# 茭

| 茭 | U+832D, &#33581; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-832D |
| ← 茬 [U+832C] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 茮 → [U+832E] |

## Translingual
### Han character

茭 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜金大 (TYCK), four-corner 4440$_8$, composition ⿱艹交)
* an aquatic grass, the stalks of which are eaten as a vegetable

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1028, character 21
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30904
* Dae Jaweon: page 1487, character 18
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3208, character 5
* Unihan data for U+832D

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 烄 | *keːws, *kreːwʔ |
| 礮 | *pʰreːws |
| 交 | *kreːw |
| 郊 | *kreːw |
| 茭 | *kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ |
| 蛟 | *kreːw |
| 鮫 | *kreːw |
| 鵁 | *kreːw |
| 咬 | *kreːw, *ŋɡreːwʔ, *qreːw |
| 鉸 | *kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *kreːws |
| 佼 | *kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ |
| 詨 | *kreːw, *qʰreːws, *ɡreːws |
| 絞 | *kreːwʔ |
| 狡 | *kreːwʔ |
| 姣 | *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw |
| 筊 | *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw |
| 校 | *kreːws, *ɡreːws |
| 珓 | *kreːws |
| 跤 | *kʰreːw |
| 頝 | *kʰreːw |
| 骹 | *kʰraːw |
| 齩 | *ŋɡreːwʔ |
| 洨 | *ɡreːw |
| 胶 | *ɡreːw |
| 效 | *ɡreːws |
| 効 | *ɡreːws |
| 傚 | *ɡreːws |
| 皎 | *keːwʔ |
| 恔 | *keːwʔ |
| 晈 | *keːwʔ |
| 窔 | *qeːws |
| 駮 | *pqreːwɢ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ) : semantic 艹 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 交 (OC *kreːw)

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiāo (jiao$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiao
*** Wade–Giles: chiao$^1$
*** Yale: jyāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiau
*** Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaau$^1$
*** Yale: gāau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaau$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gao$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaːu̯⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: kaew
Rime :
| Character | 茭 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 肴 (90) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 古肴切 |
| Baxter | kaew |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kˠau/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kᵚau/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kau/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kaɨw/ |
| Li Rong | /kau/ |
| Wang Li | /kau/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kau/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiāo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gaau$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤr[a]w/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kreːw/, /*kreːwʔ/, /*ɡreːwʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 茭 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jiāo |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kæw › |
| Old Chinese | /*[k]ˁr[a]w/ |
| English | dried grass |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 茭 | 茭 | 茭 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 6298 | 6309 | 6328 |
| Phonetic component | 交 | 交 | 交 |
| Rime group | 宵 | 宵 | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 交 | 絞 | 澩 |
| Old Chinese | /*kreːw/ | /*kreːwʔ/ | /*ɡreːwʔ/ |
| Notes | | 䕧注或體 | 䕧注或體 |

#### Definitions

茭
* dry feed
* Java water dropwort, water celery (Oenanthe javanica)
* cable made from bamboo or reed
* wild rice (Zizania aquatica)

#### Compounds

* 北茭 (Běijiāo)
* 玉茭 (yùjiāo)
* 玉茭子 (y3 jiau2 zeh)
* 茭南 (Jiāonán)
* 茭子 (jiau1 zeh)
* 茭白 (jiāobái)
* 茭白筍／茭白笋

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 茭 – see 椒 (“Sichuan pepper; any similar plants and spices, such as pepper and chili; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 椒).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): けき (keki)、きゃく (kyaku)、こう (kō)、きょう (kyō)、ごう (gō)
* Kun: まぐさ (magusa)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

茭: Hán Nôm readings: giao
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