葛 (Kangxi radical 140,艸+9, 12 strokes,cangjie input廿日心女 (TAPV),four-corner4472₇,composition⿱艹曷)

• 噶,嶱,擖,㵧,獦,臈,礍,䗶,譪,轕 (𮝺)

• Kangxi Dictionary:page 1045, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31420
• Dae Jaweon: page 1506, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3248, character 3
• Unihan data for U+845B

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• 葛 (植物)(Chinese)
• 葛姓(Chinese)
• Pueraria montana(English)

Historical forms of the character葛
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled inHan)	Liushutong (compiled inMing)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声,OC*kaːd): semantic 艹 + phonetic 曷(OC*ɡaːd).

葛

1. kudzu (Pueraria lobata)
2. poplin;hempcloth
3. (～國)State of Ge(a small state in modernHenan province during theXia,Shang andZhou dynasties)
4. asurname

   葛洪  ― Gě Hóng  ― Ge Hong (Eastern Jin Dynasty scholar)

From個／个.

葛

1. (dialectal Wu)this
2. (Northern Wu, including Suzhounese)alternative form of個 /个 (possessive particle)

(Jōyō kanji)

• Go-on:かち(kachi)^{←かち(kati,historical)}
• Kan-on:かつ(katsu,Jōyō)^{←かつ(katu,historical)}
• Kun:くず(kuzu,葛,Jōyō)、かずら(kazura,葛)^{←かづら(kadura,葛,historical)}、つづら(tsuzura,葛)^{←つづら(tudura,葛,historical)}
• Nanori:かず(kazu)、かつら(katsura)、かど(kado)、さち(sachi)、つら(tsura)、ふじ(fuji)

• 葛飾(かつしか)(Katsushika)
• 葛城(かつらぎ)(Katsuragi)

⟨kadura⟩ →/kad͡zuɾa/ →/kazuɾa/

FromOld Japanese, fromProto-Japonic*kantura. Cognate withOkinawan葛(kanda).

• (Tokyo)かずら[kàzúrá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠zɨɾa̠]

葛(かずら)• (kazura) ^{←かづら(kadura)?}

1. creepers orcreepingplants
2. (architecture) the level material on to which the foundations of a structure are lain
3. thehoop of abarrel or othercylindrical object
4. atype offishing net

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クズ

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FromOld Japanese葛(kuzu). Cognate withOkinawan葛(kuji).

• (Tokyo)くず[kúꜜzù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟zɨ]

葛(くず)or葛(クズ)• (kuzu) 

1. Japanese arrowroot (Pueraria montana)
2. short for葛粉(kuzuko):starchmade frompounded kudzuroot
3. short for葛溜まり(kuzudamari)or葛餡(kuzuan): asweetsauce made from kudzu starch
4. short for葛布(kuzununo/kuzufu):cloth made from kudzufiber

• → English:kudzu

⟨tudura⟩ →/t͡sud͡zuɾa/ →/t͡suzuɾa/

FromOld Japanese.

• (Tokyo)つづら[tsùzúrá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨzɨɾa̠]

葛(つづら)or葛(ツヅラ)• (tsuzura) ^{←つづら(tudura)?}

1. short for葛藤(tsuzurafuji):Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum​)
2. short for葛籠(tsuzurako): awickerbasketused forholdingclothes
3. short for葛折り(tsuzuraori): somethingwinding orzigzaggy,especially aroad at ahill-slope
4. astyle of襲の色目(kasane no irome,“colorcombination bylayering ofgarments”), ofbluishblack overlight (orpale)blue

FromMiddle Chinese葛 (MC kat).

• IPA^(key): [ka̠t͡sɨ]

葛(かつ)• (katsu) 

1. creeper
2. clothmade fromkudzufibers

• “^△葛”, in漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese),The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation,2015–2025

FromMiddle Chinese葛 (MC kat).

葛 (eumhun칡갈(chik gal))

1. hanja form^? of갈(“arrowroot,kudzu”)

• 갈등 (葛藤,galdeung, “conflict”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary,전자사전／電子字典.[2]

(Jōyō kanji)

• Kun:くずぃ(kudzï,葛)

Cognate withYaeyama葛(kuzï),Okinawan葛(kuji), andJapanese葛(kuzu).

Perhaps fromProto-Ryukyuan*kozu, itself fromProto-Japonic*konsu.

• IPA^(key): [kuzz]

葛(くずぃ) (kudzï) 

1. Japanese arrowroot (Pueraria montana)

(Jōyō kanji)

• On (unclassified):かち(kachi)
• Kun:くじ(kuji,葛)

Perhaps fromProto-Ryukyuan*kozu.

• (Shuri)くじ[kùjì] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [kuʑi]

葛(くじ) (kuji) 

1. short for葛粉(kujikū):starchmade frompoundedkudzuroot

• 葛(くじ)固(がた)み(kujigatami)

Possibly fromProto-Japonic*kantura.

葛 (kadura) (kanaかづら)

1. acreeper,creepingplant

• Japanese:葛,蔓(kazura)

FromProto-Japonic*konsu.

葛 (kuzu) (kanaくず)

1. Japanese arrowroot (Pueraria montana)

• Japanese:葛(kuzu)

葛 (tudura) (kanaつづら)

1. anyclimbingplant orvine, such asChinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum​)

• 霜黑葛(simotudura)
• 濱葛(pamatudura)

• Japanese:葛(tsuzura)

葛:Hán Việt readings:cát^{[1][2][3][4][5]}
葛:Nôm readings:cát^{[2][4][5][6][7][8]}

1. chữ Nôm form ofcát(“sand”)

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