薶

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薶	U+85B6, 薶 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85B6

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

薶 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 廿月竹土 (TBHG), four-corner 4421₄, composition ⿱艹貍)

to bury, to stop up
dirty, filthy

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1062, character 52
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32198
Dae Jaweon: page 1527, character 29
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3314, character 10
Unihan data for U+85B6

Chinese

trad.		薶
simp. ^#		薶

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (里) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
埋	*mrɯː
霾	*mrɯː
薶	*mrɯː
榸	*ʔr'ɯː
厘	*rɯ
狸	*rɯ
貍	*p·rɯ
梩	*rɯ
艃	*rɯ
里	*rɯʔ
理	*rɯʔ
鯉	*rɯʔ
俚	*rɯʔ
悝	rɯʔ, km̥ʰlɯː
娌	*rɯʔ
裏	*rɯʔ
荲	r̥ʰɯɡ, l̥ʰuɡ, *hluɡ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mái (mai²)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maai⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mái
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mái
  - Wade–Giles: mai²
  - Yale: mái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mai
  - Palladius: май (maj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: maai⁴
  - Yale: màaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mai⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːi̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: meaj

Rime
Character	薶
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	皆 (33)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	莫皆切
Baxter	meaj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠɛi/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚæi/
Shao Rongfen	/mɐi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/məɨj/
Li Rong	/mɛi/
Wang Li	/mɐi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/măi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mái
Expected Cantonese Reflex	maai⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*m.rˤə/

(Zhengzhang): /*mrɯː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	薶
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mái
Middle Chinese	‹ mɛj ›
Old Chinese	/*m.rˁə/
English	bury
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.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	薶
Reading #	1/1
No.	7819
Phonetic component	里
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	埋
Old Chinese	/*mrɯː/
Notes	同埋

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薶

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薶

(Hyōgai kanji)

Alternative form of 埋

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