蔦

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See also: 茑
蔦 U+8526, 蔦
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8526
← 蔥
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 蔧 →

Translingual

Han character

蔦 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹日火 (THAF), four-corner 44327, composition ⿱艹鳥)

  1. any plant of genus Convolvulus
  2. a parasitic plants such as mistletoe
  3. a berry plant of species Ribes ambiguum

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1055, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31828
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1518, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3281, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+8526

Chinese

trad. 蔦
simp. 茑

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (鳥) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
島 *tuːwʔ
搗 *taːwʔ
鵃 *rtɯːw, *rtɯːw, *tjiw
瞗 *tɯːw
鳥 *tɯːwʔ
蔦 *tɯːwʔ, *tɯːws
窵 *tɯːws

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 蔦 蔦
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 端 (5) 端 (5)
Final (韻) 蕭 (93) 蕭 (93)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV IV
Fanqie 都了切 多嘯切
Baxter tewX tewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/teuX/ /teuH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/teuX/ /teuH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/teuX/ /teuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/tɛwX/ /tɛwH/
Li
Rong 		/teuX/ /teuH/
Wang
Li 		/tieuX/ /tieuH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/tieuX/ /tieuH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		diǎo diào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		diu2 diu3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蔦 蔦
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 9512 9514
Phonetic
component 		鳥 鳥
Rime
group 		幽 幽
Rime
subdivision 		2 2
Corresponding
MC rime 		鳥 弔
Old
Chinese 		/*tɯːwʔ/ /*tɯːws/

Definitions

蔦

  1. ivy

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

蔦

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. ivy, vine

Readings

  • Go-on: ちょう (chō)←てう (teu, historical)
  • Kan-on: ちょう (chō)←てう (teu, historical)
  • Kun: つた (tsuta, 蔦)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
蔦
つた
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

蔦(つた) or 蔦(ツタ) • (tsuta) 

  1. Japanese ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
    Synonyms: 夏蔦 (natsu-zuta), 紅葉蔦 (kōyō-zuta)
    蔦(つた)の絡(から)まる壁(かべ)
    tsuta no karamaru kabe
    ivy-covered wall

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

蔦 • (jo) (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune–Reischauer cho, Yale co)

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