薔

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See also: 蔷
薔 U+8594, 薔
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8594
← 薓
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 薕 →

Translingual

Han character

薔 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿土人田 (TGOW), four-corner 44601, composition ⿱艹嗇)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1061, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32113
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1525, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3300, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+8594

Chinese

trad. 薔
simp. 蔷

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 薔
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (嗇) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
濇 *srɯb, *srɯɡ
嗇 *srɯɡ
穡 *srɯɡ
薔 *zaŋ, *srɯɡ
轖 *srɯɡ
繬 *srɯɡ
嬙 *zaŋ, *srɯɡ
懎 *srɯɡ
Characters in the same phonetic series (牆) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
薔 *zaŋ, *srɯɡ
廧 *zaŋ
蘠 *zaŋ
嬙 *zaŋ, *srɯɡ
檣 *zaŋ
Etymology 1
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zaŋ, *srɯɡ) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + abbreviated phonetic 牆 (OC *zaŋ).
Etymology 2
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zaŋ, *srɯɡ) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 嗇 (OC *srɯɡ).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 薔
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 從 (15)
Final (韻) 陽 (105)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 在良切
Baxter dzjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/d͡zɨɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/d͡ziɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/d͡ziɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/d͡zɨaŋ/
Li
Rong 		/d͡ziaŋ/
Wang
Li 		/d͡zĭaŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/d͡zʱi̯aŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		qiáng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		coeng4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 薔
Reading # 1/2
No. 10321
Phonetic
component 		牆
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		牆
Old
Chinese 		/*zaŋ/

Definitions

薔

  1. Only used in 薔薇／蔷薇 (qiángwēi).
Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 薔
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 生 (21)
Final (韻) 職 (134)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 所力切
Baxter srik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʃɨk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʃɨk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʃiek̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʂik̚/
Li
Rong 		/ʃiək̚/
Wang
Li 		/ʃĭək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʂi̯ək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		she
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		sik1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 薔
Reading # 2/2
No. 10994
Phonetic
component 		嗇
Rime
group 		職
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		色
Old
Chinese 		/*srɯɡ/
Notes 見爾雅：蓼

Definitions

薔

  1. (obsolete) hydropiper (Persicaria hydropiper)
    Synonym: 水蓼 (shuǐliǎo)
  2. a surname

Japanese

Kanji

薔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Compounds

Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 薔 (MC dzjang). Recorded as Middle Korean 쟝 (cyang) (Yale: cyang) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

薔 (eumhun 장미 장 (jangmi jang))

  1. Hanja form? of 장 (“rose”).

Compounds

Compounds

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 薔 (MC srik).

Hanja

薔 (eumhun 물여뀌 색 (muryeokkwi saek))

  1. Hanja form? of 색 (“hydropiper”).

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

薔: Hán Nôm readings: tường, sắc

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