蒻

蒻 U+84BB, 蒻 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-84BB ← 蒺 [U+84BA] CJK Unified Ideographs 蒼 → [U+84BC]

Translingual

Han character

蒻 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓一一 (TNMM), four-corner 4422₇, composition ⿱艹弱)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1050, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31623
• Dae Jaweon: page 1512, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3272, character 12
• Unihan data for U+84BB

Chinese

trad.		蒻
simp. #		蒻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ruò (ruo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joek⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ruò
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ruò
    • Wade–Giles: jo⁴
    • Yale: rwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruoh
    • Palladius: жо (žo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: joek⁶
    • Yale: yeuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: nyak

Rime
Character	蒻
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	藥 (107)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	而灼切
Baxter	nyak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵɨɐk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵiɐk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑiɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵɨak̚/
Li Rong	/ȵiak̚/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭak̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ak̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ruò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	joek6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*njewɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蒻
Reading #	1/1
No.	10949
Phonetic component	弱
Rime group	藥
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	若
Old Chinese	/*njewɢ/

Definitions

蒻

1. bulrush; cattail
2. mat made from bulrush
3. lower part of lotus root
4. konjac

Compounds

• 蒻席
• 蒟蒻 (jǔruò)
• 蒻頭／蒻头 (ruòtóu)

 

Japanese

Kanji

蒻

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: にゃく (nyaku)
• Kan-on: じゃく (jaku)
• On: だく (daku)
• Kun: こまかい (komakai, 蒻かい); むしろ (mushiro, 蒻)

Compounds

• 蒟(こん)蒻(にゃく) (konnyaku, “konjac”)

Korean

Hanja

蒻 • (yak) (hangeul 약, revised yak, McCune–Reischauer yak, Yale yak)

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