grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty |
tool; device; utensil tool; device; utensil; equipment; instrument | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (草具) | 草 | 具 | |
| simp. #(草具) | 草 | 具 | |
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 草 | 具 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 清 (14) | 群 (30) |
| Final (韻) | 豪 (89) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | I | III |
| Fanqie | 采老切 | 其遇切 |
| Baxter | tshawX | gjuH |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/t͡sʰɑuX/ | /ɡɨoH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/t͡sʰɑuX/ | /ɡioH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/t͡sʰɑuX/ | /ɡioH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/t͡sʰawX/ | /guə̆H/ |
| Li Rong |
/t͡sʰɑuX/ | /ɡioH/ |
| Wang Li |
/t͡sʰɑuX/ | /ɡĭuH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/t͡sʰɑuX/ | /gi̯uH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
cǎo | jù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex |
cou2 | geoi6 |
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 草 | 草 | 具 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
cǎo | cǎo | jù |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ tshawX › | ‹ tshawX › | ‹ gjuH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[tsʰ]ˁuʔ/ | /*[tsʰ]ˁuʔ/ | /*[ɡ](r)o-s/ |
| English | grass, plants | rough, coarse | arrange, provide |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |||
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 草 | 具 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 16547 | 7133 |
| Phonetic component |
早 | 具 |
| Rime group |
幽 | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
草 | 懼 |
| Old Chinese |
/*sʰuːʔ/ | /*ɡos/ |
| Notes | 說文作艸 | |