- Sinological IPA (key): /laiŋ³³/, /leiŋ²¹/
- (Jian'ou)
Note:
- lâing - vernacular;
- lěng - literary.
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: lèng / lìng
- Sinological IPA (key): /l̃ɛiŋ⁵³/, /l̃iŋ⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
Note:
- lèng - vernacular;
- lìng - literary.
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: lin2
- Sinological IPA (key): /lin¹³/
- (Changsha)
- Middle Chinese: ling
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*rɯŋ/
Definitions
菱
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 菱角 (“water caltrop”)
- (archaic) 芰 (jì)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
菱
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
Readings
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 菱 |
| ひし Jinmeiyō |
| kun’yomi |
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
Usage notes
- As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ヒシ.
Derived terms
- 浜菱 (hamabishi)
- 鉄菱 (tetsubishi)
Korean
Hanja
菱 • (reung>neung) (hangeul 릉>능, revised reung>neung, McCune–Reischauer rŭng>nŭng, Yale lung>nung)
- (마름): water caltrop, compare water chestnut.
Usage notes
- It may be implausible to use water chestnut synonymously or confusingly, which is also synonymous to Eleocharis dulcis which is not closely related to water caltrop.
Vietnamese
Han character
菱: Hán Nôm readings: lăng, năng, trăng
- This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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