蕻 · hóng

budding

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin: hóng
Cantonese: hung4
Definition source: Unihan kDefinition

budding

Dictionary definitions & readings

蕻 hóng · used in 雪裡蕻 xuě lǐ hóng; Taiwan pr. hòng

蕻 hòng · (literary) luxuriant; flourishing; (literary) bud; (dialect) long stem of certain vegetables

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators: 53299.060:hòng,hóng Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators: 0465.040:hóng 0466.130:hòng Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators: 138.100:hóng Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese: hòng粵hung6 hóng粵hung4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana: コウグ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs: 胡貢 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code: TSIC Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes: 4478.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions: 1059.410 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions: 344.10 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode: U+857B
Radical: 艸 · 140
Strokes: 16
Residual strokes: 13
Standard list: 通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6046

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Stroke order

16 strokes

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

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History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese: huwngH · 胡貢 · 通開一去東匣 · #2113

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Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties

kCihaiT: 1171.102
kDaeJaweon: 1523.230
kHanYu: 53299.060
kIRGDaeJaweon: 1523.230
kIRGHanyuDaZidian: 53299.060
kIRGKangXi: 1059.410
kKangXi: 1059.410
kMorohashi: 32060:E0102
kSBGY: 344.10
kSMSZD2003Index: 600.08
kCangjie: TSIC
kFourCornerCode: 4478.1
kMojiJoho: MJ022868 MJ022868:E0101 MJ022869:E0102
kPhonetic: 693
kUnihanCore2020: GHMT
kIRG_GSource: G0-5E2E
kIRG_HSource: HB2-EDFB
kIRG_JSource: J14-7676
kIRG_KPSource: KP1-6FE8
kIRG_KSource: K2-5973
kIRG_TSource: T2-5E68
kRSUnicode: 140.13
kTotalStrokes: 16
kBigFive: EDFB
kCCCII: 232636
kCNS1986: 2-5E68
kCNS1992: 2-5E68
kEACC: 232636
kGB0: 6214
kGB1: 6214
kJIS0213: 2,86,86
kJis1: 5753
kMainlandTelegraph: 5584
kTGH: 2013:6046
kXerox: 321:110
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6: C+18545+140.3.13
kCantonese: hung4
kDefinition: budding
kFanqie: 胡貢
kHanyuPinyin: 53299.060:hòng,hóng
kJapanese: コウグ
kJapaneseKun: SHIGERU
kJapaneseOn: KOU KU
kMandarin: hóng
kSMSZD2003Readings: hòng粵hung6 hóng粵hung4
kTGHZ2013: 138.100:hóng
kXHC1983: 0465.040:hóng 0466.130:hòng

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Structure & connections

0.10

3dictionary records using 蕻0forms using this shape0attributed sound links

⿱ Above / below

艹

⿰ Left / right

镸

共

Shape description
艹 above (镸 beside 共) · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿱艹⿰镸共$(GHTJKP)
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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹⿰镸共$(GHTJKP)

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