蒻

蒻	U+84BB, 蒻 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-84BB

← 蒺
[U+84BA]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蒼 →
[U+84BC]

Translingual

Han character

蒻 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓一一 (TNMM), four-corner 4422₇, composition ⿱艹弱)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1050, character 12
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31623
Dae Jaweon: page 1512, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3272, character 12
Unihan data for U+84BB

Chinese

trad.		蒻
simp. ^#		蒻

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
嫋	*neːwʔ
弱	*njewɢ
溺	njewɢ, neːwɢ
蒻	*njewɢ
搦	rneːwɢ, rnaːwɢ
愵	*neːwɢ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ruò (ruo⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): joek⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ruò
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ruò
  - Wade–Giles: jo⁴
  - Yale: rwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruoh
  - Palladius: жо (žo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: joek⁶
  - Yale: yeuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: joek⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yêg⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːk̚²/

Middle Chinese: nyak

Rime
Character	蒻
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	藥 (107)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	而灼切
Baxter	nyak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵɨɐk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵiɐk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑiɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵɨak̚/
Li Rong	/ȵiak̚/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭak̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ak̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ruò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	joek⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*njewɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蒻
Reading #	1/1
No.	10949
Phonetic component	弱
Rime group	藥
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	若
Old Chinese	/*njewɢ/

Definitions

蒻

bulrush; cattail
mat made from bulrush
lower part of lotus root
konjac

Compounds

蒻席
蒟蒻 (jǔruò)
蒻頭 / 蒻头 (ruòtóu)

Japanese

Kanji

蒻

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: にゃく (nyaku)^{←にやく (nyaku, historical)}
Kan-on: じゃく (jaku)^{←じやく (zyaku, historical)}
Kan’yō-on: だく (daku)
Kun: こまかい (komakai, 蒻かい)、むしろ (mushiro, 蒻)

Compounds

蒟(こん)蒻(にゃく) (konnyaku, “konjac”)

Korean

Hanja

蒻 • (yak) (hangeul 약, revised yak, McCune–Reischauer yak, Yale yak)

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