蕉

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• 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

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Chinese

trad.		蕉
simp. #		蕉

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
癄	*ʔsrews
焦	*ʔsew
蕉	*ʔsew
鷦	*ʔsew
僬	*ʔsew, *ʔsews, *zew
噍	*ʔsew, *zews
膲	*ʔsew
鐎	*ʔsew, *zew
蟭	*ʔsew
燋	*ʔsew, *ʔsewɢ
醮	*ʔsews
潐	*ʔsews
趭	*ʔsews, *zews, *lews
樵	*zew
譙	*zew
憔	*zew
劁	*zew, *zews
顦	*zew
嶕	*zew
撨	*zew, *seːw
穛	*ʔsreːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsew) : semantic 艸 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 焦 (OC *ʔsew).

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāo (jiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chêu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chio / chiau

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zio¹ / ziê¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiao
    • Wade–Giles: chiao¹
    • Yale: jyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiau
    • Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ziu¹
    • Yale: jīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dziu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chêu
    • Hakka Romanization System: zeu^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zeu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡seu̯²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio / chiau
    • Tâi-lô: tsio / tsiau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cioy, ciaw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sio⁴⁴/, /t͡siau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sio³³/, /t͡siau³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sio⁴⁴/, /t͡siau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sio⁴⁴/, /t͡siau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɤ⁴⁴/, /t͡siau⁴⁴/

Note:

• chio - vernacular;
• chiau - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: zio¹ / ziê¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsio / tsie
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sio³³/, /t͡sie³³/

Note:

• zio1 - Shantou;
• ziê1 - Chaozhou.

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• Middle Chinese: tsjew

Rime
Character	蕉
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	即消切
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

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蕉
Reading #	1/1
No.	6342
Phonetic component	焦
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	焦
Old Chinese	/*ʔsew/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蕉

1. ^† unsoaked hemp
2. ^† abaca
3. banana; plantain (any plant in Musaceae, especially the edible fruit) (Classifier: 根 m; 串 m; 把 m; 條／条 c; 梳 c; 弓 mn)
4. a surname

