葭

葭	U+846D, 葭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-846D

← 葬
[U+846C]

CJK Unified Ideographs

葮 →
[U+846E]

Translingual

Han character

葭 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿口尸水 (TRSE), four-corner 4424₇, composition ⿱艹叚)

reed plant

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1046, character 10
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31449
Dae Jaweon: page 1507, character 11
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3257, character 11
Unihan data for U+846D

Chinese

trad.		葭
simp. ^#		葭

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 葭
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
葭	*kraː
麚	*kraː
瘕	kraː, kraːʔ
豭	*kraː
貑	*kraː
猳	*kraː
犌	*kraː
假	kraːʔ, kraːs
嘏	*kraːʔ
婽	*kraːʔ
椵	*kraːʔ
叚	*kraːʔ
蝦	qʰraː, ɡraː
煆	qʰraː, qʰraːs
霞	*ɡraː
遐	*ɡraː
瑕	*ɡraː
鰕	*ɡraː
碬	*ɡraː
蕸	*ɡraː
赮	*ɡraː
鍜	*ɡraː
騢	*ɡraː
暇	*ɡraːs

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiā (jia¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹
Eastern Min (BUC): gă
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ga¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ka

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiā
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jia
  - Wade–Giles: chia¹
  - Yale: jyā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jia
  - Palladius: цзя (czja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gaa¹
  - Yale: gā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ga¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gă
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ka⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ga¹
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ga
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ka⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ga¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ka⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka
  - Tâi-lô: ka
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kaf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ka⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ka³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ka⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ka⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: kae

Rime
Character	葭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古牙切
Baxter	kae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠa/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/ka/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨ/
Li Rong	/ka/
Wang Li	/ka/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ka/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiā
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaa¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kraː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	葭
Reading #	1/1
No.	5948
Phonetic component	叚
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	嘉
Old Chinese	/*kraː/

Definitions

葭

reed plant

Compounds

吹葭
葭灰
葭莩 (jiāfú)
葭莩之末
葭莩之親 / 葭莩之亲
葭葦 / 葭苇
蒹葭
蒹葭倚玉

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 葭 – see 笳. (This character is an ancient form of 笳).

Japanese

Kanji

葭

(Hyōgai kanji)

reed

Readings

Go-on: け (ke)
Kan-on: か (ka)
Kun: あし (ashi, 葭)、よし (yoshi, 葭)
Nanori: よし (yoshi)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
葭
あし Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 葭 – see the following entry.

【あしアシ】

[noun] common reed, Phragmites australis

Alternative spellings
芦, 蘆, 葦

(This term, 葭, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
葭
よし Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 葭 – see the following entry.

【よし】	[noun] ヨシ, 葦, 蘆, 葭, 芦: alternative form of あし (ashi) Alternative spellings ヨシ, 葦, 蘆, 芦

(This term, 葭, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

葭 (eum 가 (ga))

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Vietnamese

Han character

葭: Hán Nôm readings: già

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References

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