See also:
U+843C, 萼
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-843C

[U+843B]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+843D]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 140, +9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿口口尸 (TRRS), four-corner 44207, composition )

  1. the stem and calyx of a flower
  2. a younger brother

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1043, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31361
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1503, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3249, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+843C

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (31)
Final () (103)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter ngak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋɑk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋɑk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋak̚/
Li
Rong
/ŋɑk̚/
Wang
Li
/ŋɑk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋɑk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
è
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ngok6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 9465
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋaːɡ/

Definitions

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  1. calyx

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. calyx
  2. cup

Readings

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  • Go-on: がく (gaku)
  • Kan-on: がく (gaku)
  • Kun: うてな (utena, )

Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
がく
Hyōgai
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese (MC ngak).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(がく) (gaku

  1. (botany) a calyx (collective term for sepals)
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
うてな
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Extension of (utena, tower, stand), to a part of a flower.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(うてな) (utena

  1. (botany) a calyx (collective term for sepals)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja

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(ak) (hangeul , revised ak, McCune–Reischauer ak, Yale ak)

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