See also:

U+854A, 蕊
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-854A

[U+8549]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+854B]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 140, +12, 16 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 15 strokes in simplified Chinese and Japanese, cangjie input 廿心心心 (TPPP), four-corner 44333, composition )

Derived characters edit

Further reading edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1057, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31939
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1520, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3297, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+854A

Chinese edit

trad.
simp. #
alternative forms

Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ŋljolʔ, *ŋljulʔ): semantic + phonetic (OC *sqʰloːlʔ, *sklol, *sɡlolʔ)

Etymology edit

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(d/n)waj (to hang from; to cling to; creeper), whence Burmese နွယ် (nwai, creeper), Jingpho noi (to hang). Possibly related to (OC *djol, “to hang down”), (OC *toːlʔ, “hanging from a tree > flower”).

Pronunciation edit



  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /ʐuei²¹⁴/
Harbin /luei²¹³/
/ʐuei²¹³/
Tianjin /ʐuei¹³/
Jinan /luei⁵⁵/
Qingdao /ləʔ⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /ʐuei⁵³/
Xi'an /vei⁴⁴/
Xining /uɨ⁵³/
Yinchuan /ʐuei⁵³/
Lanzhou /vei⁴⁴²/
Ürümqi /ʐuei²¹³/
/vei²¹³/
Wuhan /zuei³⁵/
Chengdu /zuei⁵³/
Guiyang
Kunming /ʐuei⁵³/
Nanjing /ʐuəi²¹²/
Hefei /ʐue⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /zuei⁴⁵/
Pingyao /zuei⁵³/
Hohhot /ʐuei⁵³/
Wu Shanghai /zø²³/
Suzhou /ze̞³¹/
Hangzhou /zz̩ʷei¹³/
Wenzhou /zz̩³⁵/
Hui Shexian /y³⁵/
Tunxi /lon²⁴/
Xiang Changsha /y⁴¹/
Xiangtan /yəi⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang
Hakka Meixian /lui³¹/
Taoyuan /lui²²/
Cantonese Guangzhou /jøy²³/
Nanning /jui²⁴/
Hong Kong /jøy²³/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /lui⁵³/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /luoi³²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /lo²¹/
Shantou (Teochew) /lui⁵³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /lui²¹³/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (38) (38)
Final () (12) (16)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter nyweX nywijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ȵiuᴇX/ /ȵiuɪX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ȵʷiɛX/ /ȵʷiX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȵʑjuɛX/ /ȵʑjuɪX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ȵwiə̆X/ /ȵwiX/
Li
Rong
/ȵiueX/ /ȵuiX/
Wang
Li
/ȵʑǐweX/ /ȵʑwiX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȵʑwie̯X/ /ȵʑwiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ruǐ ruǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jeoi5 jeoi5
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 12200 12203
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3 3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋljolʔ/ /*ŋljulʔ/

Definitions edit

  1. (botany) stamen; gynoecium (reproductive organ of a flower)
  2. flower bud
  3. (Hokkien, Teochew, Taiwanese Hakka) Classifier for flowers and eyes.
    目睭 [Hokkien]  ―  chi̍t lúi ba̍k-chiu [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  an eye

Synonyms edit

Compounds edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. stamen
  2. pistil

Readings edit

Etymology edit

Kanji in this term
しべ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
しべ
[noun] (botany) reproductive organ of a plant
Alternative spellings
,
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(eumhun 꽃술 (kkotsul ye))

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Hanja edit

(eumhun 모일 (moil jeon))

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References edit

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Việt readings: nhụy/nhuỵ, nhị
: Nôm readings: nhụy/nhuỵ, nhị

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