荼
Translingual
Han character
荼 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿人一木 (TOMD), four-corner 44904, composition ⿱艹余)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1032, character 21
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31008
- Dae Jaweon: page 1492, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3221, character 11
- Unihan data for U+837C
Chinese
trad. | 荼 | |
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simp. # | 荼 |
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 荼 | |
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Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Old Chinese | |
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斜 | *lja, *laː |
茶 | *rlaː |
荼 | *rlaː, *ɦlja, *l'aː |
梌 | *rlaː, *l̥ʰaː, *l'aː |
搽 | *rlaː |
塗 | *rlaː, *l'aː |
佘 | *ɦlja |
賒 | *hljaː |
畬 | *hljaː, *la |
舍 | *hljaːʔ, *hljaːs |
捨 | *hljaːʔ |
騇 | *hljaːʔ, *hljaːs |
涻 | *hljaːs |
稌 | *l̥ʰaː, *l̥ʰaːʔ |
悇 | *l̥ʰaː, *l̥ʰas, *las |
庩 | *l̥ʰaː |
捈 | *l̥ʰaː, *l'aː |
途 | *l'aː |
酴 | *l'aː |
駼 | *l'aː |
鵌 | *l'aː, *la |
涂 | *l'aː, *l'a |
嵞 | *l'aː |
峹 | *l'aː |
筡 | *l'aː, *l̥ʰa |
蒤 | *l'aː |
徐 | *lja |
俆 | *lja |
敘 | *ljaʔ |
漵 | *ljaʔ |
除 | *l'a, *l'as |
篨 | *rla |
滁 | *rla |
蒢 | *rla |
蜍 | *ɦlja, *la |
鵨 | *hljaː |
瑹 | *hlja |
余 | *la |
餘 | *la |
艅 | *la |
狳 | *la |
雓 | *la |
悆 | *las |
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tú
- Wade–Giles: tʻu2
- Yale: tú
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twu
- Palladius: ту (tu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰu³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: tou4
- Yale: tòuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: tou4
- Guangdong Romanization: tou4
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰou̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: drae, du, zyae
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤra/
- (Zhengzhang): /*rlaː/, /*l'aː/, /*ɦlja/
Definitions
- a type of bitter vegetable, of Sonchus or Lactuca
- (figurative) pain; suffering
- white flower of cogon grass or reed
Usage notes
- 荼 can refer to one of several types of bitter tasting vegetables. Early Chinese texts are rather vague in their description, which makes it difficult to determine which species it originally referred to.
Compounds
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Pronunciation 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 荼 – see 茶 (“tea; tea; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 茶). |
Pronunciation 3
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yé
- Wade–Giles: yeh2
- Yale: yé
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ye
- Palladius: е (je)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɛ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Definitions
- a surname
Pronunciation 4
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shu
- Wade–Giles: shu1
- Yale: shū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shu
- Palladius: шу (šu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂu⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: syu1
- Yale: syū
- Cantonese Pinyin: sy1
- Guangdong Romanization: xu1
- Sinological IPA (key): /syː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Definitions
- Only used in 神荼 (Shēnshū).
Compounds
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Pronunciation 5
For pronunciation and definitions of 荼 – see 舒 (“to open up; to unfold; to stretch out; to relax; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 舒). |
Japanese
Kanji
荼
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- kanji used to transliterate Buddhist terms borrowed from Sanskrit
Readings
- Go-on: じゃ (ja)←ぢや (dya, historical); ど (do)
- Kan-on: た (ta); と (to)
- Kan’yō-on: だ (da)
- Kun: にがな (nigana, 荼)
Compounds
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
(deprecated template usage) 荼 (đồ, dưa, giưa)
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