秮
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Translingual
Han character
秮 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹木戈口 (HDIR), four-corner 22963, composition ⿰禾台)
Derived characters
- 𤹇
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 852, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25010
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2602, character 2
- Unihan data for U+79EE
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
秮 | |
|---|---|---|
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: kuò
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄛˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: kuò
- Wade–Giles: kʻuo4
- Yale: kwò
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuoh
- Palladius: ко (ko)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Definitions
秮
- (obsolete, hapax legomenon) alternative form of 秳
- 先時者，莖葉帶芒以短衡，穗鉅而芳奪，秮米而不香。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
- From: Lü Buwei, Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals, 239 BCE
- Xiānshí zhě, jīng yè dài máng yǐ duǎn héng, suì jù ér fāng duó, kuò mǐ ér bù xiāng. [Pinyin]
- The early ones have awned stems and leaves with short ends, large ears of rice with little fragrance, and are not as fragrant as millet.
先时者，茎叶带芒以短衡，穗巨而芳夺，秮米而不香。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- Eastern Min (BUC): dăi
- Southern Min
- Eastern Min
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tai
- Tâi-lô: tai
- Phofsit Daibuun: day
- IPA (Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tai⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: dai1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tai
- Sinological IPA (key): /tai³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
Definitions
秮
- (Eastern Min, in general) millet (including the foxtail millet, proso millet, etc.)
- (Teochew) foxtail millet (Setaria italica)
- (Eastern Min, Teochew) hulled grain of foxtail millet (Setaria italica)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 穀子 (“foxtail millet (plant or unhulled grain)”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 粟, 禾, 嘉穀, 稷 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 粟 | |
| Taxonomic name | 粟 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 穀子 |
| Harbin | 穀子 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 穀子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 穀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 穀子 |
| Wanrong | 穀 | |
| Xi'an | 穀子 | |
| Xining | 穀子 | |
| Xuzhou | 穀子 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 穀子 |
| Lanzhou | 穀子 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 小米 |
| Wuhan | 粟穀 grain | |
| Guiyang | 小米 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 小米 |
| Yangzhou | 穀子 | |
| Hefei | 穀子 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 狗尾粟, 粟 |
| Yangjiang | 狗尾粟, 粟仔 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 粟仔, 黃粟仔, 狗尾粟 |
| Yudu | 狗尾粟, 貓尾粟, 黃粟 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 粟 plant, 粟穀 grain |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 穀子, 穀 |
| Xinzhou | 穀 | |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 蘆粟, 狗尾粟 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 秮, 犬尾秮 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 黍仔 |
| Chaozhou | 秮 | |
| Jieyang | 秮 | |
| Haikou | 粟 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 粟禾 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 小米 |
| Suzhou | 粟 | |
| Danyang | 小米 | |
| Wenzhou | 粟米 | |
| Jinhua | 粟兒 plant, 粟穀 grain | |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 魚子粟 |
Dialectal synonyms of 小米 (“hulled grain of the foxtail millet”) [map]