苣

苣 U 82E3, 苣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-82E3 ← 苢 [U 82E2] CJK Unified Ideographs 苤 → [U 82E4]

Translingual

Han character

苣 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸 5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿尸尸 (TSS), four-corner 4471₇, composition ⿱艹巨)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1023, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30794
• Dae Jaweon: page 1482, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3179, character 12
• Unihan data for U 82E3

Chinese

trad.		苣
simp. #		苣

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
柜	*kaʔ
渠	*ɡa
磲	*ɡa
蕖	*ɡa
蟝	*ɡa
璖	*ɡa
巨	*ɡaʔ
距	*ɡaʔ
拒	*ɡaʔ
苣	*ɡaʔ
炬	*ɡaʔ
詎	*ɡaʔ, *ɡas
鉅	*ɡaʔ
秬	*ɡaʔ
粔	*ɡaʔ
駏	*ɡaʔ
歫	*ɡaʔ
矩	*kʷaʔ
榘	*kʷaʔ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jù (ju⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): khî

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ki¹

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ge⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jù
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyù
    • Wade–Giles: chü⁴
    • Yale: jyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuh
    • Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: geoi⁶
    • Yale: geuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khî
    • Hakka Romanization System: ki^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ki¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ki¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ge⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kṳ̆
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɯ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: gjoX

Rime
Character	苣
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	其吕切
Baxter	gjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨʌX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiɔX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiɔX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gɨə̆X/
Li Rong	/ɡiɔX/
Wang Li	/ɡĭoX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	geoi6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	苣
Reading #	1/1
No.	7050
Phonetic component	巨
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ɡaʔ/

Definitions

苣

1. lettuce

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǔ (qu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻü³
    • Yale: chyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheu
    • Palladius: цюй (cjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴/

Definitions

苣

1. Only used in 苣蕒菜／苣荬菜 (qǔmǎicài).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 苣 – see 炬 (“torch; candle”). (This character is a variant form of 炬).

Japanese

Kanji

苣

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. lettuce

Readings

• Go-on: ご (go)
• Kan-on: きょ (kyo)
• Kun: ちさ (chisa, 苣)、ちしゃ (chisha, 苣)

Pronunciation

Kanji in this term
苣
ちさ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Kanji in this term
苣
ちしゃ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

• (Tokyo) ちしゃ [chíꜜshà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) ちしゃ [chìshá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕi̥ɕa̠]

• (Tokyo) ちさ [chìsá] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) ちさ [chìsáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕi̥sa̠]

Noun

苣(ちしゃ) or 苣(チシャ) • (chisha)  (alternative reading hiragana ちさ, katakana チサ, rōmaji chisa)

1. Alternative spelling of 萵苣 (“lettuce”)

Korean

Hanja

苣 • (geo) (hangeul 거, revised geo, McCune–Reischauer kŏ, Yale ke)

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Vietnamese

Han character

苣: Hán Nôm readings: cự

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