葜

葜 · qiā

various species of the genus Smilax

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
qiā
Cantonese
kit3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

various species of the genus Smilax

Dictionary definitions & readings

葜 qiā · used in 菝葜 bá qiā

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53243.030:qiā Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0906.080:qiā Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
294.140:qiā Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
qiā粵kit3 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
カツ ケチ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
恪八 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
TQHK Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4480 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1045.110 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+845C
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
12
Residual strokes
9
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7301

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

12 strokes
葜
Strokes
12
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

12 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

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

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
kheat · 恪八 · 山開二入山溪 · #3426

PHONO-ML, source line 17794; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1156.305
kHanYu
53243.030
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53243.030
kIRGKangXi
1045.110
kKangXi
1045.110
kMorohashi
31421:E0103
kSMSZD2003Index
591.16
kCangjie
TQHK
kFourCornerCode
4480
kMojiJoho
MJ022344 MJ022342:E0102 MJ022343:E0103 MJ022344:E0104
kUnihanCore2020
GH
kIRG_GSource
G0-5D56
kIRG_HSource
H-9ED1
kIRG_JSource
J14-764D
kIRG_KSource
K2-5860
kIRG_TSource
T3-4432
kRSUnicode
140.9
kTotalStrokes
12
kCCCII
232329
kCNS1986
E-4432
kCNS1992
3-4432
kEACC
232329
kGB0
6154
kGB1
6154
kJIS0213
2,86,45
kJis1
5659
kTGH
2013:7301
kXerox
321:072
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+18514+140.3.9 V+22341+140.3.9
kCantonese
kit3
kDefinition
various species of the genus Smilax
kFanqie
恪八
kHanyuPinyin
53243.030:qiā
kJapanese
カツ ケチ
kJapaneseKun
KUSA
kJapaneseOn
KATSU
kMandarin
qiā
kSMSZD2003Readings
qiā粵kit3
kTGHZ2013
294.140:qiā
kXHC1983
0906.080:qiā

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 葜0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
艹 above 契 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea
Source notation ^⿱艹契$(GHTJK)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹契$(GHTJK)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.