荄

荄 U+8344, 荄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8344 ← 荃 [U+8343] CJK Unified Ideographs 荅 → [U+8345]

Translingual

Han character

荄 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜女人 (TYVO), four-corner 4480₂, composition ⿱艹亥)

Derived characters

• 𠹽 𢲧 𣘃 𦟍 𦃮 𨐮 𨢟 𤼞

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1030, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30935
• Dae Jaweon: page 1489, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3210, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8344

Chinese

trad.		荄
simp. #		荄

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
該	*kɯː
垓	*kɯː
賅	*kɯː
陔	*kɯː
豥	*kɯː, *ɡɯː
荄	*kɯː, *krɯː
郂	*kɯː
姟	*kɯː
絯	*kɯː, *ɡrɯːʔ
晐	*kɯː
峐	*kɯː
侅	*kɯː, *kʰɯː, *ɡɯːʔ, *ɡrɯːʔ
胲	*kɯː
頦	*kɯːʔ, *ɡɯː
奒	*kʰɯː
輆	*kʰɯːʔ
欬	*kʰɯːɡs, *qraːds
硋	*ŋɡɯːɡs
閡	*ŋɡɯːɡs
咳	*qʰɯː, *ɡɯː
孩	*ɡɯː
亥	*ɡɯːʔ
劾	*ɡɯːɡs, *kʰrɯːɡs, *ɡɯːɡ
痎	*krɯː
烗	*kʰrɯːɡs
骸	*ɡrɯː
駭	*ɡrɯːʔ
刻	*kʰɯːɡ
餩	*qɯːɡ
核	*ɡuːd, *ɡrɯːɡ

Etymology

Smith (2011) groups this word with the following terms into a word family meaning “root, germ, generative core”:

• its derivative 根 (OC *kɯːn, “root”),
• 核 (OC *ɡrɯːɡ, “germ, kernel”),
• 骸 (OC *ɡrɯː, “(human) bones”),
• 孩 (OC *ɡɯː, “child”),
• 亥 (OC *ɡɯːʔ, “sprouting stage”), i.e. "the moon’s first appearance" > "twelfth earthly branch".

See 核 (OC *ɡrɯːɡ) for further etymology.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāi (gai¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): goi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gai
    • Wade–Giles: kai¹
    • Yale: gāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gai
    • Palladius: гай (gaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: goi¹
    • Yale: gōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: goi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːi̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: keaj, koj

Rime
Character	荄	荄
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	皆 (33)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	古諧切	古哀切
Baxter	keaj	koj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠɛi/	/kʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚæi/	/kəi/
Shao Rongfen	/kɐi/	/kɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəɨj/	/kəj/
Li Rong	/kɛi/	/kᴀi/
Wang Li	/kɐi/	/kɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/kăi/	/kɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiē	gāi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaai1	goi1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kɯː/, /*krɯː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	荄	荄
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	4808	4831
Phonetic component	亥	亥
Rime group	之	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	該	皆
Old Chinese	/*kɯː/	/*krɯː/
Notes		亥之轉註字

Definitions

荄

1. grassroot

Japanese

Kanji

荄

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. roots

Readings

• On (unclassified): かい (kai)
• Kun: ね (ne, 荄)