韮

See also: 韭

韮 U+97EE, 韮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-97EE ← 韭 [U+97ED] CJK Unified Ideographs 韯 → [U+97EF]

Translingual

Han character

韮 (Kangxi radical 179, 韭+4, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿中尸一 (TLSM), four-corner 4410₁, composition ⿱艹韭)

Derived characters

• 𡢪

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1396, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43237
• Dae Jaweon: page 1911, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4404, character 2
• Unihan data for U+97EE

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 韮 – see 韭 (“garlic chives; Chinese chives; Chinese leek”). (This character is a variant form of 韭).

Japanese

Kanji

韮

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: きゅう (kyū)^{←きう (kiu, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: きょう (kyō)^{←きよう (kyou, historical)}
• Kun: にら (nira, 韮)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
韮
にら Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
韭

Etymology

From みら (mira).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) にら [nìrá] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) にら [nìráꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟iɾa̠]

Noun

韮(にら) or 韮(ニラ) • (nira) 

1. garlic chive (Allium tuberosum)

Usage notes

• As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Korean

Hanja

韮 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

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