弝

弝 U+5F1D, 弝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F1D ← 弜 [U+5F1C] CJK Unified Ideographs 弞 → [U+5F1E]

Translingual

Han character

弝 (radical 57, 弓+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 弓日山 (NAU) or X弓日山 (XNAU), four-corner 1721₇, composition ⿰弓巴)

References

• KangXi: page 357, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9734
• Dae Jaweon: page 673, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 992, character 14
• Unihan data for U+5F1D

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		弝

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
巴	*praː
芭	*praː
笆	*praː, *braːʔ
豝	*praː
鈀	*praː, *pʰraː
吧	*praː, *pʰraː
蚆	*praː, *pʰraː
疤	*praː
把	*praːʔ
爸	*praːs, *baʔ
弝	*praːs
靶	*praːs
葩	*pʰraː
舥	*pʰraː
妑	*pʰraː
帊	*pʰraːs
琶	*braː
爬	*braː
杷	*braː, *braːs, *braːs
跁	*braːʔ, *braːs
耙	*braːs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bà (ba⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bà
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˋ
    • Wade–Giles: pa4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bah
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bà
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baa³
    • Yale: ba
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ba³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /päː³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /pˠa^H/

Rime
Character	弝
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	必駕切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠaH/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚaH/
Shao Rongfen	/paH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/paɨH/
Li Rong	/paH/
Wang Li	/paH/
Bernard Karlgren	/paH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bà

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*praːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	弝
Reading #	1/1
No.	107
Phonetic component	巴
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	霸
Old Chinese	/*praːs/

Definitions

弝

1. the part of a bow grasped when shooting

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Japanese

Kanji

弝

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: へ (he)
• Kan-on: は (ha)
• Kun: ゆずか (yuzuka, 弝); つか (tsuka, 弝)