荸

荸 U+8378, 荸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8378 ← 荷 [U+8377] CJK Unified Ideographs 荹 → [U+8379]

Translingual

Han character

荸 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 13 strokes, Cangjie input 廿十月木 (TJBD), four-corner 4440₇, composition ⿱艹孛)

Derived characters

• 𠍤, 𫆲

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1032, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31001
• Dae Jaweon: page 1492, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3215, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8378

Chinese

trad.		荸
simp. #		荸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bí, bó (bi², bo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˊ, ㄅㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): but⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pi̍t / pu̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bí
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bí
    • Wade–Giles: pi²
    • Yale: bí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: byi
    • Palladius: би (bi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bó
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bó
    • Wade–Giles: po²
    • Yale: bwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bor
    • Palladius: бо (bo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: but⁶
    • Yale: buht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: but⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pi̍t
    • Tâi-lô: pi̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pit
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /pit̚⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /pit̚¹²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /pit̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pu̍t
    • Tâi-lô: pu̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: put
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /put̚⁴/

Definitions

荸

1. only used in 荸薺／荸荠 (bíqi, “Chinese water chestnut”)

Japanese

Kanji

荸

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ほつ (hotsu)、ぼち (bochi)

Vietnamese

Han character

荸: Hán Nôm readings: bột, mụt, bụt

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