茛

茛	U+831B, 茛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-831B

← 茚
[U+831A]

CJK Unified Ideographs

茜 →
[U+831C]

Translingual

Han character

茛 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿日女 (TAV), four-corner 4473₂, composition ⿱艹艮)

wolfsbane

Derived characters

𦹧

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1027, character 27
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30870
Dae Jaweon: page 1486, character 23
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3211, character 1
Unihan data for U+831B

Chinese

trad.		茛
simp. ^#		茛

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
艱	*krɯːn
齦	kʰrɯːnʔ, kʰɯːnʔ, *ŋɯn
眼	*ŋrɯːnʔ
蛝	*ɡrɯːn
限	*ɡrɯːnʔ
硍	*ɡrɯːnʔ
豤	kʰɯːnʔ, kʰɯːnʔ, *kʰuːn
詪	ɡlɯːnʔ, kɯːnʔ, *kɯːns
根	*kɯːn
跟	*kɯːn
珢	kɯːn, kɯːns, *ŋrɯn
艮	*kɯːns
茛	*kɯːns
墾	*kʰɯːnʔ
懇	*kʰɯːnʔ
垠	ŋɯːn, ŋrɯn, *ŋɯn
泿	ŋɯːn, ŋrɯn
痕	*ɡɯːn
拫	*ɡɯːn
鞎	*ɡɯːn
很	*ɡɯːnʔ
恨	*ɡɯːns
銀	*ŋrɯn
檭	*ŋrɯn

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gèn (gen⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gan³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gèn
  - Wade–Giles: kên⁴
  - Yale: gèn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: genn
  - Palladius: гэнь (gɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gan³
  - Yale: gan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gan³
  - Guangdong Romanization: gen³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐn³³/

Middle Chinese: konH

Rime
Character	茛
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	痕 (53)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古恨切
Baxter	konH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kən^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kən^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kən^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kən^H/
Li Rong	/kən^H/
Wang Li	/kən^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kən^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gèn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gan³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kɯːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	茛
Reading #	1/1
No.	3925
Phonetic component	艮
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	艮
Old Chinese	/*kɯːns/

Definitions

茛

used in 毛茛 (máogèn, “buttercup; Ranunculus”)
synonym of 鉤吻 / 钩吻 (heartbreak grass)

Japanese

Kanji

茛

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): こん (kon)、けん (ken)
Kun: とりかぶと (torikabuto)

Korean

Hanja

茛 • (gan) (hangeul 간, revised gan, McCune–Reischauer kan, Yale kan)

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