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U+845B, 葛
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-845B

[U+845A]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+845C]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 140, +9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿日心女 (TAPV), four-corner 44727, composition )

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1045, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31420
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1506, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3248, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+845B

Chinese

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trad.
simp. #
alternative forms
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Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *kaːd) : semantic + phonetic (OC *ɡaːd).

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Note:
  • gě - standard in surname sense;
  • gé - other senses.
Note:
  • kat - literary;
  • koah - vernacular.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (63)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter kat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɑt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/kɑt̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɑt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kat̚/
Li
Rong
/kɑt̚/
Wang
Li
/kɑt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kɑt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ge
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
got3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ kat ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k]ˁat/
English Dolichos; kudzu

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 5022
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kaːd/

Definitions

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  1. kudzu (Pueraria lobata)
  2. poplin; hemp cloth
  3. () State of Ge (a small state in modern Henan province during the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties)
  4. a surname
      ―  Hóng  ―  Ge Hong (Eastern Jin Dynasty scholar)

Compounds

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Etymology 2

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From .

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. (dialectal Wu) this
  2. (Northern Wu, including Suzhounese) Alternative form of (possessive particle)
Synonyms
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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

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Compounds

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
かずら
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling

⟨kadura⟩/kad͡zuɾa//kazuɾa/

From Old Japanese.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(かずら) (kazuraかづら (kadura)?

  1. creepers or creeping plants
  2. (architecture) the level material on to which the foundations of a structure are lain
  3. the hoop of a barrel or other cylindrical object
  4. a type of fishing net
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
くず
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ja

From Old Japanese.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(くず) or (クズ) (kuzu

  1. Japanese arrowroot (Pueraria montana)
  2. Short for 葛粉 (kuzuko): starch made from pounded kudzu root
  3. Short for 葛溜まり (kuzudamari) or 葛餡 (kuzuan): a sweet sauce made from kudzu starch
  4. Short for 葛布 (kuzununo/kuzufu): cloth made from kudzu fiber
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • English: kudzu

Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term
つづら
Grade: S
kun'yomi

⟨tudura⟩/t͡sud͡zuɾa//t͡suzuɾa/

From Old Japanese.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(つづら) or (ツヅラ) (tsuzura

  1. Short for 葛藤 (tsuzurafuji): Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum​)
  2. Short for 葛籠 (tsuzurako): a wicker basket used for holding clothes
  3. Short for 葛折り (tsuzuraori): something winding or zigzaggy, especially a road at a hill-slope
  4. a style of 襲の色目 (kasane no irome, color combination by layering of garments), of bluish black over light (or pale) blue
Derived terms
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Etymology 4

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Kanji in this term
かつ
Grade: S
kan'on

From Middle Chinese (MC kat).

Affix

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(かつ) (katsu

  1. creeper
  2. cloth made from kudzu fibers
Derived terms
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Korean

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Etymology

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From Middle Chinese (MC kat).

Hanja

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(eumhun (chik gal))

  1. hanja form? of (arrowroot, kudzu)

Compounds

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References

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  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [1]

Miyako

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Kanji

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(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

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Etymology

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Kanji in this term
くずぃ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Cognate with Yaeyama (kuzï), Okinawan (kuji), and Japanese (kuzu).

Perhaps from Proto-Ryukyuan *kozu, itself from Proto-Japonic *konsu.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(くずぃ) (kudzï

  1. Japanese arrowroot (Pueraria montana)

Okinawan

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Kanji

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(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

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Etymology

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Kanji in this term
くじ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Perhaps from Proto-Ryukyuan *kozu.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(くじ) (kuji

  1. Short for 葛粉 (kujikū): starch made from pounded kudzu root

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Kokuritsu Kokugo Kenkyūjo (国立国語研究所) (1963) 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawa-go Jiten) [Dictionary of the Okinawan Language] (in Japanese), Tokyo (東京): Okurashō Insatsu Kyoku (財務省印刷局)

Old Japanese

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Compounds

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Etymology 1

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Possibly from Proto-Japonic *kantura.

Noun

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(kadura) (kana かづら)

  1. a creeper, creeping plant
Derived terms
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Descendants
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Japonic *konsu.

Noun

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(kuzu) (kana くず)

  1. Japanese arrowroot (Pueraria montana)
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Japanese: (kuzu)

Etymology 3

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Cognate with verb 續く (tuduku, to continue)?”

Noun

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(tudura) (kana つづら)

  1. any climbing plant or vine, such as Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum​)
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Japanese: (tsuzura)

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: cát, nhật

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