萼

萼 U+843C, 萼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-843C ← 萻 [U+843B] CJK Unified Ideographs 落 → [U+843D]

萼 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿口口尸 (TRRS), four-corner 4420₇, composition ⿱艹咢)

1. the stem and calyx of a flower
2. a younger brother

• 𠿸

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1043, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31361
• Dae Jaweon: page 1503, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3249, character 4
• Unihan data for U+843C

trad.		萼
simp. #		萼
alternative forms		蕚／萼 鄂

萼

1. calyx

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. calyx
2. cup

• Go-on: がく (gaku)
• Kan-on: がく (gaku)
• Kun: うてな (utena, 萼)

Kanji in this term
萼
がく Hyōgai
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 萼 (MC ngak).

• (Tokyo) がく [gáꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• (Tokyo) がく [gàkúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɡa̠kɯ̟]

萼(がく) • (gaku) 

1. (botany) a calyx (collective term for sepals)

• 蔕(へた) (heta, “calyx (of a fruit)”)

Kanji in this term
萼
うてな Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Extension of 台 (utena, “tower, stand”), to a part of a flower.

• (Tokyo) うてな [ùténá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• (Tokyo) うてな [úꜜtènà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟te̞na̠]

萼(うてな) • (utena) 

1. (botany) a calyx (collective term for sepals)

萼 • (ak) (hangeul 악, revised ak, McCune–Reischauer ak, Yale ak)

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