蕎

See also: 荞

Translingual

Han character

蕎 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹大月 (THKB), four-corner 4422₇, composition ⿱艹喬)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1057, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31946
• Dae Jaweon: page 1520, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3292, character 4
• Unihan data for U+854E

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Chinese

trad.		蕎
simp.		荞

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
驕	*krew
嬌	*krew, *krewʔ, *ɡrew
憍	*krew, *kʰrew
穚	*krew
鷮	*krew, *ɡrew
蕎	*krew, *ɡrew
喬	*krew, *ɡrew
簥	*krew
撟	*krew, *krewʔ
矯	*krewʔ
鱎	*krewʔ
敽	*krewʔ
蟜	*krewʔ, *ɡrew
譑	*krewʔ, *kʰews
蹻	*krewʔ, *kʰew, *ɡrew, *kewɢ, *ɡewɢ
繑	*kʰew
鞽	*kʰrew
趫	*kʰrew, *ɡrew
嘺	*ɡew
橋	*ɡrew
僑	*ɡrew
鐈	*ɡrew
毊	*ɡrew, *qʰrew
轎	*ɡrew, *ɡrews
嶠	*ɡrews
獢	*qʰrew
屩	*kewɢ

艹 + 喬.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiáo (qiao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kiu⁴

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kiu⁴
    • Yale: kìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: kjew, gjew

Rime
Character	蕎	蕎
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	宵 (92)	宵 (92)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	舉喬切	巨嬌切
Baxter	kjew	gjew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiᴇu/	/ɡˠiᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚiɛu/	/ɡᵚiɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/kiæu/	/ɡiæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kiaw/	/giaw/
Li Rong	/kjɛu/	/ɡjɛu/
Wang Li	/kĭɛu/	/ɡĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯ɛu/	/gi̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiāo	qiáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	giu1	kiu4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ](r)aw/

  (Zhengzhang): /*krew/, /*ɡrew/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蕎
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qiáo
Middle Chinese	‹ gjew ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ](r)aw/ (no pre-Qín exx.)
English	buckwheat (qiáomài 蕎⿆麥)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蕎	蕎
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	10331	10353
Phonetic component	喬	喬
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	驕	喬
Old Chinese	/*krew/	/*ɡrew/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蕎

1. buckwheat

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Japanese

Kanji

蕎

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. buckwheat

Readings

• On (unclassified): きょう (kyō); ぎょう (gyō)
• Kun: そば (soba)

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Korean

Hanja

蕎 • (gyo) (hangeul 교, revised gyo, McCune–Reischauer kyo, Yale kyo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 蕎 (Kiều; ướm kiệu)

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