蒟

蒟 U+849F, 蒟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-849F ← 蒞 [U+849E] CJK Unified Ideographs 蒠 → [U+84A0]

Translingual

Han character

蒟 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜廿口 (TYTR) or 難廿卜廿口 (XTYTR), four-corner 4412₇, composition ⿱艹竘)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1048, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31566
• Dae Jaweon: page 1510, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3268, character 10
• Unihan data for U+849F

Chinese

trad.		蒟
simp. #		蒟
alternative forms		𦵑

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
勾	*koː, *koːs
鉤	*koː
鴝	*koː, *ɡo
句	*koː, *koːs, *kos, *ɡo
夠	*koː, *koːs, *kʰoː
枸	*koː, *koːʔ, *koʔ
軥	*koː, *koːs, *ɡo
狗	*koːʔ
苟	*koːʔ
岣	*koːʔ, *ko
笱	*koːʔ
玽	*koːʔ
耇	*koːʔ
豿	*koːʔ, *qʰroːɡ
敂	*koːʔ
怐	*koːs, *kʰoːs, *qʰoːs, *kos
雊	*koːs
竘	*kʰoːʔ, *kʰoʔ
齁	*qʰoː
呴	*qʰoːʔ, *qʰos
蚼	*qʰoːʔ, *ɡo
豞	*qʰoːs
訽	*qʰoːs, *ɡoːs
佝	*qʰoːs
拘	*ko
駒	*ko
眗	*ko
跔	*ko
鮈	*ko
痀	*ko
蒟	*koʔ, *kos
絇	*kos, *ɡo
邭	*kos
劬	*ɡo
朐	*ɡo
鼩	*ɡo
斪	*ɡo
翑	*ɡo
葋	*ɡo
姁	*ɡo, *qʰo, *qʰoʔ, *qʰos
欨	*qʰo, *qʰoʔ
喣	*qʰoʔ
煦	*qʰoʔ, *qʰos
昫	*qʰos

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǔ (ju³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chü³
    • Yale: jyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeu
    • Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: geoi²
    • Yale: géui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kjuX, kjuH

Rime
Character	蒟	蒟
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	俱雨切	九遇切
Baxter	kjuX	kjuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨoX/	/kɨoH/
Pan Wuyun	/kioX/	/kioH/
Shao Rongfen	/kioX/	/kioH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kuə̆X/	/kuə̆H/
Li Rong	/kioX/	/kioH/
Wang Li	/kĭuX/	/kĭuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯uX/	/ki̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jǔ	jù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	geoi2	geoi3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*koʔ/, /*kos/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蒟	蒟
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7101	7106
Phonetic component	句	句
Rime group	侯	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	矩	屨
Old Chinese	/*koʔ/	/*kos/

Definitions

蒟

1. betel (Piper betle)
2. used in 蒟蒻 (jǔruò, “konjac”)

Compounds

• 蒟蒻 (jǔruò)
• 蒟醬 / 蒟酱 (jǔjiàng)

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 蒟

蒟

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: く (ku)
• Kan’yō-on: こん (kon)

Korean

Hanja

蒟 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

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