薯

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See also: 藷
薯 U+85AF, 薯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85AF
← 薮
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 薰 →

Translingual

Han character

薯 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 廿田中日 (TWLA), four-corner 44604, composition ⿱艹署)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1062, character 45
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32191
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3301, character 18
  • Unihan data for U+85AF

Chinese

trad. 薯/藷*
simp. 薯
2nd round simp. 𦬸
alternative forms 茨 Cantonese, Teochew

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (者) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
觰 *rtaːʔ, *rtaː
諸 *tjaː, *tja
者 *tjaːʔ
堵 *tjaːʔ, *taːʔ
赭 *tjaːʔ
撦 *l̥ʰjaːʔ
扯 *tʰjaːʔ
闍 *djaː, *taː
奢 *hljaː
鍺 *toːlʔ
都 *taː
醏 *taː
覩 *taːʔ
睹 *taːʔ
暏 *taːʔ
賭 *taːʔ
帾 *taːʔ
楮 *taːʔ, *tʰaʔ
屠 *daː, *da
瘏 *daː
廜 *daː
鷵 *daː
緒 *ljaʔ
豬 *ta
猪 *ta
瀦 *ta
藸 *ta, *da
櫫 *ta
褚 *taʔ, *tʰaʔ
著 *taʔ, *tas, *da, *taɡ, *daɡ
箸 *tas, *das
儲 *da
躇 *da
櫧 *tja
藷 *tja, *djas
蠩 *tja
煮 *tjaʔ
渚 *tjaʔ
煑 *tjaʔ
陼 *tjaʔ
翥 *tjas
署 *djas
薯 *djas
曙 *djas
書 *hlja
暑 *hjaʔ
鐯 *taɡ
擆 *taɡ
櫡 *taɡ

Pronunciation

Note: syu5, syu6 - variants.
Rime
Character 薯
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 常 (25)
Final (韻) 魚 (22)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 常恕切
Baxter dzyoH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/d͡ʑɨʌH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/d͡ʑiɔH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/d͡ʑiɔH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/d͡ʑɨə̆H/
Li
Rong 		/ʑiɔH/
Wang
Li 		/ʑĭoH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʑi̯woH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		shù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		syu6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 薯
Reading # 1/1
No. 17010
Phonetic
component 		者
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		署
Old
Chinese 		/*djas/
Notes 俗藷字

Definitions

薯

  1. (originally) Only used in 薯蕷／薯蓣 (shǔyù, “Chinese yam”).
  2. General name for crops such as potato, sweet potato and yam.

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

薯

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

薯 • (seo) (hangeul 서, revised seo, McCune–Reischauer sŏ, Yale se)

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Vietnamese

Han character

薯: Hán Nôm readings: thự

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