莠

莠	U+83A0, 莠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-83A0

← 莟
[U+839F]

CJK Unified Ideographs

莡 →
[U+83A1]

Translingual

Han character

莠 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹木尸 (THDS), four-corner 4422₇, composition ⿱艹秀)

Derived characters

璓

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1034, character 22
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31065
Dae Jaweon: page 1494, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3220, character 1
Unihan data for U+83A0

Chinese

trad.		莠
simp. ^#		莠

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 莠
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
透	l̥ʰoːs, hljuɡ
莠	*luʔ
誘	*luʔ
蜏	luʔ, slus, *lus
琇	luʔ, slus
秀	*slus
銹	*slus

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǒu, yòu (you³, you⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ, ㄧㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǒu
  - Wade–Giles: yu³
  - Yale: yǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeou
  - Palladius: ю (ju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yòu
  - Wade–Giles: yu⁴
  - Yale: yòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yow
  - Palladius: ю (ju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jau⁵
  - Yale: yáuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³/

Middle Chinese: yuwX

Rime
Character	莠
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	與久切
Baxter	yuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/jiu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/iəu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/juw^X/
Li Rong	/iu^X/
Wang Li	/jĭəu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯ə̯u^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jau⁵

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[l]uʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*luʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	莠
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yǒu
Middle Chinese	‹ yuw^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[l]uʔ/
English	weeds
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	莠
Reading #	1/1
No.	13930
Phonetic component	秀
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	酉
Old Chinese	/*luʔ/

Definitions

莠

Setaria viridis (green foxtail, green bristlegrass, wild foxtail millet)
(figurative) bad (one)

Synonyms

(Setaria viridis)
- 狗尾草 (gǒuwěicǎo)
- 狗尾巴草 (gǒuwěibacǎo)

Compounds

不稂不莠 (bùlángbùyǒu)
稂莠
良莠不一
良莠不分
良莠不齊 / 良莠不齐 (liángyǒubùqí)
良莠淆雜 / 良莠淆杂
莠民
莠狗尾草
莠言

Japanese

Kanji

莠

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): ゆう (yū)、しゅう (shū)
Kun: はぐさ (hagusa)、みにくい (minikui)

Korean

Hanja

莠 • (yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune–Reischauer yu, Yale yu)

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