葛

Han character edit

葛 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿日心女 (TAPV), four-corner 4472₇, composition ⿱艹曷)

Derived characters edit

• 噶 嶱 擖 㵧 獦 礍 臈 䗶 譪 轕(𮝺)
• 𡑪 𢢖 𤩲 𥢸 𧝶 𦅶 𨆍 𨭛 𩍛 𩦞 𩼙 𪙰 𣰌 𥀥 𨞛 𪆰(𬸭) 𩯝
• 𭥅 𭶎 𭁞 𭭸 𮤅

References edit

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1045, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31420
• Dae Jaweon: page 1506, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3248, character 3
• Unihan data for U+845B

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 葛 (植物) (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• 葛姓 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• Pueraria montana (English)

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 葛
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kaːd) : semantic 艹 + phonetic 曷 (OC *ɡaːd).

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

葛

1. kudzu (Pueraria lobata)
2. poplin; hemp cloth
3. (～國) State of Ge (a small state in modern Henan province during the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties)
4. a surname

   葛洪  ―  Gě Hóng  ―  Ge Hong (Eastern Jin Dynasty scholar)

Compounds edit

Etymology 2 edit

From 個／个.

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

葛

1. (dialectal Wu) this
2. (Suzhounese) Alternative form of 個／个 (possessive particle)

Synonyms edit

Kanji edit

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings edit

• Go-on: かち (kachi)
• Kan-on: かつ (katsu, Jōyō)
• Kun: くず (kuzu, 葛, Jōyō); かずら (kazura, 葛)^{←かづら (kadura, 葛, historical)}; つづら (tsuzura, 葛)
• Nanori: かず (kazu); かつら (katsura); かど (kado); さち (sachi); つら (tsura); ふじ (fuji)

Compounds edit

• 葛飾(かつしか) (Katsushika)
• 葛城(かつらぎ) (Katsuragi)

Etymology 1 edit

⟨kadura⟩ → /kad͡zuɾa/ → /kazuɾa/

From Old Japanese.

Pronunciation edit

• (Tokyo) かずら [kàzúrá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠zɨᵝɾa̠]

Noun edit

葛(かずら) • (kazura) ^{←かづら (kadura)?}

1. Any creepers or creeping plants
2. (architecture) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
3. the hoop of a barrel or other cylindrical object
4. a type of fishing net

Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

クズ

Wikipedia ^ja

From Old Japanese.

Pronunciation edit

• (Tokyo) く​ず [kúꜜzù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝzɨᵝ]

Noun edit

葛(くず) or 葛(クズ) • (kuzu) 

1. Japanese arrowroot (Pueraria montana)
2. Short for 葛粉 (kuzuko): starch made from pounded kudzu root
3. Short for 葛溜まり (kuzudamari) or 葛餡 (kuzuan): a sweet sauce made from kudzu starch
4. Short for 葛布 (kuzununo/kuzufu): cloth made from kudzu fiber

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

• → English: kudzu

Etymology 3 edit

⟨tudura⟩ → /t͡sud͡zuɾa/ → /t͡suzuɾa/

From Old Japanese.

Pronunciation edit

• (Tokyo) つづら [tsùzúrá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝzɨᵝɾa̠]

Noun edit

葛(つづら) or 葛(ツヅラ) • (tsuzura) 

1. Short for 葛藤 (tsuzurafuji): Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum​)
2. Short for 葛籠 (tsuzurako): a wicker basket used for holding clothes
3. Short for 葛折り (tsuzuraori): something winding or zigzaggy, especially a road at a hill-slope
4. a style of 襲の色目 (kasane no irome, “color combination by layering of garments”), with bluish black on the front and light (or pale) blue on the back

Derived terms edit

Etymology 4 edit

From Middle Chinese 葛 (MC kat).

Affix edit

葛(かつ) • (katsu) 

1. creeper
2. cloth made from kudzu fibers

Derived terms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Chinese 葛 (MC kat).

Hanja edit

葛 (eumhun 칡 갈 (chik gal))

1. Hanja form^? of 갈 (“arrowroot, kudzu”).

Compounds edit

• 갈등 (葛藤, galdeung, “conflict”)

References edit

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

Kanji edit

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings edit

• Kun: くずぃ (kudzï, 葛)

Etymology edit

Cognate with Yaeyama 葛 (kuzï), Okinawan 葛 (kuji), and Japanese 葛 (kuzu).

Perhaps from Proto-Ryukyuan *kozu, itself from Proto-Japonic *konsu.

Pronunciation edit

• IPA^(key): [kuzz]

Noun edit

葛(くずぃ) (kudzï) 

1. Japanese arrowroot (Pueraria montana)

Kanji edit

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings edit

• On (unclassified): かち (kachi)
• Kun: くじ (kuji, 葛)

Etymology edit

Perhaps from Proto-Ryukyuan *kozu.

Pronunciation edit

• (Shuri) くじ [kùjì] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [kuʑi]

Noun edit

葛(くじ) (kuji) 

1. Short for 葛粉 (kujikū): starch made from pounded kudzu root

Derived terms edit

• 葛(くじ)固(がた)み (kujigatami)

References edit

Compounds edit

Etymology 1 edit

Possibly from Proto-Japonic *kantura.

Noun edit

葛 (kadura) (kana かづら)

1. a creeper, creeping plant

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

• Japanese: 葛, 蔓 (kazura)

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Japonic *konsu.

Noun edit

葛 (kuzu) (kana くず)

1. Japanese arrowroot (Pueraria montana)

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

• Japanese: 葛 (kuzu)

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

葛 (tudura) (kana つづら)

1. any climbing plant or vine, such as Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum​)

Derived terms edit

• 霜黑葛 (simotudura)
• 濱葛 (pamatudura)

Descendants edit

• Japanese: 葛 (tsuzura)

Han character edit

葛: Hán Nôm readings: cát, nhật

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