蔗

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蔗 U+8517, 蔗
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8517
← 蔖
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 蔘 →

Translingual

Han character

蔗 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿戈廿火 (TITF), four-corner 44231, composition ⿱艹庶)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1054, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31794
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1517, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3283, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+8517

Chinese

trad. 蔗
simp. # 蔗
alternative forms 柘

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (庶) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
褯 *zljaːɡs
遮 *tjaː
蔗 *tjaːɡs
鷓 *tjaːɡs
樜 *tjaːɡs, *hljaɡs
蟅 *tjaːɡs, *tjaːɡ
嗻 *tjaːɡs
鍍 *daː, *daːɡs
度 *daːɡs, *daːɡ
渡 *daːɡs
庶 *hljaɡs
剫 *daːɡ
踱 *daːɡ
喥 *daːɡ
謶 *tjaɡ
席 *ljaːɡ
蓆 *ljaːɡ
墌 *tjaːɡ
摭 *tjaːɡ
蹠 *tjaːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjaːɡs) : semantic 艹 + phonetic 庶 (OC *hljaɡs).

Etymology

See 藷蔗／薯蔗 (zhūzhè).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 蔗
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 章 (23)
Final (韻) 麻 (100)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 之夜切
Baxter tsyaeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡ɕiaH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡ɕiaH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡ɕiaH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ciaH/
Li
Rong 		/t͡ɕiaH/
Wang
Li 		/t͡ɕĭaH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/t͡ɕi̯aH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zhè
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ze3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 蔗
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		zhè
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tsyæH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*tAk-s/
English sugarcane

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

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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 蔗
Reading # 1/1
No. 11896
Phonetic
component 		庶
Rime
group 		暮
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		柘
Old
Chinese 		/*tjaːɡs/
Notes 招魂作柘

