骨朵

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (骨朵)
simp. #(骨朵)
alternative forms 骨䒳 weapon

Etymology

Possibly related to 櫜韜櫜韬 (“fruit shell of water lilies”), 胍𦘴 (“having a big belly”), 蝌蚪 (kēdǒu, “tadpole”), and 疙瘩 (gēda, “lump, bump, knot, tuber”).

Pronunciation 1


Noun

骨朵

  1. (colloquial) flower bud
  2. (literary, historical) a kind of round snack made of flour common in the Song and Yuan dynasties

Pronunciation 2



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (5)
Final () (56) (95)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter kwot twaX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kuət̚/ /tuɑX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kuot̚/ /tuɑX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kuət̚/ /tuɑX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kwət̚/ /twaX/
Li
Rong
/kuət̚/ /tuɑX/
Wang
Li
/kuət̚/ /tuɑX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kuət̚/ /tuɑX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
gu duǒ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gwat1 do2

Noun

骨朵

  1. (literary, historical) a kind of mace used in ancient China
  2. (literary, historical) short for 骨朵子直
  3. (literary) meat

Adjective

骨朵

  1. (literary) round and protruding