# 椏

| 椏 | U+690F, &#26895; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-690F |
| ← 椎 [U+690E] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 椐 → [U+6910] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 椏 |
| Shinjitai (extended) | 𬂲 |
| Simplified | 桠 |

### Han character

椏 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 木一中一 (DMLM), four-corner 4191$_7$, composition ⿰木亞)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 536, character 12
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15025
* Dae Jaweon: page 924, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1224, character 3
* Unihan data for U+690F

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 椏 | *qaːʔ, *qraː |
| 錏 | *qraː |
| 鵶 | *qraː |
| 啞 | *qraːʔ, *qraːɡs, *qraːɡ, *qraːɡ |
| 瘂 | *qraːʔ |
| 亞 | *qraːɡs |
| 婭 | *qraːɡs |
| 俹 | *qraːɡs |
| 稏 | *qraːɡs |
| 惡 | *qaː, *qaːɡs, *qaːɡ |
| 噁 | *qaːɡs |
| 堊 | *qaːɡ |
| 蝁 | *qaːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qaːʔ, *qraː): semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 亞 (OC *qraːɡs).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yā (ya$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): aa$^1$ / ngaa$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): ngă̤
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): a
    (Teochew, Peng'im): a$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yā
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ya
*** Wade–Giles: ya$^1$
*** Yale: yā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ia
*** Palladius: я (ja)
*** Sinological IPA : /jä⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: aa$^1$ / ngaa$^4$
*** Yale: ā / ngàh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: aa$^1$ / ngaa$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: a$^1$ / nga$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /aː⁵⁵/, /ŋaː²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ngă̤
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋɛ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a
*** Tâi-lô: a
*** Phofsit Daibuun: af
*** IPA (Xiamen): /a⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /a⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: a$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: a
*** Sinological IPA : /a³³/
* Middle Chinese: 'ae
Rime :
| Character | 椏 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 麻 (98) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 於加切 |
| Baxter | 'ae |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔˠa/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔᵚa/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔa/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔaɨ/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔa/ |
| Wang Li | /a/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔa/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yā |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | aa$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qraː/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 椏 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 14207 |
| Phonetic component | 亞 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 鴉 |
| Old Chinese | /*qraː/ |

#### Definitions

椏
* Alternative form of 丫 (yā, “the forking branch of a tree”) [from 6th c.]
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to close
* (historical dictionaries only) a kind of tree

#### Compounds

* 五椏果 / 五桠果
* 杈椏 / 杈桠
* 枝椏 / 枝桠 (zhīyā)
* 椏杈 / 桠杈 (yāchà)
* 椏枝 / 桠枝 (yāzhī)
* 棉椏 / 棉桠
* 椏溪 / 桠溪

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ě (e$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄜˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ě
*** Zhuyin: ㄜˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ě
*** Wade–Giles: o$^3$
*** Yale: ě
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ee
*** Palladius: э (e)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀɤ²¹⁴/
* Middle Chinese: 'aX
Rime :
| Character | 椏 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 歌 (94) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 烏可切 |
| Baxter | 'aX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔɑ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔɑ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔɑ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔa$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔɑ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɑ$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔɑ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ě |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | o$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qaːʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 椏 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 14206 |
| Phonetic component | 亞 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 𨵌 |
| Old Chinese | /*qaːʔ/ |

#### Definitions

椏
* Only used in 㰁椏／㰁桠.

### Pronunciation 3

* Eastern Min (BUC): ngâ
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): oe / oa / oāiⁿ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): uê$^1$
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ngâ
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋɑ²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangpu)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oe
*** Tâi-lô: ue
*** Phofsit Daibuun: oef
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ue⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangpu): /uɛ⁵⁵/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa
*** Tâi-lô: ua
*** Phofsit Daibuun: oaf
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ua⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: dated in Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oāiⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: uāinn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: voai
*** IPA (Xiamen): /uãi²²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: uê$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ue
*** Sinological IPA : /ue³³/

#### Definitions

椏 (Eastern Min, Southern Min)
* a branch, a twig of a tree

#### Compounds

* 大椏 / 大桠
* 樹椏 / 树桠 (chhiū-oe)
* 細椏 / 细桠
* 過椏 / 过桠

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𬂲)
* crotch of a tree

#### Readings

* Go-on: え (e)
* Kan-on: あ (a)
* Kun: また (mata, 椏)

## Korean
### Hanja

椏 • (a) (hangeul 아, revised a, McCune–Reischauer a, Yale a)
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#### References

* Naver Hanja Dictionary

## Vietnamese
### Han character

椏: Hán Nôm readings: a, nha
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