葛

葛 U+845B, 葛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-845B ← 葚 [U+845A] CJK Unified Ideographs 葜 → [U+845C]

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 噶 嶱 擖 㵧 獦 礍 臈 䗶 譪 轕(𮝺)
• 𡑪 𢢖 𤩲 𥢸 𧝶 𦅶 𨆍 𨭛 𩍛 𩦞 𩼙 𪙰 𣰌 𥀥 𨞛 𪆰(𬸭) 𩯝
• 𭥅 𭶎 𭁞 𭭸 𮤅

References

• 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

trad.		葛
simp. #		葛
alternative forms		匂

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
愒	*kʰaːds, *kʰrads, *kʰrad
馤	*qaːds
靄	*qaːds, *qaːd
餲	*qraːds, *qrads, *ɡaːd, *qaːd
喝	*qraːds, *qʰoːb, *qʰaːd
揭	*kʰrads, *ked, *kʰrad, *ɡrad, *kad, *ɡad
偈	*ɡrads, *ɡrad
猲	*kʰob, *qʰaːd, *qʰad
葛	*kaːd
輵	*kaːd
獦	*klaːd, *rab
渴	*kʰaːd, *ɡrad
嵑	*kʰaːd
暍	*qʰaːd, *qad
曷	*ɡaːd
褐	*ɡaːd
鶡	*ɡaːd
毼	*ɡaːd
蝎	*ɡaːd
鞨	*ɡaːd, *ɢljad
遏	*qaːd
齃	*qaːd
堨	*qaːd
擖	*kʰreːd, *kraːd, *r'aːb
楬	*kʰraːd, *ɡrad, *ɡad
朅	*kʰrad
藒	*kʰrad
竭	*ɡrad, *ɡad
碣	*ɡrad, *ɡad
羯	*kad
鍻	*kad
歇	*qʰad
蠍	*qʰad
謁	*qad

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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gé, gě (ge², ge³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˊ, ㄍㄜˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): got³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kot
• Eastern Min (BUC): gák
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kat / koah

  (Teochew, Peng'im): guah⁴

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁷keq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gé
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gé
    • Wade–Giles: ko²
    • Yale: gé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ger
    • Palladius: гэ (gɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gě
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gě
    • Wade–Giles: ko³
    • Yale: gě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gee
    • Palladius: гэ (gɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ²¹⁴/

Note:

• gě - standard in surname sense;
• gé - other senses.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: got³
    • Yale: got
    • Cantonese Pinyin: got⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: god³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kot
    • Hakka Romanization System: god^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: god⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /kot̚²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gák
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kat / koah
    • Tâi-lô: kat / kuah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kad, koaq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kat̚³²/, /kuaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kat̚⁵/, /kuaʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kat̚³²/, /kuaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kat̚³²/, /kuaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kat̚³²/, /kuaʔ³²/

Note:

• kat - literary;
• koah - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: guah⁴
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuah
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaʔ²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁷keq
    • MiniDict: keh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴keq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kəʔ⁵⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /kəʔ⁴³/

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• Middle Chinese: kat

Rime
Character	葛
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	曷 (63)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古達切
Baxter	kat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kat̚/
Li Rong	/kɑt̚/
Wang Li	/kɑt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ge
Expected Cantonese Reflex	got3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤat/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kaːd/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	葛
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gé
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	葛
Reading #	1/1
No.	5022
Phonetic component	曷
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	葛
Old Chinese	/*kaːd/

Definitions

葛

1. kudzu (Pueraria lobata)
2. poplin; hemp cloth
3. (～國) State of Ge (a small state in modern Henan province during the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties)
4. a surname

   葛洪  ―  Gě Hóng  ―  Ge Hong (Eastern Jin Dynasty scholar)

