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Translingual
Han character
蕎 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+12, 16 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 15 strokes in simplified Chinese and Japanese, cangjie input 廿竹大月 (THKB), four-corner 44227, composition ⿱艹喬)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1057, character 27
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31946
- Dae Jaweon: page 1520, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3292, character 4
- Unihan data for U+854E
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 驕
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*krew
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| 嬌
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*krew, *krewʔ, *ɡrew
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| 憍
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*krew, *kʰrew
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| 穚
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*krew
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| 鷮
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*krew, *ɡrew
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| 蕎
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*krew, *ɡrew
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| 喬
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*krew, *ɡrew
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| 簥
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*krew
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| 撟
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*krew, *krewʔ
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| 矯
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*krewʔ
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| 鱎
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*krewʔ
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| 敽
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*krewʔ
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| 蟜
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*krewʔ, *ɡrew
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| 譑
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*krewʔ, *kʰews
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| 蹻
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*krewʔ, *kʰew, *ɡrew, *kewɢ, *ɡewɢ
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| 繑
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*kʰew
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| 鞽
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*kʰrew
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| 趫
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*kʰrew, *ɡrew
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| 嘺
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*ɡew
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| 橋
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*ɡrew
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| 僑
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*ɡrew
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| 鐈
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*ɡrew
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| 毊
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*ɡrew, *qʰrew
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| 轎
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*ɡrew, *ɡrews
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| 嶠
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*ɡrews
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| 獢
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*qʰrew
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| 屩
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*kewɢ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *krew, *ɡrew) : semantic 艸 (“grass, plant”) + phonetic 喬 (OC *krew, *ɡrew).
Etymology 1
Compare Longchuan Achang tɕhauʔ⁵⁵, Tshobdun ʃɔ, Lhasa Tibetan བྲ་བོ (bra bo) (Blench and Post, 2014).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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蕎
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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qiáo
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ gjew ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*(r)aw/ (no pre-Qín exx.)
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| English
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buckwheat (qiáomài 蕎⿆麥)
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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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蕎
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| Reading #
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2/2
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| No.
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10353
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Phonetic
component
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喬
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Rime
group
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宵
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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喬
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡrew/
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Definitions
蕎
- buckwheat
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
蕎麥 (“buckwheat”)
Compounds
Descendants
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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蕎
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| Reading #
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1/2
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| No.
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10331
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Phonetic
component
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喬
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Rime
group
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宵
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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驕
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Old
Chinese
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/*krew/
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Definitions
蕎
- (obsolete) Peking spurge (Euphorbia pekinensis)
- Synonym: 大戟 (dàjǐ)
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “related to 藠?”)
Pronunciation
Definitions
蕎
- Only used in 蕗蕎／蕗荞 (lùqiáo).
Japanese
Kanji
蕎
(Jinmeiyō kanji)
- buckwheat
Readings
Korean
Hanja
蕎 (eumhun 메밀 교 (memil gyo))
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References
Vietnamese
Han character
蕎: Hán Việt readings: kiều
蕎: Nôm readings: kiều, kiệu
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References