蕉
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Translingual
Han character
蕉 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿人土火 (TOGF), four-corner 44331, composition ⿱艹焦)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1057, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31937
- Dae Jaweon: page 1520, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3292, character 11
- Unihan data for U+8549
Chinese
| trad. | 蕉 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 蕉 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 蕉 |
|---|
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Small seal script |
Characters in the same phonetic series (焦) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsew): semantic 艹 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 焦 (OC *ʔsew).
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Related to 焦 (burned, dried > unsoaked)? Related to Vietnamese chuối?”)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu1
- Gan (Wiktionary): jieu1
- Hakka
- Eastern Min (BUC): ciĕu
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zieo1 / ziao1
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1ciau
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: jiāo
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jiao
- Wade–Giles: chiao1
- Yale: jyāu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiau
- Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: ziu1
- Yale: jīu
- Cantonese Pinyin: dziu1
- Guangdong Romanization: jiu1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chêu
- Hakka Romanization System: zeuˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: zeu1
- Sinological IPA: /t͡seu̯²⁴/
- (Meixian)
- Guangdong: jiau1
- Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕiau⁴⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- Puxian Min
- (Putian, Nanri)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: zieo1
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ca̤u
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sieu⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: zieo1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sieu⁵⁴⁴/
- (Youyang, Fengting)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: zieo1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡siəu⁵⁴⁴/
- (Jiangkou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: ziao1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡siɐu⁵³³/
- (Putian, Nanri)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio / chiau
- Tâi-lô: tsio / tsiau
- Phofsit Daibuun: cioy, ciaw
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sio⁴⁴/, /t͡siau⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sio³³/, /t͡siau³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sio⁴⁴/, /t͡siau⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sio⁴⁴/, /t͡siau⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɤ⁴⁴/, /t͡siau⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
Note:
- chio - vernacular;
- chiau - literary.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: zio1 / ziê1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsio / tsie
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sio³³/, /t͡sie³³/
Note:
- zio1 - Shantou;
- ziê1 - Chaozhou.
- Middle Chinese: tsjew
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsew/
Definitions
蕉
- (obsolete) unsoaked hemp
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) abaca (Musa textilis)
- banana; plantain (any plant in Musaceae, especially the edible fruit) (Classifier: 根 m; 串 m; 把 m; 條／条 c; 隻／只 c; 梳 c; 弓 mn)
- a surname
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 香蕉 (“banana”) [map]
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Definitions
蕉
- (obsolete) alternative form of 憔 (qiáo, “haggard”)
- (obsolete) alternative form of 樵 (qiáo, “firewood”)
Compounds
- 蕉萃 (qiáocuì)
Etymology 3
| For pronunciation and definitions of 蕉 – see 𣟼. (This character is a variant form of 𣟼). |
Etymology 4
Onomatopoeic, influenced by cartoons.
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: ziu1
- Yale: jīu
- Cantonese Pinyin: dziu1
- Guangdong Romanization: jiu1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Interjection
蕉
Related terms
References
- “蕉”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- (Cantonese) 粵音資料集叢
- 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “蕉”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 179.
Japanese
Kanji
蕉
Readings
- Go-on: しょう (shō)←せう (seu, historical)
- Kan-on: しょう (shō)←せう (seu, historical)
- Kun: きあさ (kiasa, 蕉)、こげる (kogeru, 蕉げる)
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
Vietnamese
Han character
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