茎 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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See also: 莖

Traditional	莖
Shinjitai	茎
Simplified	茎

茎 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓人一 (TNOM), composition ⿱艹圣 or ⿱艹𢀖)

1. stem, stalk

Due to Han unification, this Unicode character appears as 茎 (艹𢀖) in PRC-style fonts and 茎 (艹圣) in Japan-style fonts. Compare 径 and 径.

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1027, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30861
• Dae Jaweon: page 1486, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3198, character 5
• Unihan data for U+830E

For pronunciation and definitions of 茎 – see 莖 (“stem; stalk; something like a stalk; tall and straight; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 莖).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

茎

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 莖)

• Go-on: ぎょう (gyō)
• Kan-on: こう (kō)
• Kan’yō-on: けい (kei, Jōyō)
• Kun: くき (kuki, 茎, Jōyō)、くく (kuku, 茎)、なかご (nakago, 茎)

Kanji in this term
茎
くき Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
莖 (kyūjitai)

From Old Japanese, attested in the Kakyō Hyōshiki of 772 with the phonetic spelling 倶基.^[1] In turn, from Proto-Japonic *kukuy.

This word has an alternating form くく (kuku) which only occurs in compounds.^[1] For the reason of this vowel alternation, see WT:AJPX#Standalone forms and combining forms.

• (Tokyo) くき [kùkíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[2][3]
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟̊kʲi]

茎(くき) • (kuki) 

1. stem, stalk

Kanji in this term
茎
なかご Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
莖 (kyūjitai)

• (Tokyo) なかご [nàkáꜜgò] (Nakadaka – [2])^[2][3]
• (Tokyo) なかご [nàkágó] (Heiban – [0])^[2][3]
• IPA^(key): [na̠ka̠ɡo̞]

茎(なかご) • (nakago) 

1. (swords) tang (part of a sword blade)