薈

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See also: 荟
薈 U+8588, 薈
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8588
← 薇
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 薉 →

Translingual

Han character

薈 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿人一日 (TOMA), four-corner 44606, composition ⿱艹會)

  1. luxuriant, flourishing, abundant
  2. gather together, cover

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1060, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32093
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1524, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3304, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8588

Chinese

trad. 薈
simp. 荟

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (會) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
譮 *qʰruːbs
會 *koːbs, *ɡoːbs
儈 *koːbs
膾 *koːbs
鱠 *koːbs
襘 *koːbs
禬 *koːbs, *ɡoːbs
檜 *koːbs, *koːd
旝 *koːbs
澮 *koːbs
鄶 *koːbs
廥 *koːbs
鬠 *koːbs, *ɡoːd
劊 *koːbs, *koːd
獪 *koːbs, *kroːbs
繪 *ɡoːbs
懀 *qoːbs, *qroːbs, *qroːbs
薈 *qoːbs
嬒 *qoːbs, *qoːd
瞺 *qoːbs
噲 *kʰroːbs
璯 *kʰroːbs

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 薈
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 泰 (26)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 烏外切
Baxter 'wajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔuɑiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔʷɑiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔuɑiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔwajH/
Li
Rong 		/ʔuɑiH/
Wang
Li 		/uɑiH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʔuɑiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		wèi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		wui3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 薈
Reading # 1/1
No. 5511
Phonetic
component 		會
Rime
group 		蓋
Rime
subdivision 		3
Corresponding
MC rime 		懀
Old
Chinese 		/*qoːbs/

Definitions

薈

  1. (literary, of plants) flourishing; luxuriant
  2. (literary, of plants) to flourish
  3. to gather; to assemble

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

薈

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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