荄

荄 U+8344, 荄
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8344
← 荃
[U+8343]
CJK Unified Ideographs 荅 →
[U+8345]

Translingual

Han character

荄 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜女人 (TYVO), four-corner 44802, composition ⿱艹亥)

Derived characters

  • 𠹽 𢲧 𣘃 𦟍 𦃮 𨐮 𨢟 𤼞

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1030, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30935
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1489, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3210, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8344

Chinese

trad. 荄
simp. # 荄

Glyph origin

Etymology

Smith (2011) groups this word with the following terms into a word family meaning “root, germ, generative core”:

  • its derivative 根 (OC *kɯːn, “root”),
  • 核 (OC *ɡrɯːɡ, “germ, kernel”),
  • 骸 (OC *ɡrɯː, “(human) bones”),
  • 孩 (OC *ɡɯː, “child”),
  • 亥 (OC *ɡɯːʔ, “sprouting stage”), i.e. "the moon’s first appearance" > "twelfth earthly branch".

See 核 (OC *ɡrɯːɡ) for further etymology.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 荄 荄
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 皆 (33) 咍 (41)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II I
Fanqie 古諧切 古哀切
Baxter keaj koj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠɛi/ /kʌi/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚæi/ /kəi/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɐi/ /kɒi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kəɨj/ /kəj/
Li
Rong
/kɛi/ /kᴀi/
Wang
Li
/kɐi/ /kɒi/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kăi/ /kɑ̆i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiē gāi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gaai1 goi1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 荄 荄
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 4808 4831
Phonetic
component
亥 亥
Rime
group
之 之
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
該 皆
Old
Chinese
/*kɯː/ /*krɯː/
Notes 亥之轉註字

Definitions

荄

  1. grassroot

Japanese

Kanji

荄

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. roots

Readings

  • On (unclassified): かい (kai)
  • Kun: ね (ne, 荄)
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