蕅

蕅	U+8545, 蕅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8545

← 蕄
[U+8544]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蕆 →
[U+8546]

Translingual

Han character

蕅 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿水田月 (TEWB), four-corner 5532₇, composition ⿱艹湡)

lotus

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1057, character 2
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31921
Dae Jaweon: page 1520, character 2
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3296, character 2
Unihan data for U+8545

Chinese

trad.		蕅
simp. ^#		蕅

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
齵	ŋoː, ŋo
偶	ŋoːʔ, ŋoːs
耦	*ŋoːʔ
藕	*ŋoːʔ
髃	ŋoːʔ, ŋo
蕅	*ŋoːʔ
愚	*ŋo
隅	*ŋo
禺	ŋo, ŋos
湡	*ŋo
堣	*ŋo
嵎	*ŋo
鰅	ŋo, ŋoŋ
鍝	*ŋo
遇	*ŋos
寓	*ŋos
庽	*ŋos
媀	*ŋos
喁	*ŋoŋ
顒	*ŋoŋ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ǒu (ou³)

(Zhuyin): ㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ǒu
  - Wade–Giles: ou³
  - Yale: ǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: oou
  - Palladius: оу (ou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀoʊ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ngau⁵
  - Yale: ngáuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯¹³/

Middle Chinese: nguwX

Rime
Character	蕅
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	五口切
Baxter	nguwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋəu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋəu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋəu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋəw^X/
Li Rong	/ŋu^X/
Wang Li	/ŋəu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋə̯u^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngau⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ŋoːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蕅
Reading #	1/1
No.	15917
Phonetic component	禺
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	藕
Old Chinese	/*ŋoːʔ/
Notes	說文藕字爾雅作藕

Definitions

蕅

alternative form of 藕 (ǒu)