莒

Translingual

Alternative forms

Due to Han unification, the traditional form containing 呂 and simplified form containing 吕 are encoded under the same code point. Depending on the font installed, this character may appear to be either 莒 or 莒.

Han character

莒 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7 in traditional Chinese, 艸+6 in simplified Chinese, 10 strokes in traditional Chinese, 9 strokes in simplified Chinese, cangjie input 廿口竹口 (TRHR) or 廿口口 (TRR), four-corner 4460₆, composition ⿱艹吕(G) or ⿱艹呂(HTJK))

Derived characters

• 𪬠 (Contains ⿱艹呂)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1034, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31046
• Dae Jaweon: page 1493, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3204, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8392

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Chinese

trad.		莒
simp. #		莒

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
櫚	*ra
閭	*ra
吕	*ɡ·raʔ
侣	*raʔ
梠	*raʔ
郘	*raʔ
絽	*raʔ
莒	*klaʔ
筥	*klaʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǔ (ju³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kú / kír / kí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chü³
    • Yale: jyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeu
    • Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: geoi²
    • Yale: géui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kú
    • Tâi-lô: kú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /ku⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kír
    • Tâi-lô: kír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kí
    • Tâi-lô: kí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: kjoX

Rime
Character	莒
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居許切
Baxter	kjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨʌX/
Pan Wuyun	/kiɔX/
Shao Rongfen	/kiɔX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨə̆X/
Li Rong	/kiɔX/
Wang Li	/kĭoX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	geoi2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*k.raʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*klaʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	莒
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ kjoX ›
Old Chinese	/*k.raʔ/ (dialect: *k.r- > > kr-)
English	plant; place name
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	莒
Reading #	1/1
No.	8584
Phonetic component	呂
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	舉
Old Chinese	/*klaʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 莒

1. taro

   Template:zh-syn

2. (～國) state of Ju during the Zhou dynasty
3. (～縣) Ju county in Shandong province
4. a surname

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Japanese

Kanji

莒

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): きょ (kyo), こ (ko)
• Kun: いも (imo)

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Korean

Hanja

莒 • (geo) (hangeul 거, revised geo, McCune–Reischauer kŏ, Yale ke)

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