莩甲

Chinese

		die of starvation; pellicle of culms	1st heavenly stem; armour; shell
trad. (莩甲)		莩	甲
simp. #(莩甲)		莩	甲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fújiǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄚˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fújiǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fújiǎ
    • Wade–Giles: fu²-chia³
    • Yale: fú-jyǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwujea
    • Palladius: фуцзя (fuczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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• Middle Chinese: phju kaep

Rime
Character	莩	甲
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	狎 (150)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	芳無切	古狎切
Baxter	phju	kaep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰɨo/	/kˠap̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰio/	/kᵚap̚/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰio/	/kap̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰuə̆/	/kaɨp̚/
Li Rong	/pʰio/	/kap̚/
Wang Li	/pʰĭu/	/kap̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰi̯u/	/kap̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fū	jia
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fu1	gaap3

Verb

莩甲

1. to sprout