蒪

蒪 U+84AA, 蒪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-84AA ← 蒩 [U+84A9] CJK Unified Ideographs 蒫 → [U+84AB]

Translingual

Han character

蒪 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿戈月戈 (TIBI), four-corner 4434₆, composition ⿱艹尃)

1. Myoga, myoga ginger or Japanese ginger (myōga (蘘荷,茗荷))

Derived characters

• 礡 䥬 䪇 𣝍 𦡰 𩟛 𩏯 𩼬

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1049, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31594
• Dae Jaweon: page 1510, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3262, character 1
• Unihan data for U+84AA

Chinese

trad.		蒪
simp. #		蒪

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (甫) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
豧	*pʰoːs, *pʰa, *pʰas
縛	*baːɡs, *baɡ
逋	*paː
餔	*paː, *baːs
晡	*paː
庯	*paː
陠	*paː, *pʰaː
鵏	*paː, *baːs
峬	*paː
誧	*paː, *pʰaː, *pʰaːʔ, *pʰaːs
秿	*paː, *pʰa, *baʔ
鯆	*paː, *pʰaː, *paʔ
補	*paːʔ
圃	*paːʔ, *paːs
鋪	*pʰaː, *pʰaːs, *pʰa
痡	*pʰaː, *pʰa
浦	*pʰaːʔ
烳	*pʰaːʔ
溥	*pʰaːʔ, *paːɡ
悑	*pʰaːs
酺	*baː
匍	*baː
蜅	*baː, *paʔ
脯	*baː, *paʔ
葡	*baː
蒱	*baː
蒲	*baː
簿	*baːʔ, *baːɡ
捕	*baːs
哺	*baːs
簠	*pa, *paʔ, *pʰas
甫	*paʔ
黼	*paʔ
莆	*paʔ
俌	*paʔ, *pʰaʔ
郙	*paʔ, *pʰa
傅	*paɡs
搏	*paɡs, *paːɡ, *pʰaːɡ
麱	*pʰa
尃	*pʰa
榑	*ba
輔	*baʔ
鬴	*baʔ
賻	*baɡs
博	*paːɡ
髆	*paːɡ
鎛	*paːɡ
猼	*paːɡ
餺	*paːɡ
簙	*paːɡ
鑮	*paːɡ, *baːɡ
欂	*paːɡ, *baɡ, *breːɡ
蒪	*pʰaːɡ
膊	*pʰaːɡ
薄	*baːɡ
礡	*baːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pò (po⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pok³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pò
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pò
    • Wade–Giles: pʻo⁴
    • Yale: pwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: poh
    • Palladius: по (po)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pok³
    • Yale: pok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: pog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔːk̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: phak

Rime
Character	蒪
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	唐 (104)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	匹各切
Baxter	phak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰwɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰʷɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰuɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰwak̚/
Li Rong	/pʰuɑk̚/
Wang Li	/pʰuɑk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰwɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	po
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pok3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰaːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蒪
Reading #	1/1
No.	3484
Phonetic component	甫
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	𩔈
Old Chinese	/*pʰaːɡ/
Notes	見大招

Definitions

蒪

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Japanese

Kanji

蒪

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

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• Go-on: はく (haku)
• Kan-on: はく (haku)