琈

琈 U+7408, 琈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7408 ← 琇 [U+7407] CJK Unified Ideographs 琉 → [U+7409]

Translingual

Han character

琈 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一土月弓木 (MGBND), four-corner 1214₇, composition ⿰𤣩孚)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 733, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21016
• Dae Jaweon: page 1145, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1117, character 17
• Unihan data for U+7408

Chinese

simp. and trad.		琈

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
殍	*brɯwʔ, *browʔ, *pʰuw
脬	*pʰruː
捊	*bruː, *buw
莩	*browʔ, *pʰuw
哹	*pu, *bu
浮	*bu
蜉	*bu
桴	*bu, *pʰuw
罦	*bu, *pʰuw
琈	*bu
粰	*bu
烰	*bu
艀	*bu
俘	*pʰuw
孚	*pʰuw
孵	*pʰuw
稃	*pʰuw
郛	*pʰuw
筟	*pʰuw

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *bu): semantic 𤣩 (“jade”) + phonetic 孚 (OC *pʰuw).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fú (fu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fú
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fú
    • Wade–Giles: fu²
    • Yale: fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwu
    • Palladius: фу (fu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: bjuw

Rime
Character	琈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	縛謀切
Baxter	bjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/biu/
Shao Rongfen	/biəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buw/
Li Rong	/biu/
Wang Li	/bĭəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*bu/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	琈
Reading #	1/1
No.	3351
Phonetic component	孚
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	浮
Old Chinese	/*bu/
Notes	禮記作孚

Definitions

琈

1. (historical dictionaries only) a kind of jade

Compounds

• 琈筍 / 琈笋
• 㻬琈