# 荂

| 荂 | U+8342, &#33602; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8342 |
| ← 荁 [U+8341] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 荃 → [U+8343] |

## Translingual
### Han character

荂 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿大一尸 (TKMS), four-corner 4412$_7$, composition ⿱艹夸)

#### Derived characters

* 𧪮 𨃖

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1030, character 4
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30933
* Dae Jaweon: page 1489, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3201, character 6
* Unihan data for U+8342

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 侉 | *qaːls |
| 夸 | *kʰʷraː |
| 姱 | *kʰʷraː |
| 胯 | *kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs |
| 跨 | *kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːʔ, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs |
| 誇 | *kʰʷraː |
| 垮 | *kʰʷraːʔ |
| 銙 | *kʰʷraːʔ |
| 骻 | *kʰʷraːʔ |
| 咵 | *kʰʷraːʔ |
| 釫 | *ɢʷraː, *qʷaː |
| 摦 | *ɡʷraːs |
| 鮬 | *pɢʷaː, *kʰʷaː |
| 嶀 | *qʰʷl'aː |
| 扝 | *kʰʷaː, *qʷaː |
| 刳 | *kʰʷaː |
| 郀 | *kʰʷaː |
| 挎 | *kʰʷaː |
| 袴 | *kʰʷaːs |
| 絝 | *kʰʷaːs |
| 褲 | *kʰʷaːs |
| 恗 | *qʰaː |
| 洿 | *ɡʷaːʔ, *qʷaː |
| 瓠 | *ɡʷlaː, *ɡʷlaːs |
| 鄠 | *ɢʷlaːʔ |
| 污 | *qʷaː, *qʷaːs |
| 杇 | *qʷaː |
| 圬 | *qʷaː |
| 鴮 | *qʷaː |
| 盓 | *qʷaː |
| 汙 | *qʷaːs, *ɢʷa |
| 樗 | *qʰʷl'a |
| 摴 | *qʰʷl'a |
| 荂 | *pqʰʷa, *qʰʷa |
| 雩 | *qʰʷla, *ɢʷla |
| 吁 | *qʰʷa, *ɢʷas |
| 盱 | *qʰʷa |
| 訏 | *qʰʷa |
| 扜 | *qʰʷa, *qʷa |
| 旴 | *qʰʷa |
| 冔 | *qʰʷaʔ |
| 紆 | *qʷa |
| 陓 | *qʷa |
| 迂 | *qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa |
| 虶 | *qʷa |
| 于 | *ɢʷa |
| 盂 | *ɢʷa |
| 竽 | *ɢʷa |
| 邘 | *ɢʷa |
| 玗 | *ɢʷa |
| 芋 | *ɢʷa, *ɢʷas |
| 杅 | *ɢʷa |
| 釪 | *ɢʷa |
| 骬 | *ɢʷa |
| 謣 | *ɢʷla |
| 宇 | *ɢʷaʔ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fū, kuā (fu$^1$, kua$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨ, ㄎㄨㄚ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kwaa$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fū
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fu
*** Wade–Giles: fu$^1$
*** Yale: fū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fu
*** Palladius: фу (fu)
*** Sinological IPA : /fu⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kuā
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kua
*** Wade–Giles: kʻua$^1$
*** Yale: kwā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kua
*** Palladius: куа (kua)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰu̯ä⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kwaa$^1$
*** Yale: kwā
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kwaa$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kua$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷʰaː⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: xju, phju
Rime :
| Character | 荂 | 荂 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) | 滂 (2) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 況于切 | 芳無切 |
| Baxter | xju | phju |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /hɨo/ | /pʰɨo/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /hio/ | /pʰio/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /xio/ | /pʰio/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /huə̆/ | /pʰuə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /xio/ | /pʰio/ |
| Wang Li | /xĭu/ | /pʰĭu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /xi̯u/ | /pʰi̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xū | fū |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | heoi$^1$ | fu$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʷʰ(r)a/
    (Zhengzhang): /*pqʰʷa/, /*qʰʷa/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 荂 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | huā |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ xju › |
| Old Chinese | /*qʷʰ(r)a/ |
| English | flower |
| 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 | 荂 | 荂 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 15691 | 15692 |
| Phonetic component | 于 | 于 |
| Rime group | 魚 | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 敷 | 訏 |
| Old Chinese | /*pqʰʷa/ | /*qʰʷa/ |
| Notes | 見爾雅 | 說文同華 |

### Definitions

荂
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## Japanese
### Kanji

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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): か (ka)、け (ke)、ふ (fu)、く (ku)
* Kun: はな (hana)