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U+79BE, 禾
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-79BE

[U+79BD]
CJK Unified Ideographs 禿
[U+79BF]
U+2F72, ⽲
KANGXI RADICAL GRAIN

[U+2F71]
Kangxi Radicals
[U+2F73]

Translingual

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Stroke order (Japan)
 
Stroke order
 

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 115, +0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 竹木 (HD), four-corner 20904, composition 丿 or 𠆢)

  1. Kangxi radical #115, .

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 848, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24906
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1270, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2588, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+79BE

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
       

Pictogram (象形) – picture of a plant stalk. The stalk is more recognizable in older form. Similar to but unrelated to .

Etymology 1

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simp. and trad.

Cognate with Tibetan གྲོ (gro, wheat) (Hill, 2019).

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (33)
Final () (95)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter hwa
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦuɑ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦuɑ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣuɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦwa/
Li
Rong
/ɣuɑ/
Wang
Li
/ɣuɑ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ɣuɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
huó
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wo4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ hwa ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɢ]ˁoj/
English growing grain

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 4931
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡoːl/

Definitions

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  1. grain; cereal
  2. rice plant
Synonyms
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Compounds

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References

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Etymology 2

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simp. and trad.

Pronunciation borrowed from Mandarin (), tone from Cantonese (ngo5).

Pronunciation

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  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, leetspeak or sarcastic) I; me; my

Etymology 3

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simp. and trad.

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

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. (Teochew, Leizhou Min) grain; cereal; crop

Japanese

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Kanji

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(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. grain; cereal
  2. rice plant

Readings

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  • Go-on: (wa)
  • Kan-on: (ka)くわ (kwa, historical)
  • Kun: いね (ine, )のぎ (nogi, )
  • Nanori: のぎ (nogi)のぶ (nobu)ひいず (hīzu)

Korean

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Etymology 1

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Hanja

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(eumhun (byeo hwa))

  1. rice

Etymology 2

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Hanja

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(eumhun 말 이빨의 수효 (mal ipparui suhyo su))

  1. the number of horse teeth

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: hòa/hoà

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