藕

藕 U+85D5, 藕
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85D5
← 藔
[U+85D4]
CJK Unified Ideographs 藖 →
[U+85D6]

Translingual

Han character

藕 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+15, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿手木月 (TQDB), four-corner 44927, composition ⿱艹耦)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1065, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32298
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1529, character 27
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3317, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+85D5

Chinese

trad. 藕
simp. # 藕
2nd round simp. 𰰤
alternative forms 蕅
㒖/𮯵
𦸲

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ŋoːʔ) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 耦 (OC *ŋoːʔ).

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation


Note:
  • ngêu3 - literary;
  • ngêu1 - vernacular.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 藕
Mandarin Beijing /ou²¹⁴/
Harbin /ou²¹³/
Tianjin /nou¹³/
Jinan /ŋou⁵⁵/
Qingdao /ɣou⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /ou⁵³/
Xi'an /ŋou⁵³/
Xining /nɯ⁵³/
Yinchuan /əu⁵³/
Lanzhou /ou⁴⁴²/
Ürümqi /ŋɤu⁵¹/
Wuhan /ŋəu⁴²/
Chengdu /ŋəu⁵³/
Guiyang /ŋəu⁴²/
/əu⁴²/ 新
Kunming /əu⁵³/
Nanjing /əɯ²¹²/
Hefei /ʐɯ²⁴/
Jin Taiyuan /ɣəu⁵³/
Pingyao /ŋəu⁵³/
Hohhot /ŋəu⁵³/
Wu Shanghai /ŋɤ²³/
Suzhou /ŋɤ³¹/
Hangzhou /ŋei⁵³/
Wenzhou /ŋau³⁵/
Hui Shexian /niu³⁵/
/ŋiu³⁵/
Tunxi /ȵiu²⁴/
Xiang Changsha /ŋəu⁴¹/
Xiangtan /ŋəɯ⁴²/
Gan Nanchang /ŋiɛu²¹³/
Hakka Meixian /ŋeu³¹/
Taoyuan
Cantonese Guangzhou /ŋɐu²³/
Nanning /ŋɐu²⁴/
Hong Kong /ŋɐu¹³/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /ŋɔ⁵³/
/ŋau²²/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /ŋɑu²⁴²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /ŋe²¹/
Shantou (Teochew) /kau³⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /ŋɔu²¹³/

Rime
Character 藕
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
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 藕
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
ǒu
Middle
Chinese
‹ nguwX ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.ŋˁ(r)oʔ/
English lotus root

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 藕
Reading # 1/1
No. 15915
Phonetic
component
禺
Rime
group
侯
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
藕
Old
Chinese
/*ŋoːʔ/

Definitions

藕

  1. (lotus) root
  2. a surname

Synonyms

Compounds

  • 丹藕
  • 傷荷藕/伤荷藕
  • 切藕咁多口
  • 同心藕
  • 塘藕
  • 大轆藕/大辘藕
  • 拋生藕/抛生藕
  • 斜塘藕
  • 旱藕
  • 果藕
  • 湖藕
  • 煲老藕
  • 玉藕
  • 田藕
  • 白藕
  • 碧藕
  • 紅藕/红藕
  • 荷藕
  • 菜藕
  • 華藕/华藕
  • 蓮藕/莲藕 (lián'ǒu)
  • 蕉藕
  • 藕合 (ǒuhé)
  • 藕塘 (Ǒutáng)
  • 藕心
  • 藕心錢/藕心钱
  • 藕披
  • 藕斷絲不斷/藕断丝不断
  • 藕斷絲聯/藕断丝联
  • 藕斷絲連/藕断丝连 (ǒuduànsīlián)
  • 藕斷絲長/藕断丝长
  • 藕朽菌
  • 藕根
  • 藕棒兒/藕棒儿
  • 藕池 (Ǒuchí)
  • 藕灰 (ǒuhuī)
  • 藕煤
  • 藕節/藕节 (ǒujié)
  • 藕粉 (ǒufěn)
  • 藕絲/藕丝
  • 藕絲兒/藕丝儿
  • 藕腸/藕肠
  • 藕色 (ǒusè)
  • 藕色蓮/藕色莲
  • 藕花 (ǒuhuā)
  • 藕荷 (ǒuhé)
  • 藕覆
  • 藕零兒/藕零儿
  • 藕餅/藕饼
  • 蜜藕
  • 賣生藕/卖生藕
  • 踏藕
  • 陸藕/陆藕
  • 雪藕
  • 黃藕冠/黄藕冠

Descendants

  • → Proto-Southwestern Tai: *ʰŋawꟲ (“central root”)
    • Ahom: 𑜂𑜧 (ṅaw), 𑜂𑜨𑜧 (ṅow), 𑜂𑜧𑜈𑜫 (ṅaww)
    • Lao: ເຫງົ້າ (ngao)
    • Lü: ᦄᧁᧉ (ṅgaw²)
    • Northern Thai: ᩉ᩠ᨦᩮᩢ᩶ᩣ
    • Shan: ငဝ်ႈ (ngāo)
    • Thai: เหง้า (ngâo)
  • → Vietnamese: ngó (“lotus root”)
  • → Zhuang: ngaeux (“lotus; lotus root”)

References

Japanese

Kanji

藕

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. lotus
  2. lotus root
  3. arrowroot

Readings

  • Go-on: ぐ (gu)
  • Kan-on: ごう (gō)
  • Kan’yō-on: ぐう (gū)
  • Kun: はすのね (hasunone)

Korean

Hanja

藕 • (u) (hangeul 우, revised u, McCune–Reischauer u, Yale wu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

藕: Hán Nôm readings: ngó, ngẫu

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