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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 75 +4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木一女竹 (DMVH), four-corner 41940, composition)

References


Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*ljaː, *laː
*ljaː
*ŋraː
*ŋraː
*ŋraː, *ŋraːs
*ŋraː, *hŋraː
*ŋraː, *ŋraːs
*ŋraːʔ
*ŋraːʔ
*ŋraːʔ
*ŋraːs
*ŋraːs
*ŋraːs
*ŋraːs
*hŋraː
*hŋraː
*hŋraː
*hŋraː
*qraː
*laː

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (31) (31)
Final () (98) (98)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋˠa/ /ŋˠaH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋᵚa/ /ŋᵚaH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋa/ /ŋaH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋaɨ/ /ŋaɨH/
Li
Rong
/ŋa/ /ŋaH/
Wang
Li
/ŋa/ /ŋaH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋa/ /ŋaH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 14181 14188
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋraː/ /*ŋraːs/

Definitions

  1. the coconut tree
  2. outer rim of a wheel