荍

荍	U+834D, 荍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-834D

← 荌
[U+834C]

CJK Unified Ideographs

荎 →
[U+834E]

Translingual

Han character

荍 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿女中大 (TVLK), four-corner 4474₈, composition ⿱艹收)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1031, character 3
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30948
Dae Jaweon: page 1490, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3211, character 6
Unihan data for U+834D

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
艽	krɯːw, qʰrɯːw, ɡu, ɡʷrɯw
芁	*kriːw
荍	*ɡiw
叫	*kiːws
訆	*kiːws
嘂	*kiːws
收	qʰljɯw, qʰljɯws
糾	kɯw, krɯwʔ
朻	kɯw, krɯw, *krɯwʔ
丩	kɯw, krɯw
赳	krɯw, krɯwʔ
虬	*ɡrɯw
虯	*ɡrɯw
觓	*ɡrɯw

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡiw): semantic 艸 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 收 (OC *qʰljɯw, *qʰljɯws).

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 荍 – see 蕎 (“buckwheat”). (This character is a variant form of 蕎).

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		荍

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiáo (qiao²)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kiu⁴
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): kiao⁵ / kiou⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciáo
  - Wade–Giles: chʻiao²
  - Yale: chyáu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyau
  - Palladius: цяо (cjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: kiu⁴
  - Yale: kìuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kiu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: kiu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kiao⁵ / kiou⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khiâu / khiôu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiau⁵⁵/, /kʰiou⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: gjiew

Rime
Character	荍
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	渠遙切
Baxter	gjiew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡiᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡjæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/giaw/
Li Rong	/ɡiɛu/
Wang Li	/ɡĭɛu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kiu⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡiw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	荍
Reading #	1/1
No.	6917
Phonetic component	丩
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	翹
Old Chinese	/*ɡiw/

Definitions

荍

Alternative name for 錦葵／锦葵 (jǐnkuí, “mallow”).
- 視爾如荍，貽我握椒。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  视尔如荞，贻我握椒。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Shì ěr rú qiáo, yí wǒ wò jiāo. [Pinyin]
  I look on you as the flower of the thorny mallows; you give me a stalk of the pepper plant.

Japanese

Kanji

荍

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): きょう (kyō)、ぎょう (gyō)、しゅう (shū)、しゅ (shu)
Kun: ぜにあおい (zeniaoi)