U+8344, 荄
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8344

[U+8343]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8345]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 140, +6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜女人 (TYVO), four-corner 44802, composition )

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1030, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30935
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1489, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3210, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8344

Chinese edit

trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin edit

Etymology edit

Smith (2011) groups this word with the following terms into a word family meaning “root, germ, generative core”:

  • its derivative (OC *kɯːn, “root”),
  • (OC *ɡrɯːɡ, “germ, kernel”),
  • (OC *ɡrɯː, “(human) bones”),
  • (OC *ɡɯː, “child”),
  • (OC *ɡɯːʔ, “sprouting stage”), i.e. "the moon’s first appearance" > "twelfth earthly branch".

See (OC *ɡrɯːɡ) for further etymology.

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (28) (28)
Final () (33) (41)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II I
Fanqie
Baxter keaj koj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠɛi/ /kʌi/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚæi/ /kəi/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɐi/ /kɒi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kəɨj/ /kəj/
Li
Rong
/kɛi/ /kᴀi/
Wang
Li
/kɐi/ /kɒi/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kăi/ /kɑ̆i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiē gāi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gaai1 goi1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 4808 4831
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kɯː/ /*krɯː/
Notes

Definitions edit

  1. grassroot

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. roots

Readings edit

  • On (unclassified): かい (kai)
  • Kun: (ne, )