蔦

See also: 茑

蔦 U+8526, 蔦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8526 ← 蔥 [U+8525] CJK Unified Ideographs 蔧 → [U+8527]

Translingual

Han character

蔦 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹日火 (THAF), four-corner 4432₇, composition ⿱艹鳥)

1. the convolvulus
2. parasitic plants such as mistletoe
3. Ribes ambiguum

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1055, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31828
• Dae Jaweon: page 1518, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3281, character 15
• Unihan data for U+8526

Chinese

trad.		蔦
simp.		茑

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
島	*tuːwʔ
搗	*taːwʔ
鵃	*rtɯːw, *rtɯːw, *tjiw
瞗	*tɯːw
鳥	*tɯːwʔ
蔦	*tɯːwʔ, *tɯːws
窵	*tɯːws

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niǎo (niao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): niu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niǎo
    • Wade–Giles: niao³
    • Yale: nyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neau
    • Palladius: няо (njao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: niu⁵
    • Yale: níuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: niu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: niu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːu̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: tewX, tewH

Rime
Character	蔦	蔦
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	端 (5)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	都了切	多嘯切
Baxter	tewX	tewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/teuX/	/teuH/
Pan Wuyun	/teuX/	/teuH/
Shao Rongfen	/teuX/	/teuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɛwX/	/tɛwH/
Li Rong	/teuX/	/teuH/
Wang Li	/tieuX/	/tieuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/tieuX/	/tieuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	diǎo	diào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	diu2	diu3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tɯːwʔ/, /*tɯːws/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蔦	蔦
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	9512	9514
Phonetic component	鳥	鳥
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	鳥	弔
Old Chinese	/*tɯːwʔ/	/*tɯːws/

Definitions

蔦

1. ivy

Compounds

• 蔦蘿／茑萝

 

Japanese

Kanji

蔦

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. ivy

Readings

• Go-on: ちょう (chō)^{←てう (teu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ちょう (chō)^{←てう (teu, historical)}
• Kun: つた (tsuta, 蔦)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
蔦
つた Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

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

【つたツタ】 [noun] ivy, especially Parthenocissus tricuspidata

(This term, 蔦, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

蔦 • (jo) (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune–Reischauer cho, Yale co)

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