莛

莛 U+839B, 莛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-839B ← 莚 [U+839A] CJK Unified Ideographs 莜 → [U+839C]

Translingual

Han character

莛 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓大土 (TNKG), four-corner 4440₁, composition ⿱艹廷)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1034, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31060
• Dae Jaweon: page 1493, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3205, character 4
• Unihan data for U+839B

Chinese

trad.		莛
simp. #		莛
alternative forms		葶

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
蜓	*l'eːnʔ, *l'eːŋ, *l'eːŋʔ
涏	*l'eːns, *l'eːŋʔ
綎	*l̥ʰeːŋ, *l'eːŋ
珽	*l̥ʰeːŋʔ
脡	*l̥ʰeːŋʔ
侹	*l̥ʰeːŋʔ, *l̥ʰeːŋs
頲	*l'eːŋʔ
廷	*l'eːŋ, *l'eːŋʔ
庭	*l'eːŋ
鼮	*l'eːŋ
莛	*l'eːŋ, *l'eːŋʔ
筳	*l'eːŋ
霆	*l'eːŋ, *l'eːŋʔ
娗	*l'eːŋ, *l'eːŋʔ
挺	*l'eːŋ, *l'eːŋʔ
艇	*l'eːŋʔ
鋌	*l'eːŋʔ
梃	*l'eːŋʔ
誔	*l'eːŋʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tíng (ting²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ting⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): têng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tíng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻing²
    • Yale: tíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyng
    • Palladius: тин (tin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ting⁴
    • Yale: tìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ting⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ting⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: têng
    • Tâi-lô: tîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: deeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: deng, dengX

Rime
Character	莛	莛
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	青 (125)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	特丁切	徒鼎切
Baxter	deng	dengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/deŋ/	/deŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/deŋ/	/deŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/dɛŋ/	/dɛŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛjŋ/	/dɛjŋX/
Li Rong	/deŋ/	/deŋX/
Wang Li	/dieŋ/	/dieŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱieŋ/	/dʱieŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tíng	dìng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ting4	ding6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'eːŋ/, /*l'eːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	莛	莛
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12423	12436
Phonetic component	廷	廷
Rime group	耕	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	庭	挺
Old Chinese	/*l'eːŋ/	/*l'eːŋʔ/

Definitions

莛

1. an erect stalk (peduncle or main stem) of a herbaceous plant that supports its flower/fruit or inflorescence

   麥莛／麦莛  ―  màitíng  ―  stalk of wheat

   花莛  ―  huātíng  ―  scape

   香莛  ―  xiāngtíng  ―  scape of garlic chives

Synonyms

• 薹 (tái)

References

• “莛”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

莛

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): てい (tei)、じょう (jō)
• Kun: くき (kuki)

Korean

Hanja

莛 (eum 정 (jeong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

莛: Hán Nôm readings: đình

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