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U+8562, 蕢
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8562

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 140, +12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿中一金 (TLMC), four-corner 44806, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1058, character 28
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31989
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1521, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3291, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8562

Chinese

trad.
simp.
alternative forms 𧂟

ancient
𤆂

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *kʰruːds, *ɡruds) : semantic (grass; plant) + phonetic (OC *kluds).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2
Initial () (30)
Final () (18)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter gwijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɡˠiuɪH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɡʷᵚiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɡiuɪH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/gjwiH/
Li
Rong
/ɡjuiH/
Wang
Li
/ɡwiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/gwiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
guì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gwai6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
kuì
Middle
Chinese
‹ gwijH ›
Old
Chinese
/*ruj-s/
English basket

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
Reading # 2/2
No. 4734
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡruds/
Notes

Definitions

  1. straw basket

Etymology 2

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2
Initial () (29)
Final () (34)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter khweajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰˠuɛiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰʷᵚæiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰuɐiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰwəɨjH/
Li
Rong
/kʰuɛiH/
Wang
Li
/kʰwɐiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰwăiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kuài
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
faai3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2
No. 4727
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰruːds/

Definitions

  1. edible amaranth
  2. a surname

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“soil block”).
(This character is an obsolete form of ).

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. edible amaranth
  2. straw basket

Readings

  • On (unclassified): かい (kai) (ki) (ke) (gi)
  • Kun: あじか (ajika)つちくれ (tsuchikure, )