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莪 (Kangxi radical 140,艸+7, 11 strokesin traditional Chinese and Korean, 10 strokesin mainland China and Japanese,cangjie input廿竹手戈 (THQI),four-corner44553,composition⿱艹我)
| trad. | 莪 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp.# | 莪 | |
| alternative forms | 䕏/ ⿱艸義 ⿱艹⿻十𢍻 | |

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声,OC*ŋaːl): semantic 艸(“grass; plant”) + phonetic 我(OC*ŋaːlʔ).
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 莪 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 歌 (94) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 五何切 |
| Baxter | nga |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ŋɑ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ŋɑ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ŋɑ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ŋa/ |
| Li Rong | /ŋɑ/ |
| Wang Li | /ŋɑ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ŋɑ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | é |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ngo4 |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 莪 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13029 |
| Phonetic component | 我 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 莪 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋaːl/ |
莪
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 莪 |
| が Hyōgai |
| on'yomi |
FromMiddle Chinese莪 (MC nga, “Incarvillea sinensis”).
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| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 莪 |
| きつねあざみ Hyōgai |
| kun'yomi |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 狐薊 菻 |
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莪• (kitsuneazami)
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 莪 |
| つのよもぎ Hyōgai |
| kun'yomi |
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莪• (tsunoyomogi)
莪• (a) (hangeul아,revised a,McCune–Reischauer a,Yale a)
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