韭

See also: 艽 and 非

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

1. scallion, leek
2. radical 179

See also

• 非

References

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

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		韭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǔ (jiu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau²
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): kíu
• Min Nan (POJ): kú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ
    • Wade-Giles: chiu³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeou
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau²
    • Yale: gáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau²
    • IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kíu
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /ki̯u³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kú
    • Tâi-lô: kú
    • IPA (Taipei): /ku⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ku⁵³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (韭, reconstructed)
Character (韭), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 見 (28) Final: 尤 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 舉有切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kɨuX/	/ki̯ə̯uX/	/kiuX/	/kiuX/	/kuwX/	/kĭəuX/	/kiəuX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (韭, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
韭								jiǔ								‹ kjuwX ›								/*s.[k](r)uʔ/								Allium
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
韭					6976					韭					幽					1					久					/*kuʔ/

References

• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

韭

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. leek

Readings

• On: きゅう (kyū), く (ku)
• Kun: にら (nira)

See also

• 葱

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Korean

Hanja

韭 (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune-Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: cửu

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