艽

See also: 韭

Translingual

Han character

艽 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+2, 8 strokes, cangjie input 廿大弓 (TKN) or 難廿大弓 (XTKN), four-corner 4441₇, composition ⿱艹九)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1017, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30646
• Dae Jaweon: page 1475, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3173, character 4
• Unihan data for U+827D

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Chinese

trad.		艽
simp. #		艽

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 艽
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (九) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
尻	*kʰuː
訄	*kʰuː, *kʰu, *ɡu
艽	*krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw, *ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
虓	*qʰruː
鳩	*ku
勼	*ku
九	*kuʔ
究	*kus
仇	*ɡu
鼽	*ɡu
犰	*ɡu
叴	*ɡu
厹	*ɡu
頄	*ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
朹	*ɡu, *kʷrɯwʔ
馗	*ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
扏	*ɡu
訅	*ɡu
釚	*ɡu
肍	*ɡu
軌	*kʷrɯwʔ
宄	*kʷrɯwʔ
氿	*kʷrɯwʔ
匭	*kʷrɯwʔ
泦	*kuɡ
旭	*qʰʷoɡ

Etymology 1

From 交 (jiāo).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāo (jiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau¹ / gau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiao
    • Wade–Giles: chiao¹
    • Yale: jyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiau
    • Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gaau¹ / gau²
    • Yale: gāau / gáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau¹ / gau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao¹ / geo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯⁵⁵/, /kɐu̯³⁵/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*krɯːw/, /*qʰrɯːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	艽	艽
Reading #	1/4	2/4
No.	6915	6937
Phonetic component	丩	九
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	交	交
Old Chinese	/*krɯːw/	/*qʰrɯːw/
Notes	芁今體，集韻正體下從丩	芁今體集韻正體從丩， 本屬丩聲

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 艽

1. Only used in 秦艽 (qínjiāo).

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiú (qiu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cióu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiu²
    • Yale: chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyou
    • Palladius: цю (cju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kau⁴
    • Yale: kàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: keo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: gwij, gjuw

Rime
Character	艽	艽
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	脂 (18)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	渠追切	巨鳩切
Baxter	gwij	gjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiuɪ/	/ɡɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡʷᵚi/	/ɡiu/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiuɪ/	/ɡiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gjwi/	/guw/
Li Rong	/ɡjui/	/ɡiu/
Wang Li	/ɡwi/	/ɡĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/gwi/	/gi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuí	qiú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kwai4	kau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷrɯw/, /*ɡu/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	艽	艽
Reading #	4/4	3/4
No.	6964	6950
Phonetic component	九	九
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	逵	𧚍
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷrɯw/	/*ɡu/
Notes	集韻改渠龜切

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 艽

1. wild
2. mat grass in the lairs of beasts and birds

References

• “艽”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 艽 – see 韭 (“garlic chives; Chinese chives; Chinese leek”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 韭).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji

艽

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): きゅう (kyū), ぐ (gu), き (ki), ぎ (gi)
• Kun: あれの (areno)