蒈

蒈 U+8488, 蒈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8488 ← 蒇 [U+8487] CJK Unified Ideographs 蒉 → [U+8489]

Translingual

Han character

蒈 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿心心日 (TPPA), four-corner 4460, composition ⿱艹皆)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1047, character 67
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3246, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8488

Chinese

trad.		蒈
simp. #		蒈

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 艹 + phonetic 皆.

Etymology

Borrowed from English carane.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǎi (kai³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kaai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǎi
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai³
    • Yale: kǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kae
    • Palladius: кай (kaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kaai²
    • Yale: káai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kaai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: kai²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaːi̯³⁵/

Definitions

蒈

1. (organic chemistry) carane