莍

莍 U+838D, 莍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-838D ← 莌 [U+838C] CJK Unified Ideographs 莎 → [U+838E]

Translingual

Han character

莍 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿戈十水 (TIJE), four-corner 4423₂, composition ⿱艹求)

1. a wart-like protuberance on a fruit's outer skin layer.

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1033, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31039
• Dae Jaweon: page 1493, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3215, character 5
• Unihan data for U+838D

Chinese

trad.		莍
simp. #		莍

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
救	*kus
求	*ɡu
球	*ɡu
逑	*ɡu
賕	*ɡu
蛷	*ɡu
莍	*ɡu
殏	*ɡu
梂	*ɡu
俅	*ɡu
脙	*ɡu, *qʰu
絿	*ɡu
銶	*ɡu
毬	*ɡu
捄	*ɡu, *ko
觩	*ɡu

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡu) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 求 (OC *ɡu)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiú (qiu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cióu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiu²
    • Yale: chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyou
    • Palladius: цю (cju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: gjuw

Rime
Character	莍
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	巨鳩切
Baxter	gjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiu/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/guw/
Li Rong	/ɡiu/
Wang Li	/ɡĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡu/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	莍
Reading #	1/1
No.	10565
Phonetic component	求
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	𧚍
Old Chinese	/*ɡu/

Definitions

莍

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Japanese

Kanji

莍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): きゅう (kyū); ぐ (gu); きく (kiku); ぎく (giku)