U+845B, 葛
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-845B

[U+845A]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+845C]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 140, +9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿日心女 (TAPV), four-corner 44727, composition )

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1045, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31420
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1506, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3248, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+845B

Chinese edit

trad.
simp. #
 
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Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
   

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *kaːd): semantic + phonetic (OC *ɡaːd).

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit


Note:
  • gě - standard in surname sense;
  • gé - other senses.
  • Cantonese
  • Hakka
  • Min Dong
  • Min Nan
  • Note:
    • kat - literary;
    • koah - vernacular.
  • Wu

  • Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (28)
    Final () (63)
    Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () I
    Fanqie
    Baxter kat
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /kɑt̚/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /kɑt̚/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /kɑt̚/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /kat̚/
    Li
    Rong
    /kɑt̚/
    Wang
    Li
    /kɑt̚/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /kɑt̚/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    ge
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    got3
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ kat ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*[k]ˁat/
    English Dolichos; kudzu

    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
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 5022
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    1
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*kaːd/

    Definitions edit

    1. kudzu (Pueraria lobata)
    2. poplin; hemp cloth
    3. () State of Ge (a small state in modern Henan province during the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties)
    4. a surname
        ―  Hóng  ―  Ge Hong (Eastern Jin Dynasty scholar)

    Compounds edit

    Etymology 2 edit

    From .

    Pronunciation edit

      This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!
    Particularly: “Suzhounese: /kəʔ/”

    Definitions edit

    1. (dialectal Wu) this
    2. (Suzhou) Alternative form of (possessive particle)
    Synonyms edit

    Japanese edit

    Kanji edit

    (common “Jōyō” kanji)

    Readings edit

    Compounds edit

    Etymology 1 edit

    Kanji in this term
    かずら
    Grade: S
    kun’yomi
    Alternative spelling

    ⟨kadura⟩/kad͡zuɾa//kazuɾa/

    From Old Japanese.

    Pronunciation edit

    Noun edit

    (かずら) (kazuraかづら (kadura)?

    1. generic name for creepers or creeping plants
    2. (architecture) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    3. the hoop of a barrel or other cylindrical object
    4. a type of fishing net
    Derived terms edit

    Etymology 2 edit

    Kanji in this term
    くず
    Grade: S
    kun’yomi
     
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    From Old Japanese.

    Pronunciation edit

    Noun edit

    (くず) (kuzu

    1. the Japanese arrowroot, Pueraria montana
    2. Short for 葛粉 (kuzuko): starch made from pounded kudzu root
    3. Short for 葛溜まり (kuzudamari) or 葛餡 (kuzuan): a sweet sauce made from kudzu starch
    4. Short for 葛布 (kuzununo/kuzufu): cloth made from kudzu fiber
    Derived terms edit
    Descendants edit
    • English: kudzu

    Etymology 3 edit

    Kanji in this term
    つづら
    Grade: S
    kun’yomi

    ⟨tudura⟩/t͡sud͡zuɾa//t͡suzuɾa/

    From Old Japanese.

    Pronunciation edit

    Noun edit

    (つづら) (tsuzura

    1. Short for 葛藤 (tsuzurafuji): the Chinese moonseed, Sinomenium acutum
    2. Short for 葛籠 (tsuzurako): a wicker basket used for holding clothes
    3. Short for 葛折り (tsuzuraori): something winding or zigzaggy, especially a road at a hill-slope
    4. a style of 襲の色目 (kasane no irome, color combination by layering of garments), with bluish black on the front and light (or pale) blue on the back
    Derived terms edit

    Etymology 4 edit

    Kanji in this term
    かつ
    Grade: S
    kan’on

    From Middle Chinese (MC kat).

    Affix edit

    (かつ) (katsu

    1. creeper
    2. cloth made from kudzu fibers
    Derived terms edit

    Korean edit

    Etymology edit

    From Middle Chinese (MC kat).

    Hanja edit

    (eumhun (chik gal))

    1. Hanja form? of (arrowroot, kudzu).

    Compounds edit

    References edit

    • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [2]

    Miyako edit

    Kanji edit

    (common “Jōyō” kanji)

    Readings edit

    Etymology edit

    Kanji in this term
    くずぃ
    Grade: S
    kun’yomi

    Cognate with Yaeyama (kuzï), Okinawan (kuji), and Japanese (kuzu).

    Perhaps from Proto-Ryukyuan *kozu, itself from Proto-Japonic *konsu.

    Pronunciation edit

    Noun edit

    (くずぃ) (kudzï

    1. the Japanese arrowroot, Pueraria montana

    Okinawan edit

    Kanji edit

    (common “Jōyō” kanji)

    Readings edit

    Etymology edit

    Kanji in this term
    くじ
    Grade: S
    kun’yomi

    Perhaps from Proto-Ryukyuan *kozu.

    Pronunciation edit

    Noun edit

    (くじ) (kuji

    1. Short for 葛粉 (kujikū): starch made from pounded kudzu root

    Derived terms edit

    References edit

    1. ^ 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawago Jiten, “Okinawan Dictionary”)[1], 1963

    Old Japanese edit

    Compounds edit

    Etymology 1 edit

    Possibly from Proto-Japonic *kantora.

    Noun edit

    (kadura) (kana かづら)

    1. a creeper, creeping plant
    Derived terms edit
    Descendants edit

    Etymology 2 edit

    From Proto-Japonic *konsu.

    Noun edit

    (kuzu) (kana くず)

    1. the Japanese arrowroot, Pueraria montana
    Derived terms edit
    Descendants edit
    • Japanese: (kuzu)

    Etymology 3 edit

    This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
    Particularly: “Cognate with verb 續く (tuduku, to continue)?”

    Noun edit

    (tudura) (kana つづら)

    1. any climbing plant or vine, such as the Chinese moonseed, Sinomenium acutum
    Derived terms edit
    Descendants edit
    • Japanese: (tsuzura)

    Vietnamese edit

    Han character edit

    : Hán Nôm readings: cát, nhật

    1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.