蓪

蓪 U+84EA, 蓪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-84EA ← 蓩 [U+84E9] CJK Unified Ideographs 蓫 → [U+84EB]

Translingual

Han character

蓪 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜弓月 (TYNB), four-corner 4430₂, composition ⿱艹通)

1. paper-plant
2. Aralia papyrifera, now Tetrapanax papyrifer

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1052, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31715
• Dae Jaweon: page 1514, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3274, character 4
• Unihan data for U+84EA

Chinese

trad.		蓪
simp. #		蓪

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
通	*l̥ʰoːŋ
俑	*l̥ʰoːŋ, *loŋʔ
蓪	*l̥ʰoːŋ
桶	*l̥ʰoːŋʔ, *l'oːŋʔ
捅	*l̥ʰoːŋʔ
痛	*l̥ʰoːŋs
筩	*l'oːŋ
誦	*ljoŋs
傭	*l̥ʰoŋ, *loŋ
慵	*ɦljoŋ
鱅	*ɦljoŋ, *loŋ
滽	*loŋ
墉	*loŋ
鏞	*loŋ
鄘	*loŋ
槦	*loŋ
銿	*loŋ
甬	*loŋʔ
勇	*loŋʔ
涌	*loŋʔ
踊	*loŋʔ
蛹	*loŋʔ
恿	*loŋʔ
慂	*loŋʔ
悀	*loŋʔ
埇	*loŋʔ
踴	*loŋʔ
庸	*loŋ
用	*loŋs
佣	*loŋs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tōng (tong¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tong
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung¹
    • Yale: tūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tong
    • Palladius: тун (tun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung¹
    • Yale: tūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: thuwng

Rime
Character	蓪
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	他紅切
Baxter	thuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰəwŋ/
Li Rong	/tʰuŋ/
Wang Li	/tʰuŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰuŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tung1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰoːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蓪
Reading #	1/1
No.	15430
Phonetic component	用
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	通
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰoːŋ/
Notes	通分化字

Definitions

蓪

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Japanese

Kanji

蓪

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: つ (tsu)
• Kan-on: とう (tō)
• Kun: あけび (akebi, 蓪)