薛
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See also: 辥
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Translingual
Han character
薛 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 17 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 16 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿竹口十 (THRJ), four-corner 44741, composition ⿱艹⿰𠂤辛)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1061, character 22
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32123
- Dae Jaweon: page 1525, character 17
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3303, character 8
- Unihan data for U+859B
Chinese
| trad. | 薛 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 薛 | |
| 2nd round simp. | ⿱艹⿰刂辛 | |
| alternative forms | 辥 𦵮 𧀼 | |
Glyph origin
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xue2
- Cantonese (Jyutping): sit3
- Hakka
- Eastern Min (BUC): siék
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 7shiq
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝ
- Tongyong Pinyin: syue
- Wade–Giles: hsüeh1
- Yale: sywē
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiue
- Palladius: сюэ (sjue)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕy̯ɛ⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: xue2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xye
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕye²¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: sit3
- Yale: sit
- Cantonese Pinyin: sit8
- Guangdong Romanization: xid3
- Sinological IPA (key): /siːt̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siet
- Hakka Romanization System: xied`
- Hagfa Pinyim: xiad5
- Sinological IPA: /si̯et̚²/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: siék
- Sinological IPA (key): /siɛʔ²⁴/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
Note:
- sih - vernacular （incl. surname);
- siat - literary.
- Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | 薛 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ɕyɛ⁵⁵/ |
| Harbin | /ɕyɛ⁴⁴/ | |
| Tianjin | /ɕye²¹/ | |
| Jinan | /ɕyə²¹³/ | |
| Qingdao | /syə⁵⁵/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /syɛ²⁴/ | |
| Xi'an | /ɕiɛ²¹/ | |
| Xining | /ɕi⁴⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /ɕye¹³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /ɕyə¹³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /ɕyɤ²¹³/ | |
| Wuhan | /ɕie²¹³/ | |
| Chengdu | /ɕye³¹/ | |
| Guiyang | /ɕie²¹/ | |
| Kunming | /ɕiɛ³¹/ | |
| Nanjing | /syeʔ⁵/ | |
| Hefei | /ɕyɐʔ⁵/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /ɕyəʔ²/ |
| Pingyao | /ɕiʌʔ¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /ɕyaʔ⁴³/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ɕiɪʔ⁵/ |
| Suzhou | /siəʔ⁵/ | |
| Hangzhou | /ɕiəʔ⁵/ | |
| Wenzhou | /sei²¹³/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /ɕyeʔ²¹/ /seʔ²¹/ |
| Tunxi | /siɛ⁵/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /sie²⁴/ |
| Xiangtan | /sie²⁴/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /ɕyɵʔ⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /siet̚¹/ |
| Taoyuan | /siet̚²²/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /sit̚³/ |
| Nanning | /ɬyt̚³³/ | |
| Hong Kong | /sit̚³/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /siat̚³²/ /siʔ³²/ |
| Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /siɛʔ²³/ | |
| Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /siɛ²⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Teochew) | /siʔ²/ | |
| Haikou (Hainanese) | /tit̚⁵/ |
- Middle Chinese: sjet
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*s.ŋat/
- (Zhengzhang): /*sŋed/
Definitions
薛
- kind of marsh grass
- name of a feudal state
- a surname
- 薛居正 ― Xuē Jūzhèng ― Xue Juzheng (lead author of the Old History of the Five Dynasties)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
薛
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
薛 • (seol) (hangeul 설, revised seol, McCune–Reischauer sŏl, Yale sel)
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Vietnamese
Han character
薛: Hán Việt readings: tiết, tuyết
薛: Nôm readings: tiết
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