Compounds

• 九重葛
• 冶葛
• 扳藤附葛
• 攀藤攬葛 / 攀藤揽葛
• 攀藤附葛
• 杯葛
• 杯葛運動 / 杯葛运动
• 瓜葛 (guāgé)
• 瓜葛之親 / 瓜葛之亲
• 糾葛 / 纠葛 (jiūgé)
• 紫葛 (zǐgé)
• 膠葛 / 胶葛
• 葛光 (Gěguāng)
• 葛城 (Gěchéng)
• 葛屨 / 葛屦
• 葛屨履霜 / 葛屦履霜
• 葛巴丁
• 葛巾
• 葛巾漉酒
• 葛布 (gébù)
• 葛牌 (Gěpái)
• 葛生
• 葛粉 (géfěn)
• 葛萊美獎 / 葛莱美奖
• 葛藤 (géténg)
• 葛藟
• 葛衣
• 葛覃
• 葛越
• 蕉葛
• 藤攀葛繞 / 藤攀葛绕
• 裘葛
• 裘葛之遺 / 裘葛之遗
• 詭負葛藤 / 诡负葛藤
• 諸葛 / 诸葛 (Zhūgě)
• 諸葛四郎 / 诸葛四郎
• 諸葛巾 / 诸葛巾
• 諸葛燈 / 诸葛灯
• 采葛
• 野葛 (yěgé)
• 黃金葛 / 黄金葛

 

Etymology 2

From 個／个.

Pronunciation

• Wu (Suzhou, Wugniu): ⁷keq; ⁰keq

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• Wu
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁷keq; ⁰keq
    • MiniDict: keh^入; keh
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /kəʔ⁴³/, /kəʔ/

