藿

Translingual

Han character

藿 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+16, 22 strokes, cangjie input 廿一月土 (TMBG), four-corner 4421₄, composition ⿱艹霍)

1. , betony

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1067, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32406
• Dae Jaweon: page 1533, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3325, character 1
• Unihan data for U+85FF

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Chinese

trad.		藿
simp. #		藿
alternative forms		𧆑

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
靃	*sqʰʷalʔ, *qʰʷaːɡ
臛	*qʰʷoːɡ
籗	*kʰʷaːɡ
霍	*qʰʷaːɡ
藿	*qʰʷaːɡ
攉	*qʰʷaːɡ
矐	*qʰʷaːɡ, *qʰaːɡ
瀖	*qʰʷaːɡ
癨	*qʰʷaːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huò (huo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fok³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huò
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huò
    • Wade–Giles: huo⁴
    • Yale: hwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoh
    • Palladius: хо (xo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fok³
    • Yale: fok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: fog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːk̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: xwak

Rime
Character	藿
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	鐸 (104)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	虚郭切
Baxter	xwak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hwɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwak̚/
Li Rong	/xuɑk̚/
Wang Li	/xuɑk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/xwɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fok3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷaːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	藿
Reading #	1/1
No.	5609
Phonetic component	霍
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	霍
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷaːɡ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 藿

1. (literary) leaves of pulse plants

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Japanese

Kanji

藿

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. , betony

Readings

• On (unclassified): かく (kaku); すい (sui)
• Kun: まめのは (mamenoha)

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Korean

Hanja

藿 • (gwak) (hangeul 곽, revised gwak, McCune–Reischauer kwak, Yale kwak)

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