# 蕉

| 蕉 | U+8549, &#34121; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8549 |
| ← 蕈 [U+8548] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蕊 → [U+854A] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蕉 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿人土火 (TOGF), four-corner 4433$_1$, composition ⿱艹焦)

#### Derived characters

* 𫣾, 𫲔, 𢤼, 𢸺, 𬁞, 櫵, 爑, 𭀐, 䌭, 𫑿, 𰲑, 𬷹, 𱿍

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1057, character 18
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31937
* Dae Jaweon: page 1520, character 10
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3292, character 11
* Unihan data for U+8549

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 蕉
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 癄 | *ʔsrews |
| 焦 | *ʔsew |
| 蕉 | *ʔsew |
| 鷦 | *ʔsew |
| 僬 | *ʔsew, *ʔsews, *zew |
| 噍 | *ʔsew, *zews |
| 膲 | *ʔsew |
| 鐎 | *ʔsew, *zew |
| 蟭 | *ʔsew |
| 燋 | *ʔsew, *ʔsewɢ |
| 醮 | *ʔsews |
| 潐 | *ʔsews |
| 趭 | *ʔsews, *zews, *lews |
| 樵 | *zew |
| 譙 | *zew |
| 憔 | *zew |
| 劁 | *zew, *zews |
| 顦 | *zew |
| 嶕 | *zew |
| 撨 | *zew, *seːw |
| 穛 | *ʔsreːwɢ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsew): semantic 艹 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 焦 (OC *ʔsew).

### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Related to 焦 (burned, dried > unsoaked)? Related to Vietnamese chuối?”)

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): jiāo (jiao$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җё (ži͡o, I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): jieu$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chêu
    (Meixian, Guangdong): jiau$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): ciĕu
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chio / chiau
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zio$^1$ / ziê$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$ciau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiao
*** Wade–Giles: chiao$^1$
*** Yale: jyāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiau
*** Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җё (ži͡o, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕiɔː²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ziu$^1$
*** Yale: jīu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dziu$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: jiu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: jieu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕiɛu⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chêu
*** Hakka Romanization System: zeu$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zeu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡seu̯²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: jiau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡siau⁴⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ciĕu
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sieu⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio / chiau
*** Tâi-lô: tsio / tsiau
*** Phofsit Daibuun: cioy, ciaw
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sio⁴⁴/, /t͡siau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sio³³/, /t͡siau³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sio⁴⁴/, /t͡siau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sio⁴⁴/, /t͡siau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɤ⁴⁴/, /t͡siau⁴⁴/
* chio - vernacular;
* chiau - literary.
* Middle Chinese: tsjew
Rime :
| Character | 蕉 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 精 (13) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (91) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 即消切 |
| Baxter | tsjew |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡siᴇu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡siɛu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡sjæu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡siaw/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡siɛu/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sĭɛu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡si̯ɛu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiāo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ziu$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsew/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蕉 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6342 |
| Phonetic component | 焦 |
| Rime group | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 焦 |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔsew/ |

#### Definitions

蕉
* (obsolete) unsoaked hemp
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) abaca (Musa textilis)
* banana; plantain (any plant in Musaceae, especially the edible fruit) (Classifier: 根 m; 串 m; 把 m; 條／条 c; 隻／只 c; 梳 c; 弓 mn)
* a surname

