蕅

蕅 U+8545, 蕅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8545 ← 蕄 [U+8544] CJK Unified Ideographs 蕆 → [U+8546]

Translingual

Han character

蕅 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿水田月 (TEWB), four-corner 5532₇, composition ⿱艹湡)

1. lotus

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1057, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31921
• Dae Jaweon: page 1520, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3296, character 2
• Unihan data for U+8545

Chinese

trad.		蕅
simp. #		蕅

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
齵	*ŋoː, *ŋo
偶	*ŋoːʔ, *ŋoːs
耦	*ŋoːʔ
藕	*ŋoːʔ
髃	*ŋoːʔ, *ŋo
蕅	*ŋoːʔ
愚	*ŋo
隅	*ŋo
禺	*ŋo, *ŋos
湡	*ŋo
堣	*ŋo
嵎	*ŋo
鰅	*ŋo, *ŋoŋ
鍝	*ŋo
遇	*ŋos
寓	*ŋos
庽	*ŋos
媀	*ŋos
喁	*ŋoŋ
顒	*ŋoŋ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ǒu (ou³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ǒu
    • Wade–Giles: ou³
    • Yale: ǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: oou
    • Palladius: оу (ou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀoʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngau⁵
    • Yale: ngáuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: nguwX

Rime
Character	蕅
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	五口切
Baxter	nguwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋəuX/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋəuX/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋəuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋəwX/
Li Rong	/ŋuX/
Wang Li	/ŋəuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngau5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋoːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蕅
Reading #	1/1
No.	15917
Phonetic component	禺
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	藕
Old Chinese	/*ŋoːʔ/
Notes	說文藕字爾雅作藕

Definitions

蕅

1. Alternative form of 藕 (ǒu)