椏

See also: 桠

椏 U+690F, 椏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-690F ← 椎 [U+690E] CJK Unified Ideographs 椐 → [U+6910]

Translingual

Traditional	椏
Shinjitai (extended)	𬂲
Simplified	桠

Han character

椏 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 木一中一 (DMLM), four-corner 4191₇, composition ⿰木亞)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 536, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15025
• Dae Jaweon: page 924, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1224, character 3
• Unihan data for U+690F

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (亞) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
椏	*qaːʔ, *qraː
錏	*qraː
鵶	*qraː
啞	*qraːʔ, *qraːɡs, *qraːɡ, *qraːɡ
瘂	*qraːʔ
亞	*qraːɡs
婭	*qraːɡs
俹	*qraːɡs
稏	*qraːɡs
惡	*qaː, *qaːɡs, *qaːɡ
噁	*qaːɡs
堊	*qaːɡ
蝁	*qaːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qaːʔ, *qraː) : semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 亞 (OC *qraːɡs).

Pronunciation 1

trad.		椏
simp.		桠/丫
alternative forms		枒／丫
桠 - Mainland standard character in place names, personal names and technical terms

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yā (ya¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa¹ / ngaa⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): ngă̤
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): oe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): uê¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yā
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ya
    • Wade–Giles: ya¹
    • Yale: yā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ia
    • Palladius: я (ja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: aa¹ / ngaa⁴
    • Yale: ā / ngàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa¹ / ngaa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: a¹ / nga⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː⁵⁵/, /ŋaː²¹/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ngă̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɛ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oe
    • Tâi-lô: ue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ue³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ue⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: uê¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ue
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ue³³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'ae

Rime
Character	椏
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	於加切
Baxter	'ae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠa/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔa/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaɨ/
Li Rong	/ʔa/
Wang Li	/a/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔa/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yā
Expected Cantonese Reflex	aa1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qraː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	椏
Reading #	2/2
No.	14207
Phonetic component	亞
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	鴉
Old Chinese	/*qraː/

Definitions

椏

1. Alternative form of 丫 (yā, “the forking branch of a tree”) [from 6th c.]
2. ^† to close
3. ^‡ a kind of tree
4. (Eastern Min, Southern Min) a branch, a twig of a tree

Compounds

• 五椏果 / 五桠果
• 杈椏 / 杈桠
• 枝椏 / 枝桠 (zhīyā)
• 椏杈 / 桠杈 (yāchà)
• 椏枝 / 桠枝 (yāzhī)
• 棉椏 / 棉桠
• 椏溪 / 桠溪
• 樹椏 / 树桠 (chhiū-oe)

Pronunciation 2

trad.		椏
simp.		桠

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ě (e³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄜˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ě
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ě
    • Wade–Giles: o³
    • Yale: ě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ee
    • Palladius: э (e)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: 'aX

Rime
Character	椏
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	烏可切
Baxter	'aX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaX/
Li Rong	/ʔɑX/
Wang Li	/ɑX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɑX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ě
Expected Cantonese Reflex	o2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qaːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	椏
Reading #	1/2
No.	14206
Phonetic component	亞
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	𨵌
Old Chinese	/*qaːʔ/

Definitions

椏

1. Only used in 㰁椏／㰁桠.

Japanese

Kanji

椏

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𬂲)

1. crotch of a tree

Readings

• Go-on: え (e)
• Kan-on: あ (a)
• Kun: また (mata, 椏)

Korean

Hanja

椏 • (a) (hangeul 아, revised a, McCune–Reischauer a, Yale a)

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References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary

Vietnamese

Han character

椏: Hán Nôm readings: a, nha

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