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U+85B8, 薸
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85B8

[U+85B7]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+85B9]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 140, +14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 廿水一火 (TEMF), four-corner 44191, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1063, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32203
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1527, character 32
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3316, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+85B8

Chinese

More information trad., simp. # ...
trad.
simp. #
alternative forms
Min Nan
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Glyph origin

More information Old Chinese ...
Old Chinese
*pew, *pewʔ
*pew, *pʰew
*pew
*pew
*pew
*pew
*prew, *pʰewʔ, *bewʔ, *spewʔ
*pewʔ
*pʰew
*pʰew, *bew
*pʰew, *pʰews
*pʰew, *bew
*pʰew, *pʰewʔ
*pʰew, *pʰews
*pʰew
*pʰew, *pʰews
*pʰew, *pʰews, *bewʔ
*pʰew, *pʰews
*pʰew, *pʰews, *bewʔ
*pʰew, *pʰews
*pʰew
*pʰewʔ
*pʰewʔ
*pʰewʔ, *bewʔ
*pʰewʔ, *mbew
*pʰews, *bew
*pʰews
*bew
*bew
*bewʔ
*bews
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Etymology

Possibly related to (OC *pʰew, “to float; to drift”) (Liu, 1999).

Norman and Mei (1976) suggest instead that this word is of Austroasiatic origin, comparing it to Vietnamese bèo (duckweed), which they further relate to Mon ဗေဝ် (to ride low in the water) (< Proto-Mon-Khmer *ber (to float)). However, Sagart (2008) counts it among "either East Asian areal words if not Chinese words in disguise".

Pronunciation

More information Rime, Character ...
Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (3)
Final () (91)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter bjiew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/biᴇu/
Pan
Wuyun
/biɛu/
Shao
Rongfen
/bjæu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/biaw/
Li
Rong
/biɛu/
Wang
Li
/bĭɛu/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/bʱi̯ɛu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
piáo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
piu4
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More information Character, Reading # ...
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
piáo
Middle
Chinese
‹ bjiew ›
Old
Chinese
/*m-[p]ew/
English duckweed

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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More information Zhengzhang system (2003), Character ...
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 9780
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*bew/
Notes
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Definitions