Definitions

葛

1. (dialectal Wu) this
2. (Northern Wu, including Suzhounese) Alternative form of 個 / 个 (possessive particle)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 這 (“this”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		此, 斯, 是, 之, 茲 anteclassical, 夫, 爾
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		這
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	這
	Taiwan	這
	Chengde	這
	Chifeng	這
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	這
	Heihe	這
	Qiqihar	這
	Jiamusi	這
	Baicheng	這
	Changchun	這
	Tonghua	這
	Shenyang	這
	Jinzhou	這
	Malaysia	這
	Singapore	這
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	這
	Tangshan	這
	Cangzhou	這
	Baoding	這
	Shijiazhuang	這
	Lijin	這
	Jinan	這
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	這
	Dandong	這
	Yantai	這
	Qingdao	這
	Zhucheng	這
Central Plains Mandarin	Lingbao	這
	Jining	這
	Linfen	這
	Shangqiu	這
	Yuanyang	這
	Zhengzhou	這
	Xinyang	這
	Baihe	這
	Xi'an	這
	Baoji	這
	Tianshui	這
	Xining	這
	Xuzhou	這
	Pizhou	這
	Lianyungang (Ganyu)	這
	Donghai	這
	Fuyang	這
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	這
	Lanzhou	這
	Dunhuang	這
	Hami	這
	Ürümqi	這
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	這
	Nanchong	這
	Dazhou	這
	Hanyuan	這
	Xichang	這
	Zigong	這
	Chongqing	這
	Wuhan	這
	Yichang	這
	Tianmen	這
	Guiyang	這
	Zunyi	這
	Bijie	這
	Liping	這
	Zhaotong	這
	Dali	這
	Kunming	這
	Mengzi	這
	Guilin	這
	Liuzhou	這
	Jishou	這
	Changde	這
	Hanzhong	這
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	這
	Yangzhou	這
	Baoying	這
	Taizhou	這
	Zhenjiang	這
	Lianyungang	這
	Huai'an (Huaiyin)	這
	Lianshui	這
	Xuyi	這
	Nantong	這
	Rugao	這
	Yancheng	這
	Funing	這
	Sihong	這
	Wuhu	這
	Hefei	這
	Hong'an	這
Cantonese	Guangzhou	呢, 依
	Hong Kong	呢, 依
	Macau	呢
	Taishan	該
	Dongguan	呢
	Yangjiang	果
	Nanning	阿
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	呢
	Singapore (Guangfu)	呢, 依
Gan	Nanchang	箇
	Nanchang (Wangcheng)	箇
	Anyi	箇
	Lushan	箇
	Duchang	箇
	Wuning (Quankou)	該
	Poyang	箇
	Yugan	該
	Wannian	該
	Yanshan (Hekou)	這
	Yichun	箇
	Yifeng	箇
	Gao'an	箇
	Fengxin	箇
	Shanggao	里
	Wanzai	箇
	Fengcheng	該
	Xinyu	該
	Fuzhou (Shangdundu)	該
	Fuzhou (Dongxiang)	箇
	Nancheng	箇
	Nanfeng	箇
	Yihuang	箇
	Lichuan	該
	Chongren	該
	Pingxiang	該
	Ji'an	蓋
	Taihe	箇
	Xiajiang	該
	Yingtan (Yujiang)	箇
	Guixi	箇
	Jianning	個
	Jinxian	箇
	Jinxi	箇
	Le'an	該
	Guangchang	改
	Suichuan	底
	Wan'an	介
	Jing'an	箇
	Zhangshu	該
	Xingan	個
	Fenyi	改
Hakka	Changting	爾
	Ninghua	只
	Qingliu	這
	Yudu	底
	Ningdu	底
	Ruijin	底
	Shicheng	底
	Xunwu	底
	Huichang	底
	Xingguo	界
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	這
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	這
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	這
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	這
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	這
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	這
	Hong Kong	這
Huizhou	Jixi	爾
	Shexian	這
	Wuyuan	伊
Jin	Taiyuan	這
	Yangyuan	這
	Datong	這
	Xinzhou	這
	Lüliang (Lishi)	這
	Changzhi	這
	Linhe	這
	Jining	這
	Hohhot	這
	Erenhot	這
	Pingshan	這
	Zhangjiakou	這
	Handan	這
	Suide	這
Northern Min	Jian'ou	𱕇
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	只, 者, 嚽
	Fuzhou (Changle)	這
	Lianjiang	這
	Fuqing	者
	Pingtan	這
	Yongtai	這
	Minqing	這
	Gutian	這
	Pingnan	這
	Luoyuan	這
	Fu'an	這
	Ningde	這
	Xiapu	這
	Zherong	這
	Shouning	這
	Zhouning	這
	Fuding	這
	Singapore (Fuqing)	這
Southern Min	Xiamen	這
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	這
	Quanzhou	只, 這
	Jinjiang	這
	Nan'an	這
	Shishi	這
	Hui'an	這
	Anxi	這
	Yongchun	這
	Dehua	這
	Zhangzhou	這
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	這
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	這
	Hua'an	這
	Nanjing	這
	Pinghe	這
	Zhangpu	這
	Yunxiao	這
	Zhao'an	只
	Dongshan	這
	Taipei	這
	Kinmen	這
	Penang (Hokkien)	這
	Singapore (Hokkien)	這
	Manila (Hokkien)	這
	Longyan	迄好
	Zhangping	這
	Chaozhou	只
	Shantou	只
	Jieyang	只
	Haifeng	只
	Singapore (Teochew)	只
	Batam (Teochew)	只
	Wenchang	這
	Haikou	這
	Singapore (Hainanese)	這
Puxian Min	Putian	只蜀
	Xianyou	只蜀
Central Min	Yong'an	這
	Sanming (Shaxian)	這
Shaojiang Min	Guangze	當
	Jiangle	者
	Mingxi	只
	Shunchang	這
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	亞
Shehua	Cangnan	這
	Jingning (Hexi)	個
Wu	Shanghai	搿, 迭 dated, 第 obsolete
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	搿
	Shanghai (Fengxian)	格
	Shanghai (Jinshan)	格
	Shanghai (Chongming)	吉, 講, 葛 also that
	Suzhou	該, 搿
	Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)	個
	Wuxi	意
	Changshu	俚
	Jiaxing	葛
	Jiashan	葛
	Pinghu	葛
	Haining (Yanguan)	葛
	Tongxiang	葛
	Haiyan	葛
	Changzhou	資
	Danyang	格
	Nanjing (Gaochun)	格
	Huzhou	格
	Changxing	格
	Anji	格
	Deqing	葛
	Hangzhou	葛
	Hangzhou (Yuhang)	葛
	Hangzhou (Lin'an)	葛
	Hangzhou (Fuyang)	葛
	Tonglu	葛
	Tonglu (Wusheng)	個個
	Shaoxing	咸
	Zhuji	咸
	Shengzhou	咸
	Xinchang	咸
	Ningbo	葛
	Ningbo (Zhenhai)	葛
	Yuyao	耶
	Cixi	葛
	Taizhou (Huangyan)	葛
	Tiantai	葛
	Sanmen	葛
	Wenling	葛, 格
	Wenzhou	個
	Yueqing	個
	Yongjia (Fenglin)	個
	Rui'an	個
	Pingyang	個
	Taishun	這
	Wencheng	個
	Lishui	已
	Qingtian	已
	Jinyun	已
	Songyang (Xiping)	益
	Yunhe	益
	Qingyuan	這
	Longquan	搭
	Suichang	益
	Jiangshan	益
	Changshan	益
	Kaihua	益
	Longyou	個
	Jinhua	等, 待
	Yiwu	吾
	Yongkang	個
	Pujiang	這, 吉
	Dongyang	個
Wuyi	愛個
Lanxi	個
Shangrao	這
Shangrao (Guangfeng)	伊
Yushan	伊
Xiang	Changsha	咯
	Shuangfeng	咯

