蕢

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See also: 蒉
蕢 U+8562, 蕢
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8562
← 蕡
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 蕣 →

Translingual

Han character

蕢 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿中一金 (TLMC), four-corner 44806, composition ⿱艹貴)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1058, character 28
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31989
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1521, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3291, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8562

Chinese

trad. 蕢
simp. 蒉
alternative forms 𧂟
䕚
臾 ancient
𤆂

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 蕢
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (貴) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
藬 *l'uːl
僓 *l̥ʰuːlʔ, *ɡluːds
頹 *l'uːl
穨 *l'uːl
蘈 *l'uːl
隤 *l'uːl
墤 *l'uːl, *kʰruːds
尵 *l'uːl, *r'uːl
蹪 *l'uːl
瀢 *l'uːlʔ, *lulʔ
鞼 *kluːl, *ɡruls
膭 *kluːl, *ɡluːls
憒 *kluːds
靧 *ɡluːds
潰 *ɡluːls
繢 *ɡluːds
嬇 *ɡluːds, *kʰruːds
殨 *ɡluːds
闠 *ɡluːds
簣 *kʰruːds, *ɡruds
嘳 *kʰruːds, *kʰruds
蕢 *kʰruːds, *ɡruds
聵 *ŋɡruːds
樻 *kʰruds, *ɡruds
䙡 *kʰruds, *kʰluds
匱 *ɡruds
臾 *ɡruds, *lo
饋 *ɡruls
櫃 *ɡruds
遺 *lul, *luls
壝 *lul, *lulʔ
瞶 *luls, *kluls
貴 *kluds

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰruːds, *ɡruds): semantic 艹 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 貴 (OC *kluds).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 蕢
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 脂 (18)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 求位切
Baxter gwijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɡˠiuɪH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɡʷᵚiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɡiuɪH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/gjwiH/
Li
Rong 		/ɡjuiH/
Wang
Li 		/ɡwiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/gwiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		guì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gwai6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 蕢
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		kuì
Middle
Chinese 		‹ gwijH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ruj-s/
English basket

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 蕢
Reading # 2/2
No. 4734
Phonetic
component 		貴
Rime
group 		隊
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		匱
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡruds/
Notes 古作臾

Definitions

蕢

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) straw basket

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 蕢
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 皆 (34)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) II
Fanqie 苦怪切
Baxter khweajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kʰˠuɛiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʰʷᵚæiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kʰuɐiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kʰwəɨjH/
Li
Rong 		/kʰuɛiH/
Wang
Li 		/kʰwɐiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kʰwăiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		kuài
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		faai3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蕢
Reading # 1/2
No. 4727
Phonetic
component 		貴
Rime
group 		隊
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		蒯
Old
Chinese 		/*kʰruːds/

Definitions

蕢

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) edible amaranth
  2. a surname

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 蕢 – see 塊 (“soil block”).
(This character is an obsolete form of 塊).

Japanese

Kanji

蕢

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. edible amaranth
  2. straw basket

Readings

  • On (unclassified): かい (kai)、き (ki)、け (ke)、ぎ (gi)
  • Kun: あじか (ajika)、つちくれ (tsuchikure, 蕢)
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