茭

See also: 椒

茭	U+832D, 茭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-832D

← 茬
[U+832C]

CJK Unified Ideographs

茮 →
[U+832E]

Translingual

Han character

茭 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜金大 (TYCK), four-corner 4440₈, composition ⿱艹交)

an aquatic grass, the stalks of which are eaten as a vegetable

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1028, character 21
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30904
Dae Jaweon: page 1487, character 18
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3208, character 5
Unihan data for U+832D

Chinese

trad.		茭
simp. ^#		茭
alternative forms		䕧𦽨𦺏

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
烄	keːws, kreːwʔ
礮	*pʰreːws
交	*kreːw
郊	*kreːw
茭	kreːw, kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ
蛟	*kreːw
鮫	*kreːw
鵁	*kreːw
咬	kreːw, ŋɡreːwʔ, *qreːw
鉸	kreːw, kreːwʔ, *kreːws
佼	kreːw, kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ
詨	kreːw, qʰreːws, *ɡreːws
絞	*kreːwʔ
狡	*kreːwʔ
姣	kreːwʔ, ɡreːw
筊	kreːwʔ, ɡreːw
校	kreːws, ɡreːws
珓	*kreːws
跤	*kʰreːw
頝	*kʰreːw
骹	*kʰraːw
齩	*ŋɡreːwʔ
洨	*ɡreːw
胶	*ɡreːw
效	*ɡreːws
効	*ɡreːws
傚	*ɡreːws
皎	*keːwʔ
恔	*keːwʔ
晈	*keːwʔ
窔	*qeːws
駮	*pqreːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ): semantic 艹 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 交 (OC *kreːw)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiāo (jiao¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiao
  - Wade–Giles: chiao¹
  - Yale: jyāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiau
  - Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gaau¹
  - Yale: gāau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gao¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: kaew

Rime
Character	茭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古肴切
Baxter	kaew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/kau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨw/
Li Rong	/kau/
Wang Li	/kau/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaau¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤr[a]w/

(Zhengzhang): /*kreːw/, /*kreːwʔ/, /*ɡreːwʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	茭
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiāo
Middle Chinese	‹ kæw ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˁr[a]w/
English	dried grass
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	茭	茭	茭
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	6298	6309	6328
Phonetic component	交	交	交
Rime group	宵	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	交	絞	澩
Old Chinese	/*kreːw/	/*kreːwʔ/	/*ɡreːwʔ/
Notes		䕧注或體	䕧注或體

Definitions

茭

dry feed
Java water dropwort, water celery (Oenanthe javanica)
cable made from bamboo or reed
wild rice (Zizania aquatica)

Compounds

北茭 (Běijiāo)
玉茭 (yùjiāo)
玉茭子 (y3 jiau2 zeh)
茭南 (Jiāonán)
茭子 (jiau1 zeh)
茭白 (jiāobái)
茭白筍 / 茭白笋

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 茭 – see 椒 (“Sichuan pepper; any similar plants and spices, such as pepper and chili; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 椒).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

茭

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): けき (keki)、きゃく (kyaku)、こう (kō)、きょう (kyō)、ごう (gō)
Kun: まぐさ (magusa)

Vietnamese

Han character

茭: Hán Nôm readings: giao

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