葇

葇 U+8447, 葇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8447 ← 葆 [U+8446] CJK Unified Ideographs 葈 → [U+8448]

Translingual

Han character

葇 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓竹木 (TNHD), four-corner 4490₄, composition ⿱艹柔)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1043, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31384
• Dae Jaweon: page 1504, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3259, character 2
• Unihan data for U+8447

Chinese

trad.		葇
simp. #		葇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): róu (rou²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: róu
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: róu
    • Wade–Giles: jou²
    • Yale: róu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rou
    • Palladius: жоу (žou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau²
    • Yale: yáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: nyuw, nyuwX

Rime
Character	葇	葇
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	耳由切	人九切
Baxter	nyuw	nyuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵɨu/	/ȵɨuX/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵiu/	/ȵiuX/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑiəu/	/ȵʑiəuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵuw/	/ȵuwX/
Li Rong	/ȵiu/	/ȵiuX/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭəu/	/ȵʑĭəuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ə̯u/	/ȵʑi̯ə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	róu	rǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jau4	jau5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mju/, /*mjuʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	葇	葇
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8831	8841
Phonetic component	矛	矛
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	柔	蹂
Old Chinese	/*mju/	/*mjuʔ/
Notes	見方言	見方言

Definitions

葇

1. (Only used in 香葇.) Elsholtzia ciliata, an aromatic herb from the mint family that can produce aromatic oil and also be used as medicine, also called 香薷.

Japanese

Kanji

葇

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): じゅう (jū); にゅ (nyu)