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萼 - Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 140, +9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿口口尸 (TRRS), four-corner 44207, composition)

  1. the stem and calyx of a flower
  2. a younger brother

萼 - Chinese

trad.
simp. #
alternative forms

Glyph origin

Old Chinese
*ŋ̊ʰjaːɡs, *ŋ̊ʰjaːɡ
*sŋaːɡs
*sŋaːɡs
*sŋaːɡs, *sŋreːɡ
*sŋaːɡs
*sŋaːɡs
*sŋaːɡs
*ŋaːɡs
*tŋ̊ʰaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
崿 *ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*sŋraːɡ
*sraːwɢ
*sraːwɢ
*tŋ̊ʰraːɡ
*tŋ̊ʰraːɡ
*ŋraɡ
*ŋraɡ
*ŋraɡ
*reːɡ

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    • (Pinyin): è (e4)
    • (Zhuyin): ㄜˋ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): ngok6
  • Hakka (Sixian, PFS): nga̍k
  • Min Dong (BUC): ngáuk
  • Min Nan
    • (Hokkien, POJ): go̍k
    • (Teochew, Peng'im): ngag8
  • Middle Chinese: /ŋɑk̚/
  • Old Chinese
    • (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːɡ/

Definitions

  1. calyx

Compounds

  • 萼花
  • 華萼华萼
  • 離萼离萼

萼 - Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. calyx
  2. cup

Readings

Pronunciation

  • On’yomi
    • (Tokyo) [gáꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
    • (Tokyo) [gàkúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
    • IPA: [ɡa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

(がく) (gaku) 

  1. (botany) a calyx (collective term for sepals)

Derived terms

  • 萼片(がくへん) (gakuhen, sepal)
  • 紫(シ)萼(ガク) (shigaku)
  • 宿存(しゅくそん)萼(がく) (shukuson-gaku)
  • 副萼(ふくがく) (fukugaku)
  • 紅萼(ベニガク) (benigaku)

Pronunciation

  • Kun’yomi
    • (Tokyo) てな [ùténá] (Heiban – [0])
    • (Tokyo) てな [úꜜtènà] (Atamadaka – [1])
    • IPA: [ɯ̟ᵝte̞na̠]

Noun

(うてな) (utena) 

  1. (botany) a calyx (collective term for sepals)

萼 - Korean

Hanja

(ak) (hangeul , revised ak, McCuneReischauer ak, Yale ak)

Meaning and Definition of 萼
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