穙

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *boːɡ) : semantic 禾 (“grain”) + phonetic 菐 (OC *boːɡ, *puɡ)

Han character

穙 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 竹木廿金人 (HDTCO), composition ⿰禾菐)

1. grain crop grow densely

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 860, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25302
• Dae Jaweon: page 1286, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2632, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7A59

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Japanese

Kanji

穙

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ほく (hoku), ぼく (boku)
• Kun: しげる (shigeru)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

穙 (Pinyin pú (pu2), Wade-Giles p'u²)

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