荍

荍 U+834D, 荍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-834D ← 荌 [U+834C] CJK Unified Ideographs 荎 → [U+834E]

Translingual

Han character

荍 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿女中大 (TVLK), four-corner 4474₈, composition ⿱艹收)

References

• KangXi: page 1031, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30948
• Dae Jaweon: page 1490, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3211, character 6
• Unihan data for U+834D

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Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
艽	*krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw, *ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
芁	*kriːw
荍	*ɡiw
叫	*kiːws
訆	*kiːws
嘂	*kiːws
收	*qʰljɯw, *qʰljɯws
糾	*kɯw, *krɯwʔ
朻	*kɯw, *krɯw, *krɯwʔ
丩	*kɯw, *krɯw
赳	*krɯw, *krɯwʔ
虬	*ɡrɯw
虯	*ɡrɯw
觓	*ɡrɯw

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡiw): semantic 艸 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 收 (OC *qʰljɯw, *qʰljɯws).

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 荍 – see 蕎 (“buckwheat; spurge; etc.”). (This character, 荍, is a variant form of 蕎.)

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		荍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiáo (qiao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kiu⁴
• Min Nan (Teochew, Peng'im): kiao⁵ / kiou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyau
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciáo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiao2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰjɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kiu⁴
    • Yale: kìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːu̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kiao⁵ / kiou⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khiâu / khiôu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiau⁵⁵/, /kʰiou⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɡiᴇu/

Rime
Character	荍
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	渠遙切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡiᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡjæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/giaw/
Li Rong	/ɡiɛu/
Wang Li	/ɡĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kiu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡiw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	荍
Reading #	1/1
No.	6917
Phonetic component	丩
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	翹
Old Chinese	/*ɡiw/

Definitions

荍

1. Alternative name for 錦葵／锦葵 (jǐnkuí, “mallow”).

   • 視爾如荍，貽我握椒。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     视尔如荞，贻我握椒。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Shì ěr rú qiáo, yí wǒ wò jiāo. [Pinyin]

     I look on you as the flower of the thorny mallows; you give me a stalk of the pepper plant.

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Japanese

Kanji

荍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): きょう (kyō), ぎょう (gyō), しゅう (shū), しゅ (shu)
• Kun: ぜにあおい (zeniaoi)