葔

葔 U+8454, 葔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8454 ← 葓 [U+8453] CJK Unified Ideographs 葕 → [U+8455]

Translingual

Han character

葔 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿人弓大 (TONK), four-corner 4423₄, composition ⿱艹侯)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1044, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31404
• Dae Jaweon: page 1505, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3252, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8454

Chinese

trad.		葔
simp. #		葔

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
緱	*koː, *koː
侯	*ɡoː
喉	*ɡoː
猴	*ɡoː
瘊	*ɡoː
篌	*ɡoː
糇	*ɡoː
帿	*ɡoː
睺	*ɡoː, *ɡoːs
矦	*ɡoː
餱	*ɡoː
翭	*ɡoː
葔	*ɡoː
鄇	*ɡoː, *ɡoːs
鍭	*ɡoː, *ɡoːs
鯸	*ɡoː
候	*ɡoːs
堠	*ɡoːs

Characters in the same phonetic series (侯) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	葔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	戸鉤切
Baxter	huw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦəu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦəu/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəw/
Li Rong	/ɣu/
Wang Li	/ɣəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hau4

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	葔
Reading #	1/1
No.	5150
Phonetic component	侯
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ɡoː/
Notes	爾雅侯莎無草頭

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hóu (hou²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hóu
    • Wade–Giles: hou²
    • Yale: hóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hour
    • Palladius: хоу (xou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: huw

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡoː/

Definitions

葔

1. Only used in 薃葔.