萑

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See also: 雈
萑 U+8411, 萑
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8411
← 萐
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 萒 →

Translingual

Han character

萑 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿人土 (TOG), four-corner 44214, composition ⿱艹隹)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1041, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31272
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1500, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3235, character 16
  • Unihan data for U+8411

Chinese

Etymology 1

trad. 萑
simp. # 萑

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (隹) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
蜼 *lus, *rulʔ, *luls
堆 *tuːl
嵟 *tuːl
碓 *tuːls
推 *tʰuːl, *tʰjul
蓷 *tʰuːl, *tʰjul
陮 *duːlʔ
魋 *duːl
嶊 *stuːlʔ
崔 *zluːl, *sʰluːl
猚 *ŋreːl, *rulʔ
椎 *dul
顀 *dul
隹 *tjul
錐 *tjul
萑 *kljul
騅 *tjul
鵻 *sɢʷinʔ, *tjul
誰 *djul
脽 *djul

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kljul) : semantic 艸 + phonetic 隹 (OC *tjul).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 萑
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 章 (23)
Final (韻) 脂 (16)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 職追切
Baxter tsywij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡ɕiuɪ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡ɕʷi/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡ɕjuɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/cwi/
Li
Rong 		/t͡ɕui/
Wang
Li 		/t͡ɕwi/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/t͡ɕwi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zhuī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zeoi1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 萑
Reading # 1/1
No. 17720
Phonetic
component 		隹
Rime
group 		微
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		錐
Old
Chinese 		/*kljul/

Definitions

萑

  1. lush
  2. motherwort
    Synonyms: 益母草 (yìmǔcǎo), 茺蔚 (chōngwèi)
Compounds

Etymology 2

trad. 萑
simp. # 萑
alternative forms 雈
𦼉
𦻃
雚
𧂴

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 萑
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 桓 (62)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 胡官切
Baxter hwan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦuɑn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦʷɑn/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣuɑn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦwan/
Li
Rong 		/ɣuɑn/
Wang
Li 		/ɣuɑn/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ɣuɑn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		huán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		wun4

Definitions

萑

  1. a kind of reed-like plant

Etymology 3

Corrupted form.

For pronunciation and definitions of 萑 – see 雈 (“a kind of owl”).
(This character is a variant form of 雈).

Japanese

Kanji

萑

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. reed

Readings

  • On (unclassified): かん (kan); すい (sui)
  • Kun: おぎ (ogi)

Vietnamese

Han character

萑: Hán Nôm readings: hoàn, chuy

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