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 香蕉 (“banana”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		香蕉
Taxonomic name		香蕉
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	香蕉
	Taiwan	香蕉
	Malaysia	香蕉
	Singapore	香蕉
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	香蕉
	Jinan	香蕉
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	香蕉
	Xi'an	香蕉
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	香蕉
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	香蕉
	Wuhan	香蕉
	Dagudi (Maliba)	香蕉
	Reshuitang (Longling)	香蕉
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	香蕉
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	香蕉
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	香蕉
	Hefei	香蕉
Mandarin	Fuzhou (Qinjiang, Changle)	芭蕉果
Cantonese	Guangzhou	香蕉, 蕉
	Hong Kong	蕉, 香蕉
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	牙蕉
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	香蕉, 蕉
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	香蕉, 牙蕉
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	牙蕉
	Macau	蕉, 香蕉
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	香蕉, 蕉
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	香蕉
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	蕉仔
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	蕉, 香蕉, 香牙蕉
	Foshan	香蕉, 蕉
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	蕉
	Foshan (Shunde)	蕉, 香蕉
	Foshan (Sanshui)	香蕉
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	香蕉
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	蕉, 香蕉
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	蕉, 香蕉
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	香蕉
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	蕉果
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	蕉
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	蕉
	Taishan	香蕉, 蕉果
	Kaiping (Chikan)	香蕉
	Enping (Niujiang)	香蕉
	Heshan (Yayao)	蕉果
	Dongguan	蕉, 香蕉
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	牙蕉
	Shaoguan	香蕉
	Yunfu	香蕉
	Yangjiang	蕉子
	Xinyi	香蕉, 蕉子, 粉蕉
	Lianjiang	蕉子, 香蕉
	Nanning	香蕉
	Wuzhou	香蕉
	Yulin	香蕉
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	香蕉
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	香蕉, 弓蕉
	Penang (Guangfu)	弓蕉
	Ipoh (Guangfu)	香蕉, 弓蕉
	Singapore (Guangfu)	香蕉
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	香牙蕉
Gan	Nanchang	香蕉
Hakka	Meixian	香蕉, 弓蕉
	Dabu (Xihe)	香蕉, 弓蕉
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	香蕉
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	蕉
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	香蕉
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	牙蕉, 蕉
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	香蕉
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	弓蕉
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	蕉哩
	Wuhua (Changbu)	弓蕉
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	弓蕉
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	蕉
	Jiexi	弓蕉
	Luhe	弓蕉
	Raoping (Xinfeng)	弓蕉
	Changting	香蕉
	Longyan (Yongding)	牙蕉
	Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)	弓蕉
	Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding)	牙蕉
	Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding)	牙蕉
	Liancheng	香蕉
	Liancheng (Peitian)	香蕉
	Liancheng (Zhongbao)	香蕉
	Liancheng (Laiyuan)	香蕉
	Ninghua	牙蕉
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	弓蕉
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	弓蕉
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	弓蕉
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	弓蕉
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	弓蕉
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	弓蕉
	Hong Kong	牙蕉
	Sabah (Longchuan)	蕉
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	弓蕉
	Senai (Huiyang)	弓蕉
	Bangkok (Meixian)	弓蕉
	Bangkok (Fengshun)	弓蕉
Huizhou	Jixi	香蕉
Jin	Taiyuan	香蕉
	Pingyao	香蕉
Northern Min	Jian'ou	香蕉, 芭蕉果
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	芭蕉, 芭蕉果
	Matsu	芭蕉果
Southern Min	Xiamen	弓蕉
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	弓蕉
	Quanzhou	弓蕉
	Jinjiang	弓蕉
	Hui'an	弓蕉
	Anxi	弓蕉
	Yongchun	弓蕉
	Zhangzhou	弓蕉, 牙蕉, 蕉
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	牙蕉
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	蕉
	Pinghe	牙蕉
	Zhangpu	牙蕉
	Yunxiao	牙蕉
	Zhao'an	牙蕉
	Dongshan	牙蕉
	Taipei	金蕉, 弓蕉
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	弓蕉
	Kaohsiung	弓蕉
	Yilan	弓蕉
	Changhua (Lukang)	金蕉, 弓蕉
	Taichung	弓蕉
	Tainan	弓蕉
	Hsinchu	弓蕉
	Kinmen	弓蕉
	Penghu (Magong)	弓蕉
	Penang (Hokkien)	弓蕉
	Singapore (Hokkien)	弓蕉, 金蕉
	Manila (Hokkien)	弓蕉
	Medan (Hokkien)	弓蕉
	Longyan	蕉弓
	Zhangping	蕉弓
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	蕉弓
	Datian	弓蕉
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	香蕉
	Chaozhou	弓蕉
	Raoping	弓蕉
	Shantou	弓蕉
	Shantou (Chenghai)	弓蕉
	Jieyang	弓蕉
	Puning	弓蕉
	Haifeng	弓蕉
	Bangkok (Teochew)	弓蕉
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	弓蕉
	Singapore (Teochew)	弓蕉
	Leizhou	蕉
	Wenchang	香蕉
	Haikou	牙蕉
	Singapore (Hainanese)	芭蕉
Puxian Min	Putian	弓蕉
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	蕉祖
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	弓蕉
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	弓蕉
	Xianyou	蕉祖
	Xianyou (Fengting)	蕉祖
	Xianyou (Youyang)	蕉祖
	Fuding (Aoyao)	番蕉
Central Min	Yong'an	香蕉
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	香蕉
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	香蕉
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	香蕉
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	香蕉
Shehua	Fu'an	蕉仔
	Fuding	香蕉
	Luoyuan	香蕉
	Sanming	香蕉
	Shunchang	香蕉
	Hua'an	蕉
	Guixi (Zhangping)	香蕉
	Cangnan	香蕉
	Jingning (Hexi)	香蕉
	Lishui	香蕉
	Longyou	香蕉
	Chaozhou	香蕉
	Fengshun	香蕉
Wu	Shanghai	香蕉
	Suzhou	香蕉
	Wuxi	香蕉
	Danyang	香蕉
	Hangzhou	香蕉
	Ningbo	香蕉
	Wenzhou	香蕉
	Jinhua	香蕉
Xiang	Changsha	香蕉
	Shuangfeng	香蕉
	Quanzhou	香蕉

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiáo (qiao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciáo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiao²
    • Yale: chyáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyau
    • Palladius: цяо (cjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蕉

1. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 憔 (qiáo, “haggard”).
2. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 樵 (qiáo, “firewood”).

Etymology 3

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

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Japanese

Kanji

蕉

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. banana
2. plantain

Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kun: きあさ (kiasa, 蕉); こげる (kogeru, 蕉げる)

Compounds

• 芭蕉(ばしょう) (bashō)
• 甘蕉(かんしょう) (kanshō), 甘蕉(バナナ) (banana)

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Korean

Hanja

蕉 • (cho) (hangeul 초, revised cho, McCune–Reischauer ch'o, Yale cho)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 蕉 (tiêu)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.