苊

Translingual

Han character

苊 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿一尸山 (TMSU), four-corner 4421, composition ⿱艹厄)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1022, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3179, character 11
• Unihan data for U+82CA

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Chinese

trad.		苊
simp. #		苊

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 艹 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 厄.

Etymology

Borrowed from English acenaphthene.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): è (e⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngak¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: è
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: è
    • Wade–Giles: o⁴
    • Yale: è
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eh
    • Palladius: э (e)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ngak¹
    • Yale: ngāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngeg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐk̚⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 苊

1. (organic chemistry) acenaphthene