ちがや

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See also:
ちがや U+8305, 茅
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8305
なす
[U+8304]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8306]

Translingual

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Han character

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ちがや (Kangxi radical 140, そうこう+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 廿にじゅうゆみほこちく (TNIH), four-corner 44222, composition ほこ)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1026, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30836
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1485, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3199, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8305

Chinese

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trad. ちがや
simp. # ちがや
alternative forms

Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲けいせい形声けいせい, OC *mruː) : semantic (plant) + phonetic ほこ (OC *mu).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • bâu/mâu - literary;
  • hm̂ - vernacular.

Rime
Character ちがや
Reading # 1/1
Initial (こえ) あきら (4)
Final (いん) さかな (90)
Tone (調しらべ) Level (Ø)
Openness (ひらきあい) Open
Division (ひとし) II
Fanqie きり
Baxter maew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mˠau/
Pan
Wuyun
/mᵚau/
Shao
Rongfen
/mau/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/maɨw/
Li
Rong
/mau/
Wang
Li
/mau/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mau/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
máo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
maau4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character ちがや
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
máo
Middle
Chinese
‹ mæw ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.mˁru/
English kind of grass; "thatch"

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character ちがや
Reading # 1/1
No. 8803
Phonetic
component
ほこ
Rime
group
かそけ
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
ちがや
Old
Chinese
/*mruː/

Definitions

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ちがや

  1. cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica) (often used as thatch)
  2. (obsolete, metonymically) thatched cottage
  3. (obsolete, figurative) Tao
    See also: かやさん
  4. (obsolete) clear
  5. (obsolete) to become damaged
  6. (Cantonese, derogatory) not abiding by the rules; cheaty
    ちがやとく [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    wai3, nei5 gam3 maau4 dou1 dak1 ge2? [Jyutping]
    Hey! How could you cheat like that?
    ちがや [Cantonese]  ―  maau4 ziu1 [Jyutping]  ―  dishonest tricks
    ちがやなみ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    daa2 maau4 bo1 [Jyutping]
    to violate rules when playing ball games / to use dishonest tricks (by extension)
  7. Alternative form of (máo)
  8. (historical) An ancient state in modern Shandong
  9. a surname
    ちがやちがや  ―  Máo Yúshì  ―  Mao Yushi

Synonyms

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  • (cogon grass):
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Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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ちがや

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. thatch

Readings

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Compounds

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
ちがや
ちがや
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
かやかや白茅ちがや
 チガヤ on Japanese Wikipedia

Noun

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ちがや(ちがや) or ちがや(チガヤ) (chigaya

  1. cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica)
Usage notes
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As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
ちがや
かや
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
かや
 カヤ (くさ) on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ちがや(かや) (kaya

  1. general term for grasses and sedges used for thatching
Derived terms
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Korean

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Hanja

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ちがや (mo) (hangeul , revised mo, McCune–Reischauer mo, Yale mo)

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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ちがや: Hán Nôm readings: mao

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