薅

Translingual

Han character

薅 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿女一戈 (TVMI) or 難難廿女一 (XXTVM), four-corner 4444₃, composition ⿱艹媷)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1060, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32085
• Dae Jaweon: page 1524, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3309, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8585

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Chinese

trad.		薅
simp. #		薅
alternative forms		茠 𢫩 ‡ 𢬺 ‡s 𣐾 ‡ 䒵 ‡s 2nd‐round simp. 茠 𢫩 ‡ 𢬺 ‡s 𣐾 ‡ 䒵 ‡s 2nd‐round simp. 𦵢 ‡ 𦼸 ‡ 𢴅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hāo (hao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hao
    • Wade–Giles: hao¹
    • Yale: hāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hau
    • Palladius: хао (xao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hou¹
    • Yale: hōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xaw

Rime
Character	薅
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	呼毛切
Baxter	xaw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/hɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/xɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/haw/
Li Rong	/xɑu/
Wang Li	/xɑu/
Bernard Karlgren	/xɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hou1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰˤu/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰuː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	薅
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hāo
Middle Chinese	‹ xaw ›
Old Chinese	/*qʰˁu/
English	weed (v.)
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	薅
Reading #	1/1
No.	4912
Phonetic component	好
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	蒿
Old Chinese	/*qʰuː/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 薅

1. to pull off weeds
2. to pull; to grab

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Japanese

Kanji

薅

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō)
• Kun: くきおとる (kukiotoru)