楉

楉 U+6949, 楉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6949 ← 楈 [U+6948] CJK Unified Ideographs 楊 → [U+694A]

Translingual

Han character

楉 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木廿大口 (DTKR), four-corner 4496₄, composition ⿰木若)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 538, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15111
• Dae Jaweon: page 926, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1243, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6949

Chinese

trad.		楉
simp. #		楉

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
若	*nja, *njaʔ, *njaɡ
婼	*nja, *nje, *n̥ʰaɡ
惹	*njaʔ, *njaɡ
諾	*naːɡ
蠚	*hnaːɡ, *n̥ʰaɡ
逽	*naɡ
蹃	*naɡ, *rnaːɡ
箬	*njaɡ
楉	*njaɡ
鄀	*njaɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ruò (ruo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joek⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ruò
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ruò
    • Wade–Giles: jo⁴
    • Yale: rwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruoh
    • Palladius: жо (žo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: joek⁶
    • Yale: yeuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: nyak

Rime
Character	楉
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	藥 (107)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	而灼切
Baxter	nyak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵɨɐk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵiɐk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑiɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵɨak̚/
Li Rong	/ȵiak̚/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭak̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ak̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ruò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	joek6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*njaɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	楉
Reading #	1/1
No.	10943
Phonetic component	若
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	若
Old Chinese	/*njaɡ/

Definitions

楉

1. only used in 楉榴 (“pomegranate”)

Japanese

Kanji

楉

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): じゃく (jaku)、にゃく (nyaku)
• Kun: ざくろ (zakuro)