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Translingual

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*taʔ
*taʔ
*tʰaʔ
*da, *daʔ
*daʔ
*daʔ
*daʔ
*daʔ
*daʔ
*daʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *daʔ) : semantic  (grass) + phonetic  (OC *da, *daʔ).

This character simplified to and simplified form .

Han character

(radical 140 +5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿十一弓 (TJMN) or X廿十一弓 (XTJMN), four-corner 44201)

  1. china grass, ramie

References

  • KangXi: page 1024, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30798
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1483, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3196, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+82E7

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of – see .
(This character, , is the simplified form of .)
Notes:

Etymology 2

trad.
simp.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (11)
Final () (22)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɖɨʌX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɖiɔX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȡiɔX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɖɨə̆X/
Li
Rong
/ȡiɔX/
Wang
Li
/ȡĭoX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȡʱi̯woX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhù
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 17635
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*daʔ/
Notes

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

Readings

Etymology 1

Old Japanese.

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

(hiragana , romaji o, historical hiragana )

  1. hemp or ramie
  2. thread made from the outer husk of the stems of hemp or ramie
  3. a textile made from this thread
Derived terms
Synonyms
  • (hemp): (あさ, asa)
  • (ramie): (からむし, karamushi)
  • (thread, in general): (いと, ito)

Etymology 2

Old Japanese. Possibly the original name for the plant, or for the fiber from this plant.

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

(hiragana むし, romaji mushi)

  1. (obsolete) old name for karamushi: the ramie plant, Boehmeria nivea var. nipononivea
  2. short for , 枲の垂衣 (むしのたれぎぬ, mushi no tareginu), a kind of veil made of ramie and worn from the brim of a hat by women from the Heian period through the Kamakura period

Etymology 3

Appears to be a compound of (kara, husk) + (mushi, ramie fiber).

Some sources suggest that the mushi component derives from 蒸し (mushi, steaming), from verb 蒸す (musu, to steam something; to be steamy or muggy). However, ramie is not processed using steam, so these are more likely to be folk etymologies.

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

(hiragana からむし, romaji karamushi)

  1. the ramie plant, Boehmeria nivea or Boehmeria nipononivea
  2. a thread made from the fibers of this plant
  3. a textile made from this thread
    • circa 800, Shibunritsu Ongi (page 47)[2]
      蒭麻衣 加良牟斯
Derived terms
  • 苧頭巾 (からむしずきん, karamushi zukin): a 頭巾 (zukin, headcloth, bandana) made from ramie

Etymology 4

Alteration from karamushi. Rare and obsolete reading.

/karamuɕi//karanɕi/

Pronunciation

Noun

(hiragana からんし, romaji karanshi)

  1. (rare, obsolete) the ramie plant
  2. (rare, obsolete) a thread made from the fibers of this plant
  3. (rare, obsolete) a textile made from this thread

Etymology 5

Alteration from karamushi. Rare and obsolete reading.

/karamuɕi//korumuɕi/

Pronunciation

Noun

(hiragana こるむし, romaji korumushi)

  1. (rare, obsolete) the ramie plant
  2. (rare, obsolete) a thread made from the fibers of this plant
  3. (rare, obsolete) a textile made from this thread
    • circa 800, Shibunritsu Ongi (page 47)[2]
      纎麻衣 古流牟斯

Etymology 6

From Middle Chinese , but read with the on'yomi from (ma, hemp). Compare modern Mandarin (zhù), ().

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Affix

(hiragana , romaji ma)

  1. the ramie or hemp plant or fiber
Derived terms

Etymology 7

From Middle Chinese . Compare modern Mandarin (zhù).

Pronunciation

Affix

(hiragana ちょ, romaji cho)

  1. the ramie or hemp plant or fiber
Derived terms

References

  1. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
  2. 1 2 Tsukishima, Hiroshi (circa 800) Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 2: Shibunritsu Ongi (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, ISBN 4-7629-3089-X, published 1979, page 47

Korean

Hanja

(jeo) (hangeul , revised jeo, McCune-Reischauer chŏ, Yale ce)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(trữ)

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