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U+85D5, 藕
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85D5

[U+85D4]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+85D6]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 140, +15, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿手木月 (TQDB), four-corner 44927, composition )

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1065, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32298
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1529, character 27
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3317, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+85D5

Chinese[edit]

trad.
simp. #
2nd round simp. 𰰤
alternative forms
𮯵
𦸲

Glyph origin[edit]

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

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation[edit]


Note:
  • ngêu3 - literary;
  • ngêu1 - vernacular.
Note:
  • ngâu - vernacular;
  • ngēu - literary.
Note:
  • Xiamen, Zhangzhou:
    • ngāu - vernacular;
    • ngó͘ - literary.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /ou²¹⁴/
Harbin /ou²¹³/
Tianjin /nou¹³/
Jinan /ŋou⁵⁵/
Qingdao /ɣou⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /ou⁵³/
Xi'an /ŋou⁵³/
Xining /nɯ⁵³/
Yinchuan /əu⁵³/
Lanzhou /ou⁴⁴²/
Ürümqi /ŋɤu⁵¹/
Wuhan /ŋəu⁴²/
Chengdu /ŋəu⁵³/
Guiyang /ŋəu⁴²/
/əu⁴²/
Kunming /əu⁵³/
Nanjing /əɯ²¹²/
Hefei /ʐɯ²⁴/
Jin Taiyuan /ɣəu⁵³/
Pingyao /ŋəu⁵³/
Hohhot /ŋəu⁵³/
Wu Shanghai /ŋɤ²³/
Suzhou /ŋɤ³¹/
Hangzhou /ŋei⁵³/
Wenzhou /ŋau³⁵/
Hui Shexian /niu³⁵/
/ŋiu³⁵/
Tunxi /ȵiu²⁴/
Xiang Changsha /ŋəu⁴¹/
Xiangtan /ŋəɯ⁴²/
Gan Nanchang /ŋiɛu²¹³/
Hakka Meixian /ŋeu³¹/
Taoyuan
Cantonese Guangzhou /ŋɐu²³/
Nanning /ŋɐu²⁴/
Hong Kong /ŋɐu¹³/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /ŋɔ⁵³/
/ŋau²²/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /ŋɑu²⁴²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /ŋe²¹/
Shantou (Teochew) /kau³⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /ŋɔu²¹³/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (31)
Final () (137)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter nguwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋəuX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋəuX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋəuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋəwX/
Li
Rong
/ŋuX/
Wang
Li
/ŋəuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ǒu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ngau5
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
ǒu
Middle
Chinese
‹ nguwX ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.ŋˁ(r)oʔ/
English lotus root

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. 15915
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋoːʔ/

Definitions[edit]

  1. (lotus) root
  2. a surname

Synonyms[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. lotus
  2. lotus root
  3. arrowroot

Readings[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

(u) (hangeul , revised u, McCune–Reischauer u, Yale wu)

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

: Hán Nôm readings: ngó, ngẫu

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