# 蔦

| 蔦 | U+8526, &#34086; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8526 |
| ← 蔥 [U+8525] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蔧 → [U+8527] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蔦 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹日火 (THAF), four-corner 4432$_7$, composition ⿱艹鳥)
* any plant of genus Convolvulus
* a parasitic plants such as mistletoe
* a berry plant of species Ribes ambiguum

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1055, character 14
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31828
* Dae Jaweon: page 1518, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3281, character 15
* Unihan data for U+8526

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 島 | *tuːwʔ |
| 搗 | *taːwʔ |
| 鵃 | *rtɯːw, *rtɯːw, *tjiw |
| 瞗 | *tɯːw |
| 鳥 | *tɯːwʔ |
| 蔦 | *tɯːwʔ, *tɯːws |
| 窵 | *tɯːws |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): niǎo (niao$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄠˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): niu$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: niǎo
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: niǎo
*** Wade–Giles: niao$^3$
*** Yale: nyǎu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neau
*** Palladius: няо (njao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: niu$^5$
*** Yale: níuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: niu$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: niu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /niːu̯¹³/
* Middle Chinese: tewX, tewH
Rime :
| Character | 蔦 | 蔦 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 端 (5) | 端 (5) |
| Final (韻) | 蕭 (93) | 蕭 (93) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | IV |
| Fanqie | 都了切 | 多嘯切 |
| Baxter | tewX | tewH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /teu$^X$/ | /teu$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /teu$^X$/ | /teu$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /teu$^X$/ | /teu$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /tɛw$^X$/ | /tɛw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /teu$^X$/ | /teu$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /tieu$^X$/ | /tieu$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /tieu$^X$/ | /tieu$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | diǎo | diào |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | diu$^2$ | diu$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*tɯːwʔ/, /*tɯːws/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蔦 | 蔦 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 9512 | 9514 |
| Phonetic component | 鳥 | 鳥 |
| Rime group | 幽 | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 鳥 | 弔 |
| Old Chinese | /*tɯːwʔ/ | /*tɯːws/ |

### Definitions

蔦
* ivy

### Compounds

* 蔦蘿 / 茑萝

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* ivy, vine

#### Readings

* Go-on: ちょう (chō)
* Kan-on: ちょう (chō)
* Kun: つた (tsuta, 蔦)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 蔦
* つた Jinmeiyō
* kun'yomi

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) つた [tsùtá] (Heiban – [0])
* (Tokyo) つた [tsùtáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
* IPA: [t͡sɨta̠]

### Noun

蔦(つた) or 蔦(ツタ) • (tsuta)
* Japanese ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
    Synonyms: 夏蔦 (natsu-zuta), 紅葉蔦 (kōyō-zuta)
    蔦(つた)の絡(から)まる壁(かべ)
       tsuta no karamaru kabe
       ivy-covered wall

#### Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

#### Derived terms

* 蔦漆(ツタウルシ) (tsutaurushi)
* 木蔦(キヅタ) (kizuta)
* 紅葉蔦(こうようづた) (kōyōzuta)
* 夏蔦(なつづた) (natsuzuta)
* 冬蔦(ふゆづた) (fuyuzuta)
* 豆蔦(マメヅタ) (mamezuta)

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

蔦 • (jo) (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune–Reischauer cho, Yale co)
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