莌

See also: 𦮀 and 𦸍

莌 U+838C, 莌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-838C ← 莋 [U+838B] CJK Unified Ideographs 莍 → [U+838D]

Translingual

Han character

莌 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿金口山 (TCRU) or 難廿金口山 (XTCRU), four-corner 4421₆, composition ⿱艹兑(G) or ⿱艹兌(HTK))

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1033, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31038
• Dae Jaweon: page 1493, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3224, character 2
• Unihan data for U+838C

Chinese

trad.		莌
simp. #		莌
alternative forms		𦮀 𦸍

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
毤	*l̥ʰoːds
蛻	*l'oːds, *l̥ʰoːds, *hljods, *lod, *lod
娧	*l̥ʰoːds, *lod
駾	*l̥ʰoːds
裞	*l̥ʰoːds, *hljods
兌	*l'oːds
綐	*l'oːds
銳	*l'oːds, *lods
帨	*stʰods, *hljods
稅	*hljods
說	*hljods, *hljod, *lod
涚	*hljods
䫄	*rtʰoːd
脫	*l̥ʰoːd, *l'oːd
侻	*l̥ʰoːd
挩	*l̥ʰoːd, *l'oːd
莌	*l̥ʰoːd, *l'oːd
梲	*l̥ʰoːd, *ʔljod, *l̥ʰuːd
鮵	*l'oːd
敓	*l'oːd
痥	*l'oːd
悅	*lod, *lod
閱	*lod

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuō (tuo¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tyut³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuō
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuo
    • Wade–Giles: tʻo¹
    • Yale: twō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuo
    • Palladius: то (to)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tyut³
    • Yale: tyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: tüd³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰyːt̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: dwat, thwat

Rime
Character	莌	莌
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	末 (64)	末 (64)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	徒活切	他括切
Baxter	dwat	thwat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/duɑt̚/	/tʰuɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/dʷɑt̚/	/tʰʷɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/duɑt̚/	/tʰuɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dwat̚/	/tʰwat̚/
Li Rong	/duɑt̚/	/tʰuɑt̚/
Wang Li	/duɑt̚/	/tʰuɑt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱuɑt̚/	/tʰuɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	duó	tuo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dyut6	tyut3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰoːd/, /*l'oːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	莌	莌
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	2562	2568
Phonetic component	兑	兑
Rime group	月	月
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	侻	奪
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰoːd/	/*l'oːd/
Notes	見爾雅	見爾雅

Definitions

莌

Tetrapanax or rice-paper plant