胡荽

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (胡荽)
simp. #(胡荽)
alternative forms 胡荾
葫荽

Etymology

Mentioned by Zhang Hua 張華 (232–300), Shi Chong 石崇 (249–300), and Lu Ji 陸機 (261–303).

Phono-semantic matching of an Iranian word (Laufer, 1967). Compare Old Chinese /*gˤa s.nuj/ with gšnyc (gišnīz, coriander), kšnyc (kišnīz), whence Modern Persian گشنیز (gešniz, coriander).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (33) (16)
Final () (23) (16)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter hu swij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦuo/ /siuɪ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦuo/ /sʷi/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣo/ /sjuɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦɔ/ /swi/
Li
Rong
/ɣo/ /sui/
Wang
Li
/ɣu/ /swi/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ɣuo/ /swi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
suī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wu4 seoi1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ hu ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɡ]ˁa/
English foreigners in the north

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 1/1
No. 4255 12597
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡaː/ /*snul/
Notes ɡosniz

Noun

胡荽

  1. coriander

Synonyms

Derived terms