荂

荂 U+8342, 荂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8342 ← 荁 [U+8341] CJK Unified Ideographs 荃 → [U+8343]

Translingual

Han character

荂 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿大一尸 (TKMS), four-corner 4412₇, composition ⿱艹夸)

Derived characters

• 𧪮 𨃖

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1030, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30933
• Dae Jaweon: page 1489, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3201, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8342

Chinese

trad.		荂
simp. #		荂

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
侉	*qaːls
夸	*kʰʷraː
姱	*kʰʷraː
胯	*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
跨	*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːʔ, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
誇	*kʰʷraː
垮	*kʰʷraːʔ
銙	*kʰʷraːʔ
骻	*kʰʷraːʔ
咵	*kʰʷraːʔ
釫	*ɢʷraː, *qʷaː
摦	*ɡʷraːs
鮬	*pɢʷaː, *kʰʷaː
嶀	*qʰʷl'aː
扝	*kʰʷaː, *qʷaː
刳	*kʰʷaː
郀	*kʰʷaː
挎	*kʰʷaː
袴	*kʰʷaːs
絝	*kʰʷaːs
褲	*kʰʷaːs
恗	*qʰaː
洿	*ɡʷaːʔ, *qʷaː
瓠	*ɡʷlaː, *ɡʷlaːs
鄠	*ɢʷlaːʔ
污	*qʷaː, *qʷaːs
杇	*qʷaː
圬	*qʷaː
鴮	*qʷaː
盓	*qʷaː
汙	*qʷaːs, *ɢʷa
樗	*qʰʷl'a
摴	*qʰʷl'a
荂	*pqʰʷa, *qʰʷa
雩	*qʰʷla, *ɢʷla
吁	*qʰʷa, *ɢʷas
盱	*qʰʷa
訏	*qʰʷa
扜	*qʰʷa, *qʷa
旴	*qʰʷa
冔	*qʰʷaʔ
紆	*qʷa
陓	*qʷa
迂	*qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa
虶	*qʷa
于	*ɢʷa
盂	*ɢʷa
竽	*ɢʷa
邘	*ɢʷa
玗	*ɢʷa
芋	*ɢʷa, *ɢʷas
杅	*ɢʷa
釪	*ɢʷa
骬	*ɢʷa
謣	*ɢʷla
宇	*ɢʷaʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fū, kuā (fu¹, kua¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨ, ㄎㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwaa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fū
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fu
    • Wade–Giles: fu¹
    • Yale: fū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fu
    • Palladius: фу (fu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kua
    • Wade–Giles: kʻua¹
    • Yale: kwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kua
    • Palladius: куа (kua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kwaa¹
    • Yale: kwā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kua¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰaː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xju, phju

Rime
Character	荂	荂
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	況于切	芳無切
Baxter	xju	phju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨo/	/pʰɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/hio/	/pʰio/
Shao Rongfen	/xio/	/pʰio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/huə̆/	/pʰuə̆/
Li Rong	/xio/	/pʰio/
Wang Li	/xĭu/	/pʰĭu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xi̯u/	/pʰi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xū	fū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	heoi1	fu1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʷʰ(r)a/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pqʰʷa/, /*qʰʷa/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	荂
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huā
Middle Chinese	‹ xju ›
Old Chinese	/*qʷʰ(r)a/
English	flower
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	荂	荂
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	15691	15692
Phonetic component	于	于
Rime group	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	敷	訏
Old Chinese	/*pqʰʷa/	/*qʰʷa/
Notes	見爾雅	說文同華

Definitions

荂

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Japanese

Kanji

荂

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): か (ka)、け (ke)、ふ (fu)、く (ku)
• Kun: はな (hana)