葭

Translingual

Han character

葭 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿口尸水 (TRSE), four-corner 4424₇, composition ⿱艹叚)

1. reed plant

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1046, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31449
• Dae Jaweon: page 1507, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3257, character 11
• Unihan data for U+846D

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Chinese

trad.		葭
simp. #		葭

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 葭
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
葭	*kraː
麚	*kraː
瘕	*kraː, *kraːʔ
豭	*kraː
貑	*kraː
猳	*kraː
犌	*kraː
假	*kraːʔ, *kraːs
嘏	*kraːʔ
婽	*kraːʔ
椵	*kraːʔ
叚	*kraːʔ
蝦	*qʰraː, *ɡraː
煆	*qʰraː, *qʰraːs
霞	*ɡraː
遐	*ɡraː
瑕	*ɡraː
鰕	*ɡraː
碬	*ɡraː
蕸	*ɡraː
赮	*ɡraː
鍜	*ɡraː
騢	*ɡraː
暇	*ɡraːs

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiā (jia¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ka

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jia
    • Wade–Giles: chia¹
    • Yale: jyā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jia
    • Palladius: цзя (czja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gaa¹
    • Yale: gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka
    • Tâi-lô: ka
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ka⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ka³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ka⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ka⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: kae

Rime
Character	葭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古牙切
Baxter	kae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠa/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/ka/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨ/
Li Rong	/ka/
Wang Li	/ka/
Bernard Karlgren	/ka/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiā
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaa1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kraː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	葭
Reading #	1/1
No.	5948
Phonetic component	叚
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	嘉
Old Chinese	/*kraː/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 葭

1. reed plant

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 葭 – see 笳. (This character is an ancient form of 笳).

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Japanese

Kanji

葭

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. reed

Readings

• Go-on: け (ke)
• Kan-on: か (ka)
• Kun: あし (ashi); よし (yoshi)

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Korean

Hanja

葭 (eum 가 (ga))

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Vietnamese

Han character

葭: Hán Nôm readings: già

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References

• Nom Foundation