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U+97ED, 韭
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-97ED

CJK Unified Ideographs
U+2FB2, ⾲
KANGXI RADICAL LEEK

Kangxi Radicals

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

(Kangxi radical 179, +0, 9 strokes, cangjie input 中尸一一 (LSMM) or 中一一一 (LMMM), four-corner 11101, composition )

  1. Kangxi radical #179, .

Derived characters

See also

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1396, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43236
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1911, character 24
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4404, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+97ED

Chinese

trad. /
simp.
2nd round simp.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Pictogram (象形) – leek in the ground (). Unrelated to .

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “related to Tibetan སྐོ་ཙེ (sko tse)?”

Pronunciation


Note:
  • kú - vernacular;
  • kiú - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (136)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter kjuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɨuX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kiuX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiəuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kuwX/
Li
Rong
/kiuX/
Wang
Li
/kĭəuX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ki̯ə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiǔ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gau2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jiǔ
Middle
Chinese
‹ kjuwX ›
Old
Chinese
/*s.(r)uʔ/
English Allium

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 # 1/1
No. 6976
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kuʔ/

Definitions

  1. garlic chives; Chinese chives; Chinese leek (Allium tuberosum)

Synonyms

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. garlic chive

Readings

  • Go-on: (ku)
  • Kan-on: きょう (kyō)きう (kiu, historical)
  • Kun: にら (nira, )

Etymology

Kanji in this term
にら
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
にらH
garlic chive (Allium tuberosum)
Alternative spelling
ニラ
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

See also

Korean

Hanja

(gu) (hangeul , revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: cửu

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