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Translingual
Han character
葛 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸 +9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿日心女 (TAPV ), four-corner 44727 , composition ⿱艹 曷 )
Derived characters
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 1045 , character 10
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31420
Dae Jaweon: page 1506, character 6
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3248, character 3
Unihan data for U+845B
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
愒
*kʰaːds, *kʰrads, *kʰrad
馤
*qaːds
靄
*qaːds, *qaːd
餲
*qraːds, *qrads, *ɡaːd, *qaːd
喝
*qraːds, *qʰoːb, *qʰaːd
揭
*kʰrads, *ked, *kʰrad, *ɡrad, *kad, *ɡad
偈
*ɡrads, *ɡrad
猲
*kʰob, *qʰaːd, *qʰad
葛
*kaːd
輵
*kaːd
獦
*klaːd, *rab
渴
*kʰaːd, *ɡrad
嵑
*kʰaːd
暍
*qʰaːd, *qad
曷
*ɡaːd
褐
*ɡaːd
鶡
*ɡaːd
毼
*ɡaːd
蝎
*ɡaːd
鞨
*ɡaːd, *ɢljad
遏
*qaːd
齃
*qaːd
堨
*qaːd
擖
*kʰreːd, *kraːd, *r'aːb
楬
*kʰraːd, *ɡrad, *ɡad
朅
*kʰrad
藒
*kʰrad
竭
*ɡrad, *ɡad
碣
*ɡrad, *ɡad
羯
*kad
鍻
*kad
歇
*qʰad
蠍
*qʰad
謁
*qad
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 , OC *kaːd ) : semantic 艹 + phonetic 曷 ( OC *ɡaːd) .
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Note :
gě - standard in surname sense;
gé - other senses.
Note :
kat - literary;
koah - vernacular.
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
葛
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
gé
Middle Chinese
‹ kat ›
Old Chinese
/*ˁat/
English
Dolichos; kudzu
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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
葛
Reading #
1/1
No.
5022
Phonetic component
曷
Rime group
月
Rime subdivision
1
Corresponding MC rime
葛
Old Chinese
/*kaːd/
Definitions
葛
kudzu (Pueraria lobata )
poplin ; hemp cloth
( ~國 ) State of Ge ( a small state in modern Henan province during the Xia , Shang and Zhou dynasties )
a surname
葛 洪 ― Gě Hóng ― Ge Hong (Eastern Jin Dynasty scholar)
Compounds
Etymology 2
From 個 / 个 .
Pronunciation
Definitions
葛
( dialectal Wu ) this
( Northern Wu , including Suzhounese ) Alternative form of 個 / 个 (possessive particle )
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
這 (“this”)
Variety
Location
Words
Classical Chinese
此 , 斯 , 是 , 之 , 茲 anteclassical , 夫 , 爾
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
這
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
這
Taiwan
這
Chengde
這
Chifeng
這
Hulunbuir (Hailar)
這
Heihe
這
Qiqihar
這
Jiamusi
這
Baicheng
這
Changchun
這
Tonghua
這
Shenyang
這
Jinzhou
這
Malaysia
這
Singapore
這
Jilu Mandarin
Tianjin
這
Tangshan
這
Cangzhou
這
Baoding
這
Shijiazhuang
這
Lijin
這
Jinan
這
Jiaoliao Mandarin
Dalian
這
Dandong
這
Yantai
這
Qingdao
這
Zhucheng
這
Central Plains Mandarin
Lingbao
這
Jining
這
Linfen
這
Shangqiu
這
Yuanyang
這
Zhengzhou
這
Xinyang
這
Baihe
這
Xi'an
這
Baoji
這
Tianshui
這
Xining
這
Xuzhou
這
Pizhou
這
Lianyungang (Ganyu)
這
Donghai
這
Fuyang
這
Lanyin Mandarin
Yinchuan
這
Lanzhou
這
Dunhuang
這
Hami
這
Ürümqi
這
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
這
Nanchong
這
Dazhou
這
Hanyuan
這
Xichang
這
Zigong
這
Chongqing
這
Wuhan
這
Yichang
這
Tianmen
這
Guiyang
這
Zunyi
這
Bijie
這
Liping
這
Zhaotong
這
Dali
這
Kunming
這
Mengzi
這
Guilin
這
Liuzhou
這
Jishou
這
Changde
這
Hanzhong
這
Jianghuai Mandarin
Nanjing
這
Yangzhou
這
Baoying
這
Taizhou
這
Zhenjiang
這
Lianyungang
這
Huai'an (Huaiyin)
這
Lianshui
這
Xuyi
這
Nantong
這
Rugao
這
Yancheng
這
Funing
這
Sihong
這
Wuhu
這
Hefei
這
Hong'an
這
Cantonese
Guangzhou
呢 , 依
Hong Kong
呢 , 依
Macau
呢
Taishan
該
Dongguan
呢
Yangjiang
果
Nanning
阿
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
呢
Singapore (Guangfu)
呢 , 依
Gan
Nanchang
箇
Nanchang (Wangcheng)
