茭

See also: 椒

茭 U+832D, 茭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-832D ← 茬 [U+832C] CJK Unified Ideographs 茮 → [U+832E]

Translingual

Han character

茭 (radical 140, 艸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜金大 (TYCK), four-corner 4440₈, composition ⿱艹交)

1. an aquatic grass, the stalks of which are eaten as a vegetable

References

• KangXi: page 1028, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30904
• Dae Jaweon: page 1487, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3208, character 5
• Unihan data for U+832D

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		茭

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāo (jiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ
    • Wade–Giles: chiao¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiau
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaau¹
    • Yale: gāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kɑːu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /kˠau/▼

Rime
Character	茭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古肴切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/kau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨw/
Li Rong	/kau/
Wang Li	/kau/
Bernard Karlgren	/kau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiāo

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤr[a]w/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kreːw/, /*kreːwʔ/, /*ɡreːwʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	茭
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiāo
Middle Chinese	‹ kæw ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˁr[a]w/
English	dried grass
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	茭	茭	茭
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	6298	6309	6328
Phonetic component	交	交	交
Rime group	宵	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	交	絞	澩
Old Chinese	/*kreːw/	/*kreːwʔ/	/*ɡreːwʔ/
Notes		䕧注或體	䕧注或體

Definitions

茭

1. dry feed
2. Oenanthe javanica
3. cable made from bamboo or reed
4. Zizania latifolia

Compounds

• 玉茭 (yùjiāo)

• 茭白 (jiāobái)

• 茭白筍／茭白笋

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 茭 – see 椒 (“Sichuan pepper; any similar plants and spices, such as pepper and chili; etc.”). (This character, 茭, is the second-round simplified form of 椒.)

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

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Japanese

Kanji

茭

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けき (keki), きゃく (kyaku), こう (kō), きょう (kyō), ごう (gō)
• Kun: まぐさ (magusa)

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Vietnamese

Han character

茭 (giao)

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