橡

橡 U+6A61, 橡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6A61 ← 橠 [U+6A60] CJK Unified Ideographs 橢 → [U+6A62]

Translingual

Han character

橡 (radical 75, 木+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 木弓日人 (DNAO), four-corner 4793₂, composition ⿰木象)

References

• KangXi: page 554, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15564
• Dae Jaweon: page 943, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1282, character 7
• Unihan data for U+6A61

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		橡
variant forms		樣／样 様 𬂭 second round simplified

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàng (xiang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): siǒng / siōng / siāng / chhiǔⁿ / chhiūⁿ / chhiōⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianq
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng⁶
    • Yale: jeuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕœːŋ²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siǒng
    • Tâi-lô: siǒng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng
    • Tâi-lô: siōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng
    • Tâi-lô: siāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiǔⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshiǔnn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiũ²²/
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiūⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshiūnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chviu
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiũ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiũ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiōⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshiōnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chvioi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɔ̃²²/

Note:

• siǒng/siōng/siāng - literary;
• chhiǔⁿ/chhiūⁿ/chhiōⁿ - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: /zɨɐŋ^X/▼

Rime
Character	橡
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	徐兩切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/zɨɐŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/ziɐŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/ziɑŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zɨaŋX/
Li Rong	/ziaŋX/
Wang Li	/zĭaŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/zi̯aŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiàng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-[d]aŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ljaŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	橡
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiàng
Middle Chinese	‹ zjangX ›
Old Chinese	/*s-[d]aŋʔ/
English	acorn
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	橡
Reading #	1/1
No.	13665
Phonetic component	象
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	像
Old Chinese	/*ljaŋʔ/

Definitions

橡

1. Acorn (the fruit of the oak tree).
2. A tree in the genus Quercus.

Synonyms

• (acorn): 橡子 (xiàngzǐ)

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02027

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Japanese

Kanji

橡

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しょう (shō); ぞう (zō)
• Kun: とち (tochi, 橡); くぬぎ (kunugi, 橡)

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Korean

Hanja

橡 • (sang) (hangeul 상, revised sang, McCune–Reischauer sang, Yale sang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

橡 (tượng)

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