蒟蒻

Chinese

		betel
trad. (蒟蒻)		蒟	蒻
simp. #(蒟蒻)		蒟	蒻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǔruò

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˇ ㄖㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi² joek⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǔruò
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˇ ㄖㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyǔruò
    • Wade–Giles: chü³-jo⁴
    • Yale: jyǔ-rwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeuruoh
    • Palladius: цзюйжо (czjujžo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: geoi² joek⁶
    • Yale: géui yeuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey² joek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu² yêg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯³⁵ jœːk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: kjuX|kjuH nyak

Rime
Character	蒟	蒟	蒻
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	虞 (24)	藥 (107)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	俱雨切	九遇切	而灼切
Baxter	kjuX	kjuH	nyak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨoX/	/kɨoH/	/ȵɨɐk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kioX/	/kioH/	/ȵiɐk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kioX/	/kioH/	/ȵʑiɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kuə̆X/	/kuə̆H/	/ȵɨak̚/
Li Rong	/kioX/	/kioH/	/ȵiak̚/
Wang Li	/kĭuX/	/kĭuH/	/ȵʑĭak̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯uX/	/ki̯uH/	/ȵʑi̯ak̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jǔ	jù	ruò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	geoi2	geoi3	joek6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*koʔ|kos  njewɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蒟	蒟	蒻
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
No.	7101	7106	10949
Phonetic component	句	句	弱
Rime group	侯	侯	藥
Rime subdivision	0	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	矩	屨	若
Old Chinese	/*koʔ/	/*kos/	/*njewɢ/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 蒟蒻

1. konjac (foul-smelling plant grown in Asia, Amorphophallus konjac)
2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (originally) betel and bulrush

Synonyms

• (konjac): 魔芋 (móyù), 蒻頭／蒻头 (ruòtóu)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
蒟	蒻
こん Hyōgaiji	にゃく Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

Alternative forms

• 菎蒻

Noun

蒟(こん)蒻(にゃく) or 蒟蒻(コンニャク) • (konnyaku) 

1. konjac

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with コニャック (konyakku, “cognac”).