莛

莛	U+839B, 莛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-839B

← 莚
[U+839A]

CJK Unified Ideographs

莜 →
[U+839C]

Translingual

Han character

莛 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓大土 (TNKG), four-corner 4440₁, composition ⿱艹廷)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1034, character 17
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31060
Dae Jaweon: page 1493, character 20
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3205, character 4
Unihan data for U+839B

Chinese

trad.		莛
simp. ^#		莛
alternative forms		葶

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
蜓	l'eːnʔ, l'eːŋ, *l'eːŋʔ
涏	l'eːns, l'eːŋʔ
綎	l̥ʰeːŋ, l'eːŋ
珽	*l̥ʰeːŋʔ
脡	*l̥ʰeːŋʔ
侹	l̥ʰeːŋʔ, l̥ʰeːŋs
頲	*l'eːŋʔ
廷	l'eːŋ, l'eːŋʔ
庭	*l'eːŋ
鼮	*l'eːŋ
莛	l'eːŋ, l'eːŋʔ
筳	*l'eːŋ
霆	l'eːŋ, l'eːŋʔ
娗	l'eːŋ, l'eːŋʔ
挺	l'eːŋ, l'eːŋʔ
艇	*l'eːŋʔ
鋌	*l'eːŋʔ
梃	*l'eːŋʔ
誔	*l'eːŋʔ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tíng (ting²)

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ting⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): têng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tíng
  - Wade–Giles: tʻing²
  - Yale: tíng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyng
  - Palladius: тин (tin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ting⁴
  - Yale: tìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ting⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ting⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɪŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: têng
  - Tâi-lô: tîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: deeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ²³/

Middle Chinese: deng, dengX

Rime
Character	莛	莛
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	青 (125)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	特丁切	徒鼎切
Baxter	deng	dengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/deŋ/	/deŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/deŋ/	/deŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/dɛŋ/	/dɛŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛjŋ/	/dɛjŋ^X/
Li Rong	/deŋ/	/deŋ^X/
Wang Li	/dieŋ/	/dieŋ^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱieŋ/	/dʱieŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tíng	dìng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ting⁴	ding⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*l'eːŋ/, /*l'eːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	莛	莛
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12423	12436
Phonetic component	廷	廷
Rime group	耕	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	庭	挺
Old Chinese	/*l'eːŋ/	/*l'eːŋʔ/

Definitions

莛

an erect stalk (peduncle or main stem) of a herbaceous plant that supports its flower/fruit or inflorescence
麥莛／麦莛 ― màitíng ― stalk of wheat

花莛 ― huātíng ― scape

香莛 ― xiāngtíng ― scape of garlic chives

Synonyms

薹 (tái)

References

“莛”, 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

莛

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): てい (tei)、じょう (jō)
Kun: くき (kuki)

Korean

Hanja

莛 (eum 정 (jeong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

莛: Hán Nôm readings: đình

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