苔
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Translingual
Han character
苔 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+5, 9 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 8 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿戈口 (TIR), four-corner 44603, composition ⿱艹台)
Derived characters
- 𢰥, 𢞇, 𣹓, 𤠂, 𬨴, 𥀌, 𪞅, 𨃐, 𩌂, 𠫆, 𬟖, 𭃵, 𫉳, 𠫅, 𧀟, 𧄈
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1022, character 25
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30778
- Dae Jaweon: page 1481, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3198, character 7
- Unihan data for U+82D4
Chinese
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (台) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 胎 | *l̥ʰɯː |
| 台 | *l̥ʰɯː, *l'ɯː, *l'ɯː, *lɯ |
| 邰 | *l̥ʰɯː |
| 鮐 | *l̥ʰɯː, *lɯ |
| 孡 | *l̥ʰɯː |
| 苔 | *l'ɯː |
| 抬 | *l'ɯː |
| 駘 | *l'ɯː, *l'ɯːʔ |
| 炱 | *l'ɯː |
| 菭 | *l'ɯː, *l'i |
| 跆 | *l'ɯː |
| 殆 | *l'ɯːʔ |
| 怠 | *l'ɯːʔ |
| 迨 | *l'ɯːʔ |
| 紿 | *l'ɯːʔ |
| 詒 | *l'ɯːʔ, *lɯ |
| 軩 | *l'ɯːʔ |
| 咍 | *hlɯː |
| 佁 | *lɯːʔ, *l̥ʰɯs, *lɯʔ |
| 枲 | *slɯʔ |
| 辝 | *ljɯ |
| 鈶 | *ljɯʔ |
| 笞 | *l̥ʰɯ |
| 齝 | *l̥ʰɯ, *hljɯ |
| 眙 | *l̥ʰɯs, *lɯ |
| 治 | *l'ɯ, *l'ɯs, *l'is |
| 始 | *hljɯʔ |
| 怡 | *lɯ |
| 貽 | *lɯ |
| 飴 | *lɯ |
| 瓵 | *lɯ |
| 珆 | *li |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l'ɯː): semantic 艸 + phonetic 台 (OC *l̥ʰɯː, *l'ɯː, *l'ɯː, *lɯ).
Etymology 1
| trad. | 苔 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 苔 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): toi4
- Hakka
- Eastern Min (BUC): tì / tăi
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ti2
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6de
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tái
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tái
- Wade–Giles: tʻai2
- Yale: tái
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tair
- Palladius: тай (taj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰaɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: toi4
- Yale: tòih
- Cantonese Pinyin: toi4
- Guangdong Romanization: toi4
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɔːi̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thòi
- Hakka Romanization System: toiˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: toi2
- Sinological IPA: /tʰoi̯¹¹/
- (Meixian)
- Guangdong: toi2
- Sinological IPA: /tʰoɪ¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
Note:
- tì - vernacular;
- tăi - literary.
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: ti2
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: tí
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi¹³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: ti2
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi²⁴/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Lukang, Magong, Sanxia)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thî
- Tâi-lô: thî
- Phofsit Daibuun: tii
- IPA (Taipei, Lukang): /tʰi²⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ti5 / tai5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thî / thâi
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi⁵⁵/, /tʰai⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Lukang, Magong, Sanxia)
Note:
- ti5 - vernacular;
- tai5 - literary.
- Middle Chinese: doj
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*l'ɯː/
Definitions
苔
- bryophytes (moss; liverwort; hornwort); lichen; moss-like green algae
- nori
Compounds
Etymology 2
| trad. | 苔 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 苔 | |
| alternative forms | 胎 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): toi1
- Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): tai1 / dai2
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1the
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tāi
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄞ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tai
- Wade–Giles: tʻai1
- Yale: tāi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tai
- Palladius: тай (taj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: toi1
- Yale: tōi
- Cantonese Pinyin: toi1
- Guangdong Romanization: toi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɔːi̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: tai1 / dai2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thai / tái
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰai³³/, /tai⁵²/
- (Teochew)
Note: dai2 - vernacular (俗).
Definitions
苔
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 舌苔 (“tongue coating; fur on the tongue”) [map]
Compounds
Etymology 3
| trad. | 苔 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 苔 | |
Definitions
苔
| For pronunciation and definitions of 苔 – see 薹 (“sedge; an erect peduncle or shoot of a herbaceous plant, especially when it is tender and edible; etc.”). (This character is a nonstandard simplified form of 薹). |
Notes:
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Usage notes
Nonstandard.
References
- “苔”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Kanji
苔
Readings
Compounds
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 苔 |
| こけ Jinmeiyō |
| kun'yomi |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 蘚 蘿 |
Noun
苔 or 苔 • (koke)
- moss
- synonym of 猿麻桛 (saruogase, “beard moss, Usnea”)
Usage notes
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as コケ (koke).
Derived terms
Korean
Hanja
苔 • (tae) (hangeul 태, revised tae, McCune–Reischauer t'ae, Yale thay)
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Vietnamese
Han character
苔: Hán Nôm readings: đài, đầy, dày, đày, dây, thai
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