萪

萪 U+842A, 萪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-842A ← 萩 [U+8429] CJK Unified Ideographs 萫 → [U+842B]

Translingual

Han character

萪 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹木十 (THDJ), composition ⿱艹科)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1042, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31334
• Dae Jaweon: page 1501, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3250, character 1
• Unihan data for U+842A

Chinese

simp. and trad.		萪

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
科	*kʰoːl, *kʰoːls
萪	*kʰoːl
蝌	*kʰoːl
犐	*kʰoːl
禾	*ɡoːl
和	*ɡoːl, *ɡoːls
咊	*ɡoːl
盉	*ɡoːl, *ɡoːls
龢	*ɡoːl
鉌	*ɡoːl
俰	*ɡoːls

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kē (ke¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kē
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ke
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo¹
    • Yale: kē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ke
    • Palladius: кэ (kɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khwa

Rime
Character	萪
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦禾切
Baxter	khwa
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰuɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰuɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwa/
Li Rong	/kʰuɑ/
Wang Li	/kʰuɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰuɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuō
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fo1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰoːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	萪
Reading #	1/1
No.	4927
Phonetic component	禾
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	科
Old Chinese	/*kʰoːl/

Definitions

萪

1. a vine that grows by the sea
2. scallion, a kind of grass

Japanese

Kanji

萪

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): くわ (kuwa)