䯞

䯞 U+4BDE, 䯞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4BDE ← 䯝 [U+4BDD] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 䯟 → [U+4BDF]

Translingual

Han character

䯞 (Kangxi radical 188, 骨+9, 19 strokes, cangjie input 月月月月口 (BBBBR), composition ⿰骨咼)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1450, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4415, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4BDE

Chinese

simp. and trad.		䯞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuā (kua¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwaa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kua
    • Wade–Giles: kʻua¹
    • Yale: kwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kua
    • Palladius: куа (kua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kwaa¹
    • Yale: kwā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kua¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰaː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khwae

Rime
Character	䯞
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	麻 (99)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	苦瓜切
Baxter	khwae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠua/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰʷᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰua/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwaɨ/
Li Rong	/kʰua/
Wang Li	/kʰwa/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰwa/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuā
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faa1

Definitions

䯞

1. bone (the lowest pieces of bone of the spinal column and sides of the abdominal region)