# 莛

| 莛 | U+839B, &#33691; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-839B |
| ← 莚 [U+839A] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 莜 → [U+839C] |

## Translingual
### Han character

莛 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓大土 (TNKG), four-corner 4440$_1$, composition ⿱艹廷)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1034, character 17
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31060
* Dae Jaweon: page 1493, character 20
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3205, character 4
* Unihan data for U+839B

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 蜓 | *l'eːnʔ, *l'eːŋ, *l'eːŋʔ |
| 涏 | *l'eːns, *l'eːŋʔ |
| 綎 | *l̥ʰeːŋ, *l'eːŋ |
| 珽 | *l̥ʰeːŋʔ |
| 脡 | *l̥ʰeːŋʔ |
| 侹 | *l̥ʰeːŋʔ, *l̥ʰeːŋs |
| 頲 | *l'eːŋʔ |
| 廷 | *l'eːŋ, *l'eːŋʔ |
| 庭 | *l'eːŋ |
| 鼮 | *l'eːŋ |
| 莛 | *l'eːŋ, *l'eːŋʔ |
| 筳 | *l'eːŋ |
| 霆 | *l'eːŋ, *l'eːŋʔ |
| 娗 | *l'eːŋ, *l'eːŋʔ |
| 挺 | *l'eːŋ, *l'eːŋʔ |
| 艇 | *l'eːŋʔ |
| 鋌 | *l'eːŋʔ |
| 梃 | *l'eːŋʔ |
| 誔 | *l'eːŋʔ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tíng (ting$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ting$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): têng
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tíng
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tíng
*** Wade–Giles: tʻing$^2$
*** Yale: tíng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyng
*** Palladius: тин (tin)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰiŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ting$^4$
*** Yale: tìhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ting$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ting$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɪŋ²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: têng
*** Tâi-lô: tîng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: deeng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tiɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tiɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ²³/
* Middle Chinese: deng, dengX
Rime :
| Character | 莛 | 莛 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) | 定 (7) |
| Final (韻) | 青 (125) | 青 (125) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | IV |
| Fanqie | 特丁切 | 徒鼎切 |
| Baxter | deng | dengX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /deŋ/ | /deŋ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /deŋ/ | /deŋ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /dɛŋ/ | /dɛŋ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /dɛjŋ/ | /dɛjŋ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /deŋ/ | /deŋ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /dieŋ/ | /dieŋ$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /dʱieŋ/ | /dʱieŋ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | tíng | dìng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ting$^4$ | ding$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*l'eːŋ/, /*l'eːŋʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 莛 | 莛 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 12423 | 12436 |
| Phonetic component | 廷 | 廷 |
| Rime group | 耕 | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 庭 | 挺 |
| Old Chinese | /*l'eːŋ/ | /*l'eːŋʔ/ |

### Definitions

莛
* an erect stalk (peduncle or main stem) of a herbaceous plant that supports its flower/fruit or inflorescence
    麥莛／麦莛 ― màitíng ― stalk of wheat
    花莛 ― huātíng ― scape
    香莛 ― xiāngtíng ― scape of garlic chives

### Synonyms

* 薹 (tái)

### References

* “莛”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): てい (tei)、じょう (jō)
* Kun: くき (kuki)

## Korean
### Hanja

莛 (eum 정 (jeong))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

莛: Hán Nôm readings: đình
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