莥

莥 U+83A5, 莥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-83A5 ← 莤 [U+83A4] CJK Unified Ideographs 莦 → [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

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• 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/

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• 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	/ɳɨuX/	/ɳɨuX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳiuX/	/ɳiuX/
Shao Rongfen	/niəuX/	/niəuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳuwX/	/ɳuwX/
Li Rong	/niuX/	/niuX/
Wang Li	/nĭəuX/	/nĭəuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ni̯ə̯uX/	/ni̯ə̯uX/
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

1. ^† seeds of Rhynchosia volubilis