芋

芋 U+828B, 芋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-828B ← 芊 [U+828A] CJK Unified Ideographs 芌 → [U+828C]

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TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

芋 (radical 140, 艸+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 廿一木 (TMD) or X廿一木 (XTMD), four-corner 4440₁, composition ⿱艹于)

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 1018, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30670
• Dae Jaweon: page 1476, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3174, character 3
• Unihan data for U+828B

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ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.		芋

Glyph originEdit

Characters in the same phonetic series (于) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
侉	*qaːls
夸	*kʰʷraː
姱	*kʰʷraː
胯	*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
跨	*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːʔ, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
誇	*kʰʷraː
垮	*kʰʷraːʔ
銙	*kʰʷraːʔ
骻	*kʰʷraːʔ
咵	*kʰʷraːʔ
釫	*ɢʷraː, *qʷaː
摦	*ɡʷraːs
鮬	*pɢʷaː, *kʰʷaː
嶀	*qʰʷl'aː
扝	*kʰʷaː, *qʷaː
刳	*kʰʷaː
郀	*kʰʷaː
挎	*kʰʷaː
袴	*kʰʷaːs
絝	*kʰʷaːs
褲	*kʰʷaːs
恗	*qʰaː
洿	*ɡʷaːʔ, *qʷaː
瓠	*ɡʷlaː, *ɡʷlaːs
鄠	*ɢʷlaːʔ
污	*qʷaː, *qʷaːs
杇	*qʷaː
圬	*qʷaː
鴮	*qʷaː
盓	*qʷaː
汙	*qʷaːs, *ɢʷa
樗	*qʰʷl'a
摴	*qʰʷl'a
荂	*pqʰʷa, *qʰʷa
雩	*qʰʷla, *ɢʷla
吁	*qʰʷa, *ɢʷas
盱	*qʰʷa
訏	*qʰʷa
扜	*qʰʷa, *qʷa
旴	*qʰʷa
冔	*qʰʷaʔ
紆	*qʷa
陓	*qʷa
迂	*qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa
虶	*qʷa
于	*ɢʷa
盂	*ɢʷa
竽	*ɢʷa
邘	*ɢʷa
玗	*ɢʷa
芋	*ɢʷa, *ɢʷas
杅	*ɢʷa
釪	*ɢʷa
骬	*ɢʷa
謣	*ɢʷla
宇	*ɢʷaʔ

Pronunciation 1Edit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yù (yu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vu
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): ū / ī / ō͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ou⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yù
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiw
    • IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu⁶
    • Yale: wuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /wuː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vu
    • Hakka Romanization System: vu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vu⁴
    • IPA: /vu⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ū
    • Tâi-lô: ū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: u
    • IPA (Xiamen): /u²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /u⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ī
    • Tâi-lô: ī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: i
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ō͘
    • Tâi-lô: ōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: o
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɔ³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɔ²²/

Note:

• ū/ī - literary;
• ō͘ - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: ou⁷
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ōu
  • IPA ^(key): /ou¹¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦɨo^H/▼

Rime
Character	芋
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	王遇切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɨoH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦioH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣioH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuə̆H/
Li Rong	/ɣioH/
Wang Li	/ɣĭuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yù

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷ(r)a-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷas/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	芋
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yù
Middle Chinese	‹ hjuH ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷ(r)a-s/
English	taro (Colocasia antiquorum?)
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	芋
Reading #	2/2
No.	15720
Phonetic component	于
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	芋
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷas/

DefinitionsEdit

芋

1. taro

SynonymsEdit

CompoundsEdit

• 芋仔
• 芋仔冰

• 芋冰

• 芋頭／芋头 (yùtou)

Pronunciation 2Edit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yú (yu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yú
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ
    • Wade–Giles: yü²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yu
    • IPA ^(key): /y³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦɨo/▼

Rime
Character	芋
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	羽俱切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦio/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuə̆/
Li Rong	/ɣio/
Wang Li	/ɣĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yú

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷa/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	芋
Reading #	1/2
No.	15712
Phonetic component	于
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	于
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷa/

DefinitionsEdit

芋

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Pronunciation 3Edit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xū (xu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xū
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ
    • Wade–Giles: hsü¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiu
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu¹
    • Yale: yū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu¹
    • IPA ^(key): /jyː⁵⁵/

DefinitionsEdit

芋

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Pronunciation 4Edit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǔ (yu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˇ
    • Wade–Giles: yü³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeu
    • IPA ^(key): /y²¹⁴/

DefinitionsEdit

芋

1. Only used in 芋尹 (yùyǐn).

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

芋

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

ReadingsEdit

• On (unclassified): う (u)
• Kun: いも (imo, 芋, Jōyō)

CompoundsEdit

• 里芋 (さといも) (satoimo, “taro (potato)”)

PronunciationEdit

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) いも​ [ìmóꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
  • IPA^(key): [imo̞]

NounEdit

芋 (hiragana いも, rōmaji imo)

1. a potato; a sweet potato; a taro; a yam

ReferencesEdit

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

芋 • (u, hu)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 우, 후 (revised: u, hu, McCune–Reischauer: u, hu, Yale: wu, hwu)
  • Name (hangeul): 토란, 클 (revised: toran, keul, McCune–Reischauer: t'oran, k'ŭl, Yale: tholan, khul)

1. taro

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

芋 (dụ, vu)

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