芴

芴 U+82B4, 芴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-82B4 ← 芳 [U+82B3] CJK Unified Ideographs 芵 → [U+82B5]

Translingual

Han character

芴 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿心竹竹 (TPHH), four-corner 4422₇, composition ⿱艹勿)

Derived characters

• 㖴, 𬬈

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1021, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30737
• Dae Jaweon: page 1480, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3183, character 8
• Unihan data for U+82B4

Chinese

trad.		芴
simp. #		芴

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English fluorene.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wù (wu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wù
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wù
    • Wade–Giles: wu⁴
    • Yale: wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuh
    • Palladius: у (u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mat⁶
    • Yale: maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: med⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚²/

Definitions

芴

1. (organic chemistry) fluorene

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wù (wu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wù
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wù
    • Wade–Giles: wu⁴
    • Yale: wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuh
    • Palladius: у (u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mat⁶
    • Yale: maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: med⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: mjut

Rime
Character	芴
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	文 (60)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	文弗切
Baxter	mjut
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨut̚/
Pan Wuyun	/miut̚/
Shao Rongfen	/miuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mut̚/
Li Rong	/miuət̚/
Wang Li	/mĭuət̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯uət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mat6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mɯd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	芴
Reading #	1/1
No.	13220
Phonetic component	勿
Rime group	物
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	物
Old Chinese	/*mɯd/

Definitions

芴

1. Name of an edible plant.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 芴 – see 忽 (“suddenly; abruptly; to neglect; to ignore; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 忽).

Compounds

• 芒芴 (huǎnghū)
• 芴漠
• 芴芒 (hūhuǎng)

 

Japanese

Kanji

芴

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: もつ (motsu); もち (mochi); こち (kochi)
• Kan-on: ぶつ (butsu); こつ (kotsu)