芹
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Translingual
Han character
芹 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+4, 8 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 7 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿竹一中 (THML), four-corner 44221, composition ⿱艹斤)
Derived characters
- 𣄄, 𣔠
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1021, character 8
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30742
- Dae Jaweon: page 1480, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3182, character 3
- Unihan data for U+82B9
Chinese
| trad. | 芹 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 芹 | |
| alternative forms | 斳 菦 䓅 | |
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (斤) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 蘄 | *ɡɯ, *kɯl, *ɡɯn |
| 祈 | *ɡɯl |
| 頎 | *ɡɯl |
| 旂 | *ɡɯl |
| 圻 | *ɡɯl, *ŋɡɯːn, *ŋɡɯn |
| 蚚 | *ɡɯl, *ɡɯːls |
| 岓 | *ɡɯl |
| 玂 | *ɡɯl |
| 沂 | *ŋɡɯl |
| 掀 | *qʰan |
| 釿 | *ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋkɯn |
| 齗 | *ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋɡɯn |
| 听 | *ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋɡɯnʔ |
| 垽 | *ŋrɯns, *qɯns |
| 斤 | *kɯn, *kɯns |
| 菦 | *kɯnʔ |
| 靳 | *kɯns |
| 劤 | *kɯns |
| 勁 | *kɯns, *keŋs |
| 赾 | *kʰɯnʔ |
| 芹 | *ɡɯn |
| 近 | *ɡɯnʔ, *ɡɯns |
| 斦 | *ŋɡɯn |
| 欣 | *qʰɯn |
| 忻 | *qʰɯn |
| 昕 | *qʰɯn |
| 訢 | *qʰɯn |
| 炘 | *qʰɯn, *qʰɯns |
| 邤 | *qʰɯn |
| 庍 | *qʰɯns, *mpreːɡs |
| 焮 | *qʰɯns |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡɯn) : semantic 艹 + phonetic 斤 (OC *kɯn, *kɯns).
Pronunciation
Definitions
芹
- water dropwort (Oenanthe javanica)
- celery (Apium graveolens)
- (figurative) meager; humble
Japanese
Compounds
- 献芹 (kenkin)
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 芹 |
| せり Jinmeiyō |
| kun’yomi |
Usage notes
- As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).
Korean
Hanja
芹 • (geun) (hangeul 근, revised geun, McCune–Reischauer kŭn, Yale kun)
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Vietnamese
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