蕥

Translingual

Han character

蕥 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿一竹土 (TMHG), four-corner 4421₄, composition ⿱艹雅)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1058, character 36
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31996
• Dae Jaweon: page 1521, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3290, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8565

---

Chinese

trad.		蕥
simp. #		蕥

Glyph origin

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎ (ya³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaa⁵

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎ
    • Wade–Giles: ya³
    • Yale: yǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yea
    • Palladius: я (ja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ngaa⁵
    • Yale: ngáh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: nga⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaː¹³/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蕥

1. ^‡ (of rice crop) to not form ears and blossom