葵
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Translingual
Han character
葵 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 13 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 12 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿弓人大 (TNOK), four-corner 44804 or 44430, composition ⿱艹癸)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1046, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31458
- Dae Jaweon: page 1507, character 18
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3258, character 14
- Unihan data for U+8475
Chinese
trad. | 葵 | |
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simp. # | 葵 | |
alternative forms | 𦮙 ancient 𦷡 |
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (癸) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ɡʷil) : semantic 艹 (“grass, plant”) + phonetic 癸 (OC *kʷilʔ) – a kind of plant.
Pronunciation
Definitions
葵
- name of several plants
- Short for 冬葵 (“Malva verticillata (syn. Malva crispa)”).
- Short for 蒲葵 (púkuí, “Livistona chinensis”).
- Short for 落葵 (luòkuí, “Basella alba”).
- Short for 向日葵 (xiàngrìkuí, “sunflower”).
- Used in compounds.
- Alternative form of 揆 (kuí)
- (Hong Kong) Short for 葵涌 (Kuíchōng, “Kwai Chung”).
- a surname
Japanese
Readings
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term |
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葵 |
き Jinmeiyō |
kan’on |
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kʲi]
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term |
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葵 |
あおい Jinmeiyō |
kun’yomi |
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
- For plant names:
- (heraldry) A design of mon using the image of Asarum caulescens.
- A symbol for the Tokugawa shogunate.
- One of the colour schemes used in Japanese traditional garment, with the outer layer in a light blue color and the inner lining in a light purple color; it is used in the fourth month of the lunar calendar.
- (women's speech) soba
- Synonym: 蕎麦 (soba)
Proper noun
- a surname
- a male or female given name
- Aoi (a ward and neighborhood of Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan)
- Aoi (neighborhoods in Japan):
- The neighborhoods of Naka and Higashi, Nagoya and of Okazaki and Nishio; in Aichi Prefecture.
- A neighborhood of Okayama, Okayama Prefecture.
- A neighborhood of Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture.
- The neighborhoods of Kakegawa and Fukuroi, Shizuoka Prefecture.
- A neighborhood of Kurayoshi, Tottori Prefecture.
- A neighborhood of Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi Prefecture.
- A neighborhood of Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture.
Etymology 3
Kanji in this term |
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葵 |
まもる Jinmeiyō |
nanori |
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ma̠mo̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
Proper noun
葵 • (Mamoru)
- an unknown-gender given name
- 重光葵
- Shigemitsu Mamoru
- Mamoru Shigemitsu, Japanese diplomat
- 重光葵
References
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
葵 • (gyu) (hangeul 규, revised gyu, McCune–Reischauer kyu, Yale kyu)
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Vietnamese
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