  1. duckweed

Synonyms

More information Variety, Location ...
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 浮萍
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 浮萍
Taiwan 浮萍
Chengde 浮萍
Chifeng 浮萍
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 浮萍
Heihe 浮萍
Qiqihar 浮萍
Harbin 浮萍草
Jiamusi 浮萍
Baicheng 浮萍
Changchun 浮萍
Tonghua 浮萍
Shenyang 浮萍
Jinzhou 浮萍
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 浮萍
Tangshan 浮萍
Cangzhou 浮萍
Baoding 浮萍
Shijiazhuang 蛤蟆衣, 綠不稜得
Lijin 水萍, 苲草
Jinan 浮萍
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 浮萍
Dandong 浮萍
Yantai 浮萍兒
Qingdao 浮萍
Zhucheng 浮萍
Central Plains Mandarin Lingbao 水葫蘆
Jining 浮萍
Linfen 水花
Shangqiu 浮萍
Zhengzhou 胡冰草
Xinyang 浮薸
Baihe 浮萍
Xi'an 浮萍, 浮萍草
Baoji 浮萍
Tianshui 浮萍
Xining 浮萍
Xuzhou 浮浮草
Fuyang 浮萍, 浮萍草
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 浮萍
Lanzhou 浮萍
Dunhuang 浮萍
Hami 浮萍
Ürümqi 浮萍
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 浮薸
Nanchong 浮薸
Dazhou 浮薸
Hanyuan 浮薸
Xichang 浮萍
Zigong 浮薸
Chongqing 浮薸
Wuhan 浮萍
Yichang 浮萍
Xiangyang 浮萍
Tianmen 浮萍, 浮行子
Guiyang 浮薸
Zunyi 浮萍
Bijie 浮萍, 浮薸
Liping 浮萍, 泡頸草
Zhaotong 浮薸
Dali 浮萍
Kunming 浮萍
Mengzi 浮萍
Guilin 浮萍, 浮薸
Liuzhou 浮萍, 浮薸
Nanning (Wuming) , 浮薸, 浮萍
Jishou 浮萍
Changde 浮萍
Hanzhong 浮萍
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 浮萍
Yangzhou 浮萍, 浮萍草
Lianyungang 浮萍, 浮萍草
Lianshui 綠萍
Nantong 浮萍草
Anqing 浮萍
Wuhu 浮萍
Hefei 浮萍
Hong'an 浮薸
Cantonese Guangzhou 浮薸, 浮蕎
Hong Kong 浮萍
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 浮仔, 浮薸
Dongguan 浮蕎
Nanning , 浮薸
Nanning (Tanka) 水浮薸
Wuzhou 浮薸
Yulin 浮水蓮
Hepu (Lianzhou) 水鬼皮, 浮萍, 水浮蓮
Hepu (Shatian) 浮萍, 浮蓮
Guiping 浮萍
Guiping (Mule) 水葫蘆
Pingnan
Guigang (Gangcheng)
Guigang (Pingdong)
Beihai 浮蕎
Beihai (Nankang) 水浮蓮
Beihai (Yingpan) 蓮萍
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 浮萍
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 浮萍
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 浮薸
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 浮蕎
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 浮萍, 浮蕎
Móng Cái 浮薸
Gan Pengze 湖薸
Lichuan
Hakka Meixian 薸仔
Xingning , 薸哩
Dabu (Xihe) 薸仔
Huidong (Daling) 水浮蓮
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 薸哩
Wuhua (Huacheng) 薸哩
Wuhua (Changbu) 薸哩
Wuhua (Mianyang) 薸哩
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 薸子
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 浮薸
Jiexi
Luhe 薸仔
Changting 薸子
Longyan (Yongding) 薸子
Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) 薸子
Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding) 薸子
Wuping 薸子
Wuping (Zhongshan)
Wuping (Pingyu) 薸子
Liancheng
Liancheng (Peitian)
Liancheng (Juxi)
Liancheng (Zhongbao)
Liancheng (Laiyuan) 浮萍
Ninghua
Yudu 薸子
Ruijin 薸子
Shicheng 薸子
Shangyou (Shexi) 薸子
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 薸仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 浮冇草
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 水披
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) 薸仔
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) 水薸
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 薸仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 薸仔
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 薸子
Hong Kong 薸仔
Luchuan (Daqiao) 浮萍
Sabah (Longchuan) 浮萍
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)
Senai (Huiyang)
Bangkok (Meixian) 浮萍
Bangkok (Fengshun) 浮草
Huizhou Jixi , 浮薸
Shexian
Fuliang 青薸
Fuliang (Ehu)
Jin Taiyuan 浮萍
Yangyuan 浮萍
Datong 浮萍
Changzhi 浮萍
Jining 浮萍
Pingshan 浮萍
Zhangjiakou 浮萍
Handan 浮萍
Suide 浮萍
Northern Min Jian'ou
Songxi
Jianyang
Eastern Min Fuzhou
Fuqing
Gutian
Ningde
Zhouning
Fuding
Southern Min Xiamen , 水薸, 浮薸
Quanzhou , 水薸
Yongchun
Zhangzhou , 水薸, 浮薸
Zhao'an
Taipei
New Taipei (Tamsui) , 水薸
New Taipei (Sanxia)
New Taipei (Pingxi)
Kaohsiung 水薸
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 水薸
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) , 水薸
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) , 水薸
Kaohsiung (Tianliao)
Yilan 水薸
Yilan (Toucheng) 薸仔
Changhua (Lukang)
Taichung 薸仔
Tainan
Tainan (Anping) 水薸
Hsinchu
Kinmen
Penghu (Magong)
Penghu (Xiyu) 水薸
Penang (Hokkien) 水薸
Singapore (Hokkien) 水薸
Longyan
Datian
Shantou (Chaoyang) 水薸
Jieyang
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
Leizhou
Haikou , 水薸
Puxian Min Putian
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)
Xianyou 田薸
Central Min Yong'an
Sanming (Shaxian)
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) , 浮薸
Wu Shanghai 浮萍
Suzhou 浮萍
Wenzhou
Jinhua
Jinhua (Tangxi) 浮皮
Xiang Loudi 浮皮
Yuebei Tuhua Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang)
Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang)
Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang)
Renhua (Zhoutian) 薸哩
Renhua (Shitang)
Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou)
Lechang (Changlai)
Lechang (Beixiang)
Lechang (Huangpu)
Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi)
Lechang (Sanxi)
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Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): ひょう (hyō)びょう (byō)
  • Kun: うきぐさ (ukigusa)

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