箇
Anyi
箇
Lushan
箇
Duchang
箇
Wuning (Quankou)
該
Poyang
箇
Yugan
該
Wannian
該
Yanshan (Hekou)
這
Yichun
箇
Yifeng
箇
Gao'an
箇
Fengxin
箇
Shanggao
里
Wanzai
箇
Fengcheng
該
Xinyu
該
Fuzhou (Shangdundu)
該
Fuzhou (Dongxiang)
箇
Nancheng
箇
Nanfeng
箇
Yihuang
箇
Lichuan
該
Chongren
該
Pingxiang
該
Ji'an
蓋
Taihe
箇
Xiajiang
該
Yingtan (Yujiang)
箇
Guixi
箇
Jianning
個
Jinxian
箇
Jinxi
箇
Le'an
該
Guangchang
改
Suichuan
底
Wan'an
介
Jing'an
箇
Zhangshu
該
Xingan
個
Fenyi
改
Hakka
Changting
爾
Ninghua
只
Qingliu
這
Yudu
底
Ningdu
底
Ruijin
底
Shicheng
底
Xunwu
底
Huichang
底
Xingguo
界
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
這
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
這
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
這
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
這
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
這
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
這
Hong Kong
這
Huizhou
Jixi
爾
Shexian
這
Wuyuan
伊
Jin
Taiyuan
這
Yangyuan
這
Datong
這
Xinzhou
這
Lüliang (Lishi)
這
Changzhi
這
Linhe
這
Jining
這
Hohhot
這
Erenhot
這
Pingshan
這
Zhangjiakou
這
Handan
這
Suide
這
Northern Min
Jian'ou
𱕇
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
只 , 者 , 嚽
Fuzhou (Changle)
這
Lianjiang
這
Fuqing
者
Pingtan
這
Yongtai
這
Minqing
這
Gutian
這
Pingnan
這
Luoyuan
這
Fu'an
這
Ningde
這
Xiapu
這
Zherong
這
Shouning
這
Zhouning
這
Fuding
這
Singapore (Fuqing)
這
Southern Min
Xiamen
這
Xiamen (Tong'an)
這
Quanzhou
只 , 這
Jinjiang
這
Nan'an
這
Shishi
這
Hui'an
這
Anxi
這
Yongchun
這
Dehua
這
Zhangzhou
這
Zhangzhou (Longhai)
這
Zhangzhou (Changtai)
這
Hua'an
這
Nanjing
這
Pinghe
這
Zhangpu
這
Yunxiao
這
Zhao'an
只
Dongshan
這
Taipei
這
Kinmen
這
Penang (Hokkien)
這
Singapore (Hokkien)
這
Manila (Hokkien)
這
Longyan
迄好
Zhangping
這
Chaozhou
只
Shantou
只
Jieyang
只
Haifeng
只
Singapore (Teochew)
只
Batam (Teochew)
只
Wenchang
這
Haikou
這
Singapore (Hainanese)
這
Puxian Min
Putian
只蜀
Xianyou
只蜀
Central Min
Yong'an
這
Sanming (Shaxian)
這
Shaojiang Min
Guangze
當
Jiangle
者
Mingxi
只
Shunchang
這
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
亞
Shehua
Cangnan
這
Jingning (Hexi)
個
Wu
Shanghai
搿 , 迭 dated , 第 obsolete
Shanghai (Songjiang)
搿
Shanghai (Fengxian)
格
Shanghai (Jinshan)
格
Shanghai (Chongming)
吉 , 講 , 葛 also that
Suzhou
該 , 搿
Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)
個
Wuxi
意
Changshu
俚
Jiaxing
葛
Jiashan
葛
Pinghu
葛
Haining (Yanguan)
葛
Tongxiang
葛
Haiyan
葛
Changzhou
資
Danyang
格
Nanjing (Gaochun)
格
Huzhou
格
Changxing
格
Anji
格
Deqing
葛
Hangzhou
葛
Hangzhou (Yuhang)
葛
Hangzhou (Lin'an)
葛
Hangzhou (Fuyang)
葛
Tonglu
葛
Tonglu (Wusheng)
個個
Shaoxing
咸
Zhuji
咸
Shengzhou
咸
Xinchang
咸
Ningbo
葛
Ningbo (Zhenhai)
葛
Yuyao
耶
Cixi
葛
Taizhou (Huangyan)
葛
Tiantai
葛
Sanmen
葛
Wenling
葛 , 格
Wenzhou
個
Yueqing
個
Yongjia (Fenglin)
個
Rui'an
個
Pingyang
個
Taishun
這
Wencheng
個
Lishui
已
Qingtian
已
Jinyun
已
Songyang (Xiping)
益
Yunhe
益
Qingyuan
這
Longquan
搭
Suichang
益
Jiangshan
益
Changshan
益
Kaihua
益
Longyou
個
Jinhua
等 , 待
Yiwu
吾
Yongkang
個
Pujiang
這 , 吉
Dongyang
個
Wuyi
愛個
Lanxi
個
Shangrao
這
Shangrao (Guangfeng)
伊
Yushan
伊
Xiang
Changsha
咯
Shuangfeng
咯
Japanese
Kanji
葛
(Jōyō kanji )
Readings
Go-on : かち ( kachi ) ←かち ( kati , historical )
Kan-on : かつ ( katsu , Jōyō ) ←かつ ( katu , historical )
Kun : くず ( kuzu , 葛 , Jōyō ) 、かずら ( kazura , 葛 ) ←かづら ( kadura , 葛 , historical ) 、つづら ( tsuzura , 葛 ) ←つづら ( tudura , 葛 , historical )
Nanori : かず ( kazu ) 、かつら ( katsura ) 、かど ( kado ) 、さち ( sachi ) 、つら ( tsura ) 、ふじ ( fuji )
Compounds
Etymology 1
⟨kadura⟩ → /kad͡zuɾa/ → /kazuɾa/
From Old Japanese , from Proto-Japonic *kantura . Cognate with Okinawan 葛 ( kanda ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
葛( かずら ) • (kazura ) ←かづら ( kadura ) ?
