藁

藁 U+85C1, 藁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85C1 ← 藀 [U+85C0] CJK Unified Ideographs 藂 → [U+85C2]

Translingual

Han character

藁 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+14, 17 strokes, Cangjie input 廿卜口木 (TYRD) or 難廿卜口木 (XTYRD), composition ⿱艹槀)

1. straw, hay
2. dry, withered

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1063, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32222
• Dae Jaweon: page 1528, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3315, character 5
• Unihan data for U+85C1

Chinese

trad.		藁
simp. #		藁

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
高	*kaːw
膏	*kaːw, *kaːws
篙	*kaːw
稿	*kaːwʔ
稾	*kaːwʔ, *kʰaːws
槁	*kaːwʔ, *kʰaːwʔ
縞	*kaːwʔ, *kaːws
暠	*kaːwʔ
槀	*kaːwʔ
藁	*kaːwʔ
燺	*kʰaːwʔ
薧	*kʰaːwʔ, *kʰaːws, *qʰaːw
犒	*kʰaːws
蒿	*qʰaːw
藃	*qʰaːws, *qʰraːw, *qʰraw
豪	*ɡaːw
毫	*ɡaːw
壕	*ɡaːw
濠	*ɡaːw
鎬	*ɡaːwʔ
滈	*ɡaːwʔ, *qʰraːwɢ
鄗	*ɡaːwʔ, *kʰraːw, *qʰaːwɢ
鰝	*ɡaːwʔ, *qʰaːwɢ
薃	*ɡaːwʔ
搞	*kruːʔ
敲	*kʰraːw, *kʰraːws
髇	*qʰraːw
嗃	*qʰraːw, *qʰraːws, *qʰaːwɢ
巐	*kʰl'awʔ
歊	*qʰraw, *qʰoːwɢ
謞	*qʰaːwɢ, *qʰraːwɢ
熇	*qʰaːwɢ, *qʰoːwɢ, *qʰoːɡ
碻	*kʰraːwɢ
塙	*kʰraːwɢ
毃	*kʰraːwɢ
翯	*qʰraːwɢ, *ɡraːwɢ, *ɡoːwɢ
瀥	*qʰraːwɢ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǎo (gao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎo
    • Wade–Giles: kao³
    • Yale: gǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gao
    • Palladius: гао (gao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gou²
    • Yale: góu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó
    • Tâi-lô: kó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koir
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ko⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ko⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ko⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ko⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴¹/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kaːwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	藁
Reading #	1/1
No.	3735
Phonetic component	高
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	暠
Old Chinese	/*kaːwʔ/
Notes	俗稾字

Definitions

藁

1. alternative form of 稿 (gǎo, “straw; stalk”)
2. alternative form of 槁 (gǎo, “withered”)
3. Used in place names.

References

• (Cantonese) 粵音資料集叢
• Shen Fu-chin (沈富進), editor (1993) [1954], 彙音寶鑑 [Lūi-im Pó-kàm] (in Min Nan), 40th printing, Meishan, Chiayi: 文藝學社出版社, →ISBN

Japanese

Kanji

藁

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. straw, hay
2. (2channel slang, dated) alternative form of 笑

Readings

• Go-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kun: わら (wara, 藁)^{←わら (wara, 藁, historical)}

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
藁
わら Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *wara.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) わら [wáꜜrà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [β̞a̠ɾa̠]

Noun

藁(わら) • (wara) 

1. straw
   • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典 / 新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局 / 大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:

     藁(わら)で蓆(むしろ)を作(つく)る

     wara de mushiro o tsukuru

     to make a mat from straw

Derived terms

• 藁(わら)人(にん)形(ぎょう) (waraningyō)
• 藁(わら)葺(ぶ)き (warabuki)

Descendants

• → Ainu: ワラ (wara)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
藁
Jinmeiyō
irregular

For pronunciation and definitions of 藁 – see the following entry.

【(笑)】 [punctuation mark] Used at the end of a phrase to indicate that the speaker is laughing. [punctuation mark] (informal, Internet) LOL [punctuation mark] Used at the end of a phrase to indicate that the audience is laughing. Alternative spellings 笑, (藁)

(This term, 藁, is an alternative spelling (2channel slang, dated) of the above term.)

References

• “^▲藁”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

藁 (eum 고 (go))

1. straw, hay