Definitions

蔗

  1. sugar cane

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 甘蔗 (“sugar cane”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 蔗, 藷蔗, 甘蔗, 竿蔗
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 甘蔗
Mandarin Beijing 甘蔗
Taiwan 甘蔗
Tianjin 甘蔗
Tangshan 甘蔗
Cangzhou 甘蔗
Baoding 甘蔗
Shijiazhuang 甘蔗, 甜秫秸
Chifeng 甘蔗
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 甘蔗
Harbin 甘蔗
Shenyang 甘蔗
Yantai (Muping) 甘蔗
Qingdao 甘蔗, 甜杆
Jinan 甘蔗, 甜甘蔗
Luoyang 甘蔗, 甜蜜稈兒, 甜稈兒
Wanrong 甘蔗
Zhengzhou 甘蔗
Xi'an 甘蔗
Yinchuan 甘蔗
Lanzhou 甘蔗
Xining 甘蔗
Ürümqi 甘蔗
Wuhan 甘蔗
Chengdu 甘蔗
Chongqing 甘蔗
Guiyang 蔗稈
Kunming 甘蔗
Guilin 甘蔗
Liuzhou 甘蔗, 蔗
Xuzhou 甜甘截子, 甘截子
Yangzhou 甘蔗
Nanjing 甘蔗
Hefei 甘蔗
Nantong 甘蔗
Singapore 甘蔗
Cantonese Guangzhou 蔗
Hong Kong 蔗
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 蔗
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 蔗
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 蠟蔗
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 蔗
Macau 蔗
Guangzhou (Panyu) 蔗
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 蔗
Guangzhou (Conghua) 蔗
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 蔗
Foshan 蔗
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 蔗
Foshan (Shunde) 蔗
Foshan (Sanshui) 蔗
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 蔗
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 蔗
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 蔗
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 蔗
Zhuhai (Doumen) 蔗
Jiangmen (Baisha) 蔗
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 蔗
Taishan 蔗
Kaiping (Chikan) 蔗
Enping (Niujiang) 蔗
Heshan (Yayao) 蔗
Dongguan 蔗
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 蔗
Qingyuan 蔗
Fogang 蔗
Yingde (Hanguang) 蔗
Yangshan 蔗
Lianshan (Butian) 甘蔗
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 甘蔗
Shaoguan 蔗
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 蔗
Renhua 甘蔗
Lechang 蔗
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 蔗
Sihui 蔗
Guangning 蔗
Deqing 蔗
Huaiji 蔗
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 蔗
Yunfu 蔗
Xinxing 蔗
Luoding 蔗
Yunan (Pingtai) 蔗
Yangjiang 蔗
Xinyi 蔗
Lianjiang 蔗
Nanning 蔗, 甘蔗
Wuzhou 蔗
Yulin 甘蔗
Hepu (Lianzhou) 甘蔗
Hepu (Shatian) 甘蔗
Guiping 蔗
Mengshan (Xihe) 甘蔗
Guigang (Nanjiang) 蔗
Beiliu (Tangliao) 蔗
Baise 甘蔗
Bobai 蔗
Lingshan 甘蔗
Pubei 甘蔗
Qinzhou 甘蔗
Beihai 蔗
Beihai (Nankang) 甘蔗
Beihai (Yingpan) 甘蔗
Ningming 甘蔗
Hengzhou 甘蔗
Hezhou (Pumen) 蔗
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 甘蔗
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 蔗
Móng Cái 甘蔗
Gan Nanchang 甘蔗
Lichuan 甘蔗, 蔗
Pingxiang 蔗梗
Hakka Meixian 蔗, 蠟蔗
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 蔗
Dongguan (Qingxi) 蔗
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 蔗
Zengcheng (Zhengguo) 蔗
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 蔗
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 蔗
Conghua (Lütian) 蔗
Yudu 甘蔗, 蔗
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 甘蔗
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 甘蔗
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 甘蔗
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 甘蔗
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 甘蔗
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 蔗
Hong Kong 蔗
Luchuan (Daqiao) 甘蔗
Beiliu (Tang'an) 蔗
Mashan (Pianlian) 甘蔗
Senai (Huiyang) 蔗
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 甘蔗
Singkawang 蔗
Huizhou Jixi 甘蔗
Shexian 甘蔗
Jin Taiyuan 甘蔗, 甜棒
Xinzhou 甘蔗, 甜棒
Linhe 甘蔗
Jining 甘蔗
Hohhot 甘蔗, 甜棒
Zhangjiakou 甘蔗
Handan 甘蔗, 甜杆
Northern Min Jian'ou 蔗
Eastern Min Fuzhou 蔗, 甘蔗
Fuqing 甘蔗
Southern Min Xiamen 甘蔗
Quanzhou 甘蔗
Zhangzhou 甘蔗
Taipei 甘蔗
New Taipei (Sanxia) 甘蔗
Kaohsiung 甘蔗
Tainan 甘蔗
Kinmen 甘蔗
Penghu (Magong) 甘蔗
Penang (Hokkien) 甘蔗
Singapore (Hokkien) 甘蔗
Manila (Hokkien) 甘蔗
Zhangping (Yongfu) 甘蔗
Pingnan (Shangdu) 甘蔗
Shantou 蔗
Jieyang 蔗
Bangkok (Teochew) 蔗
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 甘蔗
Leizhou 蔗
Wenchang 甘蔗
Haikou 甘蔗
Qionghai 甘蔗
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 蔗
Sanxiang 蔗
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 甘蔗
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 甘蔗
Shehua Fu'an 蔗
Fuding 蔗
Luoyuan 蔗
Sanming 蔗
Shunchang 蔗
Hua'an 甘蔗
Guixi (Zhangping) 蔗
Cangnan 蔗
Jingning 蔗
Lishui 蔗
Longyou 蔗
Chaozhou 蔗
Fengshun 蔗
Wu Shanghai 甘蔗
Shanghai (Chongming) 甘蔗
Suzhou 甘蔗
Danyang 甘蔗
Hangzhou 甘蔗
Ningbo 甘蔗
Wenzhou 甘蔗, 糖蔗
Jinhua 甘蔗
Xiang Changsha 甘蔗
Loudi 蔗梗子
Quanzhou 甘蔗

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

蔗

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. sugar cane

Readings

Korean

Hanja

蔗 • (ja) (hangeul 자, revised ja, McCune–Reischauer cha, Yale ca)

  1. sugar cane

Vietnamese

Han character

蔗: Hán Nôm readings: giá

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References

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