creepers or creeping plants
( architecture ) the level material on to which the foundations of a structure are lain
the hoop of a barrel or other cylindrical object
a type of fishing net
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Japanese .
Pronunciation
Noun
葛( くず ) or 葛( クズ ) • (kuzu )
Japanese arrowroot (Pueraria montana )
Short for 葛粉 ( kuzuko ) : starch made from pounded kudzu root
Short for 葛溜まり ( kuzudamari ) or 葛餡 ( kuzuan ) : a sweet sauce made from kudzu starch
Short for 葛布 ( kuzununo/kuzufu ) : cloth made from kudzu fiber
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 3
⟨tudura⟩ → /t͡sud͡zuɾa/ → /t͡suzuɾa/
From Old Japanese .
Pronunciation
Noun
葛( つづら ) or 葛( ツヅラ ) • (tsuzura ) ←つづら ( tudura ) ?
Short for 葛藤 ( tsuzurafuji ) : Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum )
Short for 葛籠 ( tsuzurako ) : a wicker basket used for holding clothes
Short for 葛折り ( tsuzuraori ) : something winding or zigzaggy , especially a road at a hill -slope
a style of 襲の色目 ( kasane no irome , “ color combination by layering of garments ” ) , of bluish black over light (or pale ) blue
Derived terms
Etymology 4
From Middle Chinese 葛 (MC kat ).
Affix
葛( かつ ) • (katsu )
creeper
cloth made from kudzu fibers
Derived terms
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 葛 (MC kat ).
Hanja
葛 (eumhun 칡 갈 ( chik gal ) )
hanja form? of 갈 ( “ arrowroot , kudzu ” )
Compounds
References
국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典 .
Miyako
Kanji
葛
(Jōyō kanji )
Readings
Etymology
Cognate with Yaeyama 葛 ( kuzï ) , Okinawan 葛 ( kuji ) , and Japanese 葛 ( kuzu ) .
Perhaps from Proto-Ryukyuan *kozu , itself from Proto-Japonic *konsu .
Pronunciation
Noun
葛( くずぃ ) (kudzï )
Japanese arrowroot (Pueraria montana )
Okinawan
Kanji
葛
(Jōyō kanji )
Readings
On (unclassified): かち ( kachi )
Kun : くじ ( kuji , 葛 )
Etymology
Perhaps from Proto-Ryukyuan *kozu .
Pronunciation
Noun
葛( くじ ) (kuji )
Short for 葛粉 ( kujikū ) : starch made from pounded kudzu root
Derived terms
References
Old Japanese
Compounds
葛根 ( kadune )
葛城 ( Kaduragi₂ )
石葛 ( ipatuna )
野老葛 ( to₂ko₂ro₂tura )
Etymology 1
Possibly from Proto-Japonic *kantura .
Noun
葛 (kadura ) (kana かづら )
a creeper , creeping plant
Derived terms
屎葛 ( kuso₁kadura )
さな葛 ( sanakadura )
さね葛 ( sanekadura )
玉葛 ( tamakadura )
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Proto-Japonic *konsu .
Noun
葛 (kuzu ) (kana くず )
Japanese arrowroot (Pueraria montana )
Derived terms
葛葉 ( kuzupa )
葛花 ( kuzupana )
葛原 ( kuzupara )
夏葛 ( natukuzu )
這ふ葛の ( papu kuzu no₂ )
眞葛 ( makuzu )
Descendants
Etymology 3
Noun
葛 (tudura ) (kana つづら )
any climbing plant or vine , such as Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum )
Derived terms
霜黑葛 ( simotudura )
濱葛 ( pamatudura )
Descendants
Vietnamese
Han character
葛 : Hán Nôm readings: cát , nhật
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