Japanese

Kanji

葛

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: かち (kachi)^{←かち (kati, historical)}
• Kan-on: かつ (katsu, Jōyō)^{←かつ (katu, historical)}
• Kun: くず (kuzu, 葛, Jōyō)、かずら (kazura, 葛)^{←かづら (kadura, 葛, historical)}、つづら (tsuzura, 葛)^{←つづら (tudura, 葛, historical)}
• Nanori: かず (kazu)、かつら (katsura)、かど (kado)、さち (sachi)、つら (tsura)、ふじ (fuji)

Compounds

• 葛飾(かつしか) (Katsushika)
• 葛城(かつらぎ) (Katsuragi)

Etymology 1

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

Alternative spelling
蔓

⟨kadura⟩ → /kad͡zuɾa/ → /kazuɾa/

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *kantura. Cognate with Okinawan 葛 (kanda).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かずら [kàzúrá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠zɨɾa̠]

Noun

葛(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

• 葛(かずら)掛(か)け (kazurakake)
• 葛(かずら)縄(なわ) (kazuranawa)
• 葛(かずら)引(ひ)き (kazurahiki)
• 縁(えん)葛(かずら) (enkazura)
• 靫葛(ウツボカズラ) (utsubokazura)
• 扇葛(オウギカズラ) (ōgikazura)
• 火炎葛(カエンカズラ) (kaen kazura)
• 鉤(カギ)葛(カズラ) (kagikazura)
• 実葛(サネカズラ) (sanekazura)
• 吸葛(スイカズラ) (suikazura)
• 千歳葛(チトセカズラ) (chitose kazura)
• 釣鐘葛(ツリガネカズラ) (tsurigane kazura)
• 定家葛(テイカカズラ) (Teika kazura)
• 根無葛(ネナシカズラ) (nenashikazura)
• 袴葛(ハカマカズラ) (hakama kazura)
• 風(フウ)船(セン)葛(カズラ) (fūsen kazura)
• 屁(ヘ)糞(クソ)葛(カズラ) (hekuso kazura)
• 蛍葛(ホタルカズラ) (hotarukazura)
• 羅生門葛(ラショウモンカズラ) (Rashōmon kazura)
• 矢筈葛(ヤハズカズラ) (yahazu kazura)

Etymology 2

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

From Old Japanese.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) くず [kúꜜzù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟zɨ]

