荄

荄 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜女人 (TYVO), four-corner 4480₂, composition ⿱艹亥)

• 𠹽 𢲧 𣘃 𦟍 𦃮 𨐮 𨢟 𤼞

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1030, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30935
• Dae Jaweon: page 1489, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3210, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8344

Smith (2011) groups this word with the following terms into a word family meaning “root, germ, generative core”:

• its derivative 根 (OC *kɯːn, “root”),
• 核 (OC *ɡrɯːɡ, “germ, kernel”),
• 骸 (OC *ɡrɯː, “(human) bones”),
• 孩 (OC *ɡɯː, “child”),
• 亥 (OC *ɡɯːʔ, “sprouting stage”), i.e. "the moon’s first appearance" > "twelfth earthly branch".

See 核 (OC *ɡrɯːɡ) for further etymology.

荄

1. grassroot

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. roots

• On (unclassified): かい (kai)
• Kun: ね (ne, 荄)