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 香蕉 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 香蕉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 香蕉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 香蕉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 香蕉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 香蕉 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 香蕉 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 香蕉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 香蕉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 香蕉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 香蕉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 香蕉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 香蕉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 香蕉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 香蕉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 香蕉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 香蕉 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 香蕉 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 香蕉 |
| Mandarin | Fuzhou (Qinjiang, Changle) | 芭蕉果 |
| Mandarin | Wuping (Zhongshan Junjiahua) | 蕉弓子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 香蕉, 蕉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蕉, 香蕉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 牙蕉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 香蕉, 蕉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 香蕉, 牙蕉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 牙蕉 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 蕉, 香蕉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 香蕉, 蕉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 香蕉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 蕉仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 蕉, 香蕉, 香牙蕉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 香蕉, 蕉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 蕉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 蕉, 香蕉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 香蕉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 香蕉 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 蕉, 香蕉 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 蕉, 香蕉 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 香蕉 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 蕉果 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 蕉 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 蕉 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 香蕉, 蕉果 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 香蕉 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 香蕉 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 蕉果 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蕉, 香蕉 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 牙蕉 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 香蕉 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 香蕉 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 蕉子 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 香蕉, 蕉子, 粉蕉 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 蕉子, 香蕉 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 香蕉 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 香蕉 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 香蕉 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 香蕉 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 香蕉, 弓蕉 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 弓蕉 |
| Cantonese | Ipoh (Guangfu) | 香蕉, 弓蕉 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 香蕉 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 香牙蕉 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 香蕉 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 香蕉, 弓蕉 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 香蕉, 弓蕉 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 香蕉 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 蕉 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 香蕉 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) | 牙蕉, 蕉 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 香蕉 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 弓蕉 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 蕉哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 弓蕉 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 弓蕉 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 蕉 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 弓蕉 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 弓蕉 |
| Hakka | Raoping (Xinfeng) | 弓蕉 |
| Hakka | Changting | 香蕉 |
| Hakka | Shanghang | 牙蕉 |
| Hakka | Shanghang (Gutian) | 香蕉 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Yongding) | 牙蕉, 香蕉 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) | 弓蕉 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding) | 牙蕉 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding) | 牙蕉 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Wan'an) | 蕉弓 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 牙蕉 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 香蕉 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Peitian) | 香蕉 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Zhongbao) | 香蕉 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Laiyuan) | 香蕉 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 牙蕉 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 弓蕉 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 弓蕉 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 弓蕉 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 弓蕉 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 弓蕉 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 弓蕉 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 牙蕉 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 蕉 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 弓蕉 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 弓蕉 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 弓蕉 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Fengshun) | 弓蕉 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 香蕉 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 香蕉 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 香蕉 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 香蕉, 芭蕉果 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 芭蕉, 芭蕉果 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 芭蕉果 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 弓蕉, 牙蕉, 蕉 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 牙蕉 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 蕉 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 牙蕉 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 牙蕉 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 牙蕉 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 牙蕉 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 牙蕉 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 金蕉, 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 金蕉, 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 弓蕉, 金蕉 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Medan (Hokkien) | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 蕉弓 |
| Southern Min | Shizhong | 蕉弓 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 蕉弓 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 蕉弓 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 香蕉 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Raoping | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 弓蕉 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 蕉 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 香蕉 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 牙蕉 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 芭蕉 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 弓蕉 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 蕉祖 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 弓蕉 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 弓蕉 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 蕉祖 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 蕉祖 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 蕉祖 |
| Puxian Min | Fuding (Aoyao) | 番蕉 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 香蕉 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 香蕉 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 香蕉 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 香蕉 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 香蕉 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 蕉仔 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 香蕉 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 香蕉 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 香蕉 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 香蕉 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 蕉 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 香蕉 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 香蕉 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 香蕉 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 香蕉 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 香蕉 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 香蕉 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 香蕉 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 香蕉 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 香蕉 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 香蕉 |
| Wu | Danyang | 香蕉 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 香蕉 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 香蕉 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 香蕉 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 香蕉 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 香蕉 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 香蕉 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 香蕉 |

#### Compounds

* 弓蕉
* 旅人蕉
* 朱蕉 (zhūjiāo)
* 松尾芭蕉
* 甘蕉 (gānjiāo)
* 石油蕉
* 美人蕉 (měirénjiāo)
* 芎蕉
* 芭蕉 (bājiāo)
* 芭蕉布
* 芭蕉扇 (bājiāoshàn)
* 芭蕉洞 (bājiāodòng)
* 芭蕉科
* 芭蕉芋
* 蕉嶺 / 蕉岭 (Jiāolǐng)
* 蕉布
* 蕉扇 (jiāoshàn)
* 蕉葛
* 蕉葉 / 蕉叶 (jiāoyè)
* 蕉藕
* 蕉農 / 蕉农
* 蕉鹿夢 / 蕉鹿梦
* 蕉麻
* 覆蕉尋鹿 / 覆蕉寻鹿
* 覆鹿尋蕉 / 覆鹿寻蕉
* 覆鹿遺蕉 / 覆鹿遗蕉
* 香蕉 (xiāngjiāo)
* 香蕉水 (xiāngjiāoshuǐ)
* 香蕉油

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qiáo (qiao$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qiáo
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ciáo
*** Wade–Giles: chʻiao$^2$
*** Yale: chyáu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyau
*** Palladius: цяо (cjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/

#### Definitions

蕉
* (obsolete) Alternative form of 憔 (qiáo, “haggard”)
* (obsolete) Alternative form of 樵 (qiáo, “firewood”)

#### Compounds

* 蕉萃 (qiáocuì)

### Etymology 3

* For pronunciation and definitions of 蕉 – see 𣟼. (This character is a variant form of 𣟼).

### Etymology 4

Onomatopoeic, influenced by cartoons.

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ziu$^1$
*** Yale: jīu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dziu$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: jiu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵/

#### Interjection

蕉
* (Cantonese, onomatopoeia, childish) sound of firing a gun

##### Related terms

* 銀牙／银牙

### References

* “蕉”, 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

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* banana
* plantain

#### Readings

* Go-on: しょう (shō)
* Kan-on: しょう (shō)
* Kun: きあさ (kiasa, 蕉)、こげる (kogeru, 蕉げる)

#### Compounds

* 芭蕉(ばしょう) (bashō)
* 甘蕉(かんしょう) (kanshō), 甘蕉(バナナ) (banana)

## Korean
### Hanja

蕉 (eumhun 파초 초 (pacho cho))
* hanja form of 초 (“banana”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

蕉: Hán Nôm readings: tiêu
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