Noun

葛(くず) or 葛(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

• 葛(くず)餡(あん) (kuzuan)
• 葛(くず)桶(おけ) (kuzuoke)
• 葛鬱金(クズウコン) (kuzūkon)
• 葛(くず)蔓(かずら) (kuzukazura)
• 葛(くず)粉(こ) (kuzuko)
• 葛(くず)布(ぬの) (kuzununo)
• 葛(くず)引(ひ)き (kuzuhiki)
• 葛(くず)布(ふ) (kuzufu)

Descendants

• → English: kudzu

Etymology 3

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

⟨tudura⟩ → /t͡sud͡zuɾa/ → /t͡suzuɾa/

From Old Japanese.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) つづら [tsùzúrá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨzɨɾa̠]

Noun

葛(つづら) or 葛(ツヅラ) • (tsuzura) ^{←つづら (tudura)?}

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

• 葛(つづら)箙(えびら) (tsuzuraebira)
• 葛(つづら)笠(がさ) (tsuzuragasa)
• 葛(つづら)切(きっ)付(つけ) (tsuzura kittsuke)
• 葛(つづら)帽(ぼう)子(し) (tsuzurabōshi)
• 革(かわ)葛(つづら) (kawatsuzura)
• 熊(クマ)葛(ツヅラ) (kumatsuzura)

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
葛
かつ Grade: S
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 葛 (MC kat).

Affix

葛(かつ) • (katsu) 

1. creeper
2. cloth made from kudzu fibers

Derived terms

• 葛(かっ)屨(く) (kakku)
• 葛(かっ)根(こん) (kakkon)
• 葛(かっ)藤(とう) (kattō)
• 葛(かっ)布(ぷ) (kappu)
• 裘(きゅう)葛(かつ) (kyūkatsu)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 葛 (MC kat).

Hanja

葛 (eumhun 칡 갈 (chik gal))

1. hanja form^? of 갈 (“arrowroot, kudzu”)

Compounds

• 갈등 (葛藤, galdeung, “conflict”)

References

• 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

Kanji

葛

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

• Kun: くずぃ (kudzï, 葛)

Etymology

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

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

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kuzz]

Noun

葛(くずぃ) (kudzï) 

1. Japanese arrowroot (Pueraria montana)

Okinawan

Kanji

葛

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

• On (unclassified): かち (kachi)
• Kun: くじ (kuji, 葛)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
葛
くじ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Perhaps from Proto-Ryukyuan *kozu.

Pronunciation

• (Shuri) くじ [kùjì] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kuʑi]

Noun

葛(くじ) (kuji) 

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

Derived terms

• 葛(くじ)固(がた)み (kujigatami)

Old Japanese

Compounds

• 葛根 (kadune)
• 葛城 (Kaduragi₂)
• 石葛 (ipatuna)
• 野老葛 (to₂ko₂ro₂tura)

Etymology 1

Possibly from Proto-Japonic *kantura.

Noun

葛 (kadura) (kana かづら)

1. a creeper, creeping plant

Derived terms

• 屎葛 (kuso₁kadura)
• さな葛 (sanakadura)
• さね葛 (sanekadura)
• 玉葛 (tamakadura)

Descendants

• Japanese: 葛, 蔓 (kazura)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Japonic *konsu.

Noun

葛 (kuzu) (kana くず)

1. Japanese arrowroot (Pueraria montana)

Derived terms

• 葛葉 (kuzupa)
• 葛花 (kuzupana)
• 葛原 (kuzupara)
• 夏葛 (natukuzu)
• 這ふ葛の (papu kuzu no₂)
• 眞葛 (makuzu)

Descendants

• Japanese: 葛 (kuzu)

Etymology 3

Noun

葛 (tudura) (kana つづら)

1. any climbing plant or vine, such as Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum​)

Derived terms

• 霜黑葛 (simotudura)
• 濱葛 (pamatudura)

Descendants

• Japanese: 葛 (tsuzura)

Vietnamese

Han character

葛: Hán Nôm readings: cát, nhật

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