芨

芨 U+82A8, 芨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-82A8 ← 芧 [U+82A7] CJK Unified Ideographs 芩 → [U+82A9]

Translingual

Han character

芨 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓竹水 (TNHE), four-corner 4424₇, composition ⿱艹及)

1. name of a plant, the roots are used for various purposes

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1020, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30719
• Dae Jaweon: page 1477, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3175, character 11
• Unihan data for U+82A8

Chinese

trad.		芨
simp. #		芨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jī, jí (ji¹, ji²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ, ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kap¹ / gap¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ji
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹
    • Yale: jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jí
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jí
    • Wade–Giles: chi²
    • Yale: jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyi
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kap¹ / gap¹
    • Yale: kāp / gāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kap⁷ / gap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: keb¹ / geb¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐp̚⁵/, /kɐp̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kip

Rime
Character	芨
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	緝 (142)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居立切
Baxter	kip
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiɪp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚip̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kiep̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kjip̚/
Li Rong	/kjəp̚/
Wang Li	/kĭĕp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯əp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ji
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gap1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*krɯb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	芨
Reading #	1/1
No.	5661
Phonetic component	及
Rime group	緝
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	急
Old Chinese	/*krɯb/

Definitions

芨

1. (Only used in 白芨 (báijī).) bai ji (Chinese orchid, Bletilla striata, the pseudobulbs of which are used in traditional Chinese medicine, but which is also widely grown for its ornamental flowers and foliage)

1. (Only used in 芨芨草.) perennial herb growing on alkaline grasslands. The stems and leaves are raw materials for making paper and rayon, and can also be used to weave baskets, mats, etc.

Japanese

Kanji

芨

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): きゅう (kyū)、こう (kō)
• Kun: そくず (sokuzu)

Korean

Hanja

芨 • (geup) (hangeul 급, revised geup, McCune–Reischauer kŭp, Yale kup)

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