# 蒟

| 蒟 | U+849F, &#33951; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-849F |
| ← 蒞 [U+849E] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蒠 → [U+84A0] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蒟 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜廿口 (TYTR) or 難廿卜廿口 (XTYTR), four-corner 4412$_7$, composition ⿱艹竘)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1048, character 26
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31566
* Dae Jaweon: page 1510, character 7
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3268, character 10
* Unihan data for U+849F

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 勾 | *koː, *koːs |
| 鉤 | *koː |
| 鴝 | *koː, *ɡo |
| 句 | *koː, *koːs, *kos, *ɡo |
| 夠 | *koː, *koːs, *kʰoː |
| 枸 | *koː, *koːʔ, *koʔ |
| 軥 | *koː, *koːs, *ɡo |
| 狗 | *koːʔ |
| 苟 | *koːʔ |
| 岣 | *koːʔ, *ko |
| 笱 | *koːʔ |
| 玽 | *koːʔ |
| 耇 | *koːʔ |
| 豿 | *koːʔ, *qʰroːɡ |
| 敂 | *koːʔ |
| 怐 | *koːs, *kʰoːs, *qʰoːs, *kos |
| 雊 | *koːs |
| 竘 | *kʰoːʔ, *kʰoʔ |
| 齁 | *qʰoː |
| 呴 | *qʰoːʔ, *qʰos |
| 蚼 | *qʰoːʔ, *ɡo |
| 豞 | *qʰoːs |
| 訽 | *qʰoːs, *ɡoːs |
| 佝 | *qʰoːs |
| 拘 | *ko |
| 駒 | *ko |
| 眗 | *ko |
| 跔 | *ko |
| 鮈 | *ko |
| 痀 | *ko |
| 蒟 | *koʔ, *kos |
| 絇 | *kos, *ɡo |
| 邭 | *kos |
| 劬 | *ɡo |
| 朐 | *ɡo |
| 鼩 | *ɡo |
| 斪 | *ɡo |
| 翑 | *ɡo |
| 葋 | *ɡo |
| 姁 | *ɡo, *qʰo, *qʰoʔ, *qʰos |
| 欨 | *qʰo, *qʰoʔ |
| 喣 | *qʰoʔ |
| 煦 | *qʰoʔ, *qʰos |
| 昫 | *qʰos |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jǔ (ju$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jyǔ
*** Wade–Giles: chü$^3$
*** Yale: jyǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeu
*** Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕy²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: geoi$^2$
*** Yale: géui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: goey$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gêu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɵy̯³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: kjuX, kjuH
Rime :
| Character | 蒟 | 蒟 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 俱雨切 | 九遇切 |
| Baxter | kjuX | kjuH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kɨo$^X$/ | /kɨo$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kio$^X$/ | /kio$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kio$^X$/ | /kio$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kuə̆$^X$/ | /kuə̆$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /kio$^X$/ | /kio$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /kĭu$^X$/ | /kĭu$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ki̯u$^X$/ | /ki̯u$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jǔ | jù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | geoi$^2$ | geoi$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*koʔ/, /*kos/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蒟 | 蒟 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 7101 | 7106 |
| Phonetic component | 句 | 句 |
| Rime group | 侯 | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 矩 | 屨 |
| Old Chinese | /*koʔ/ | /*kos/ |

### Definitions

蒟
* betel (Piper betle)
* Used in 蒟蒻 (jǔruò, “konjac”).

#### Compounds

* 蒟蒻 (jǔruò)
* 蒟醬／蒟酱 (jǔjiàng)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: く (ku)
* Kan-on: く (ku)
* Kan’yō-on: こん (kon)

## Korean
### Hanja

蒟 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)
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