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Translingual
Han character
薌 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿女竹中 (TVHL), four-corner 44227, composition ⿱艹鄉 or ⿱艹鄕)
- fragrant smell of grain
- aromatic
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1060, character 29
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32100
- Dae Jaweon: page 1524, character 17
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3287, character 1
- Unihan data for U+858C
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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曏
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*qʰjaŋʔ, *qʰjaŋs, *qʰaŋʔ, *qʰaŋs
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鄉
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*qʰaŋ
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薌
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*qʰaŋ
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膷
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*qʰaŋ
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響
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*qʰaŋʔ
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饗
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*qʰaŋʔ
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蠁
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*qʰaŋʔ, *qʰaŋs
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嚮
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*qʰaŋʔ, *qʰaŋs
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卿
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*kʰraŋ
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Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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薌
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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xiāng
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Middle Chinese
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‹ xjang ›
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Old Chinese
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/*qʰaŋ/
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English
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fragrance
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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.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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薌
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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13597
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Phonetic component
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鄉
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Rime group
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陽
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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香
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Old Chinese
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/*qʰaŋ/
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Definitions
薌
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Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
薌
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
薌 • (hyang) (hangeul 향, revised hyang, McCune–Reischauer hyang, Yale hyang)
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Vietnamese
Han character
薌: Hán Nôm readings: hương
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