茛

茛 U+831B, 茛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-831B ← 茚 [U+831A] CJK Unified Ideographs 茜 → [U+831C]

Translingual

Han character

茛 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿日女 (TAV), four-corner 4473₂, composition ⿱艹艮)

1. wolfsbane

Derived characters

• 𦹧

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1027, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30870
• Dae Jaweon: page 1486, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3211, character 1
• Unihan data for U+831B

Chinese

trad.		茛
simp. #		茛

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
艱	*krɯːn
齦	*kʰrɯːnʔ, *kʰɯːnʔ, *ŋɯn
眼	*ŋrɯːnʔ
蛝	*ɡrɯːn
限	*ɡrɯːnʔ
硍	*ɡrɯːnʔ
豤	*kʰɯːnʔ, *kʰɯːnʔ, *kʰuːn
詪	*ɡlɯːnʔ, *kɯːnʔ, *kɯːns
根	*kɯːn
跟	*kɯːn
珢	*kɯːn, *kɯːns, *ŋrɯn
艮	*kɯːns
茛	*kɯːns
墾	*kʰɯːnʔ
懇	*kʰɯːnʔ
垠	*ŋɯːn, *ŋrɯn, *ŋɯn
泿	*ŋɯːn, *ŋrɯn
痕	*ɡɯːn
拫	*ɡɯːn
鞎	*ɡɯːn
很	*ɡɯːnʔ
恨	*ɡɯːns
銀	*ŋrɯn
檭	*ŋrɯn

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gèn (gen⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gèn
    • Wade–Giles: kên⁴
    • Yale: gèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: genn
    • Palladius: гэнь (gɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gan³
    • Yale: gan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gen³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐn³³/

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• Middle Chinese: konH

Rime
Character	茛
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	痕 (53)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古恨切
Baxter	konH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kənH/
Pan Wuyun	/kənH/
Shao Rongfen	/kənH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kənH/
Li Rong	/kənH/
Wang Li	/kənH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kənH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gèn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gan3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kɯːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	茛
Reading #	1/1
No.	3925
Phonetic component	艮
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	艮
Old Chinese	/*kɯːns/

Definitions

茛

1. Used in 毛茛 (máogèn, “buttercup; Ranunculus”).
2. Synonym of 鉤吻／钩吻 (heartbreak grass)

Japanese

Kanji

茛

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こん (kon); けん (ken)
• Kun: とりかぶと (torikabuto)

Korean

Hanja

茛 • (gan) (hangeul 간, revised gan, McCune–Reischauer kan, Yale kan)

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