芙蕖

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (芙蕖)		芙	蕖
simp. #(芙蕖)		芙	蕖
alternative forms		芙渠

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fúqú

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄑㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu⁴ keoi⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fúqú
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄑㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fúcyú
    • Wade–Giles: fu²-chʻü²
    • Yale: fú-chyú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwuchyu
    • Palladius: фуцюй (fucjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ t͡ɕʰy³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu⁴ keoi⁴
    • Yale: fùh kèuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu⁴ koey⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu⁴ kêu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː²¹ kʰɵy̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: bju gjo

Rime
Character	芙	蕖
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	防無切	強魚切
Baxter	bju	gjo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨo/	/ɡɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/bio/	/ɡiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/bio/	/ɡiɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buə̆/	/gɨə̆/
Li Rong	/bio/	/ɡiɔ/
Wang Li	/bĭu/	/ɡĭo/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯u/	/gi̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fú	qú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fu4	keoi4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ba  ɡa/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	芙	蕖
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	3283	7044
Phonetic component	夫	巨
Rime group	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	扶
Old Chinese	/*ba/	/*ɡa/
Notes	見爾雅	見爾雅

Noun

芙蕖

1. (literary) lotus

Synonyms

• 水芝 (shuǐzhī) (literary)
• 水芙蓉 (shuǐfúróng)
• 芙蓉 (fúróng)
• 荷花 (héhuā)
• 菡萏 (hàndàn) (literary)
• 蓮／莲
• 蓮花／莲花 (liánhuā)
• 藕花 (ǒuhuā)