蒟蒻

Chinese

		betel
simp. and trad. (蒟蒻)		蒟	蒻

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jǔruò

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˇ ㄖㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi² joek⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jǔruò
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˇ ㄖㄨㄛˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeuruoh
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: geoi² joek⁶
  - Yale: géui yeuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: goey² joek⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gêu² yêg⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯³⁵ jœ̽ːk̚²/

Middle Chinese: /kɨo^X|kɨo^H ȵɨɐk̚/▼

Rime
Character	蒟	蒟	蒻
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	虞 (24)	藥 (107)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	俱雨切	九遇切	而灼切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨo^X/	/kɨo^H/	/ȵɨɐk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kio^X/	/kio^H/	/ȵiɐk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kio^X/	/kio^H/	/ȵʑiɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kuə̆^X/	/kuə̆^H/	/ȵɨak̚/
Li Rong	/kio^X/	/kio^H/	/ȵiak̚/
Wang Li	/kĭu^X/	/kĭu^H/	/ȵʑĭak̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯u^X/	/ki̯u^H/	/ȵʑi̯ak̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jǔ	jù	ruò

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*koʔ|kos njewɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蒟	蒟	蒻
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
No.	7101	7106	10949
Phonetic component	句	句	弱
Rime group	侯	侯	藥
Rime subdivision	0	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	矩	屨	若
Old Chinese	/*koʔ/	/*kos/	/*njewɢ/

Noun

蒟蒻

konjac (foul-smelling plant grown in Asia, Amorphophallus konjac)
(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (originally) betel and bulrush

Synonyms

(konjac): 魔芋 (móyù), 蒻頭／蒻头 (ruòtóu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蒟	蒻
こん Hyōgaiji	にゃく Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Alternative forms

菎蒻

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) こんにゃく [kòńnyáꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [3])
- (Tokyo) こんにゃく [kòńnyákúꜜ] (Odaka – [4])
- IPA^(key): [kõ̞ɲ̟ɲ̟a̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

蒟蒻 (hiragana こんにゃく, katakana コンニャク, rōmaji konnyaku)

konjac

Usage notes

Not to be confused with コニャック (konyakku, “cognac”).

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