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U+8549, 蕉
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8549

[U+8548]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+854A]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 140, +12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿人土火 (TOGF), four-corner 44331, composition )

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1057, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31937
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1520, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3292, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+8549

Chinese

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simp. #

Glyph origin

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ʔsew) : semantic (grass; plant) + phonetic (OC *ʔsew).

Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Related to 焦 (burned, dried > unsoaked)? Related to Vietnamese chuối?”)

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • chio - vernacular;
  • chiau - literary.
Note:
  • zio1 - Shantou;
  • ziê1 - Chaozhou.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (13)
Final () (91)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter tsjew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡siᴇu/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡siɛu/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sjæu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡siaw/
Li
Rong
/t͡siɛu/
Wang
Li
/t͡sĭɛu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡si̯ɛu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiāo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ziu1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 6342
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ʔsew/

Definitions

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  1. unsoaked hemp
  2. abaca
  3. banana; plantain (any plant in Musaceae, especially the edible fruit) (Classifier: m;  m;  m;  c;  c;  c;  mn)
  4. a surname
Synonyms
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Compounds

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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. Alternative form of (qiáo, haggard)
  2. Alternative form of (qiáo, firewood)

Compounds

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Etymology 3

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see 𣟼.
(This character is a variant form of 𣟼).

Etymology 4

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Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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  1. (Cantonese, onomatopoeia) sound of firing a gun
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References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. banana
  2. plantain

Readings

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Compounds

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Korean

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Hanja

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(eumhun 파초 (pacho cho))

  1. hanja form? of (banana)

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: tiêu

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