萼

萼 (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

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

萼

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(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. calyx
2. cup

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

From Middle Chinese 萼 (MC ŋɑk̚).

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) が​く [gáꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • (Tokyo) がく​ [gàkúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɡa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

萼 (hiragana がく, rōmaji gaku)

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

• 蔕 (へた) (heta, “calyx (of a fruit)”)

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

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) うてな [ùténá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) う​てな [úꜜtènà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝte̞na̠]

萼 (hiragana うてな, rōmaji utena)

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

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

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