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芰
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Translingual
Han character
芰 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿十水 (TJE), four-corner 44407, composition ⿱艹支)
- water caltrop
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1020, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30733
- Dae Jaweon: page 1478, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3178, character 8
- Unihan data for U+82B0
Chinese
Glyph origin
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: jì
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jì
- Wade–Giles: chi4
- Yale: jì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jih
- Palladius: цзи (czi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: gei6
- Yale: geih
- Cantonese Pinyin: gei6
- Guangdong Romanization: géi6
- Sinological IPA (key): /kei̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: gjeH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]re-s/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɡres/
Definitions
芰
- (chiefly archaic) water chestnut (Trapa spp.)
- Synonym: 菱 (líng)
- 屈到嗜芰,有疾,召其宗老而屬之,曰:「祭我必以芰。」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
- From: Guoyu, circa 4th century BCE
- Qū Dào shì jì, yǒu jí, zhào qí zōnglǎo ér zhǔ zhī, yuē: “Jì wǒ bì yǐ jì.” [Pinyin]
- Qu Dao was fond of water chestnuts. When he succumbed to illness, he called for his vassal in charge of the ancestral rites, and requested the use of water chestnuts as the sacrificial offering to him after his death.
屈到嗜芰,有疾,召其宗老而属之,曰:「祭我必以芰。」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
Compounds
- 芰荷
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Japanese
Kanji
芰
Readings
Etymology
Noun
- alternative spelling of 菱 (hishi): Trapa natans var. japonica, a species of water caltrop
Korean
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