莥

莥	U+83A5, 莥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-83A5

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[U+83A4]

CJK Unified Ideographs

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[U+83A6]

Translingual

Han character

莥 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿大竹土 (TKHG), four-corner 4421₅, composition ⿱艹狃)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1035, character 7
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31072
Dae Jaweon: page 1494, character 7
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3223, character 13
Unihan data for U+83A5

Chinese

trad.		莥
simp. ^#		莥

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
峱	*nuː
紐	*nuʔ
扭	nuʔ, tnuʔ
狃	nuʔ, nus
鈕	*nuʔ
忸	nuʔ, nuɡ
杻	nuʔ, n̥ʰuʔ
莥	*nuʔ
羞	*snu
丑	*n̥ʰuʔ
沑	njuʔ, nuɡ
粈	*njuʔ
衄	nuɡ, njuɡ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): niǔ (niu³)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: niǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: niǒu
  - Wade–Giles: niu³
  - Yale: nyǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neou
  - Palladius: ню (nju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯²¹⁴/

Middle Chinese: nrjuwX, nrjuwX

Rime
Character	莥	莥
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	女久切	女久切
Baxter	nrjuwX	nrjuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳɨu^X/	/ɳɨu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳiu^X/	/ɳiu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/niəu^X/	/niəu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳuw^X/	/ɳuw^X/
Li Rong	/niu^X/	/niu^X/
Wang Li	/nĭəu^X/	/nĭəu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ni̯ə̯u^X/	/ni̯ə̯u^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	niǔ	niǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nau⁵	nau⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*nuʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	莥
Reading #	1/1
No.	1523
Phonetic component	丑
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	狃
Old Chinese	/*nuʔ/

Definitions

莥

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) seeds of Rhynchosia volubilis