鳧茈

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Chinese

wild duck; to swim Lithospermum officinale; water chestnut
trad. (鳧茈)
simp. (凫茈)
alternative forms 鳧茨凫茨

Etymology

So named because mallards () like to eat water chestnuts, and water chestnuts are purple like the gromwell () in the early stages of growth (Li, 2012).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/3
Initial () (3) (15)
Final () (24) (11)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter bju dzje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/bɨo/ /d͡ziᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun
/bio/ /d͡ziɛ/
Shao
Rongfen
/bio/ /d͡zjɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/buə̆/ /d͡ziə̆/
Li
Rong
/bio/ /d͡zie/
Wang
Li
/bĭu/ /d͡zǐe/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱi̯u/ /d͡zʱie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fu4 ci4

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 鳧茈

  1. (literary) water chestnut

Synonyms

(deprecated template usage)