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薸 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 廿水一火 (TEMF), four-corner 44191, composition ⿱艹漂)
| trad. | 薸 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 薸 | |
| alternative forms | 䕯 萍 Min Nan | |
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 標 | *pew, *pewʔ |
| 鏢 | *pew, *pʰew |
| 瘭 | *pew |
| 幖 | *pew |
| 熛 | *pew |
| 蔈 | *pew |
| 膘 | *prew, *pʰewʔ, *bewʔ, *spewʔ |
| 褾 | *pewʔ |
| 票 | *pʰew |
| 飄 | *pʰew, *bew |
| 漂 | *pʰew, *pʰews |
| 螵 | *pʰew, *bew |
| 瞟 | *pʰew, *pʰewʔ |
| 嫖 | *pʰew, *pʰews |
| 旚 | *pʰew |
| 僄 | *pʰew, *pʰews |
| 慓 | *pʰew, *pʰews, *bewʔ |
| 彯 | *pʰew, *pʰews |
| 摽 | *pʰew, *pʰews, *bewʔ |
| 翲 | *pʰew, *pʰews |
| 嘌 | *pʰew |
| 縹 | *pʰewʔ |
| 醥 | *pʰewʔ |
| 顠 | *pʰewʔ, *bewʔ |
| 篻 | *pʰewʔ, *mbew |
| 剽 | *pʰews, *bew |
| 勡 | *pʰews |
| 薸 | *bew |
| 瓢 | *bew |
| 鰾 | *bewʔ |
| 驃 | *bews |
Possibly related to 漂 (OC *pʰew, “to float; to drift”) (Liu, 1999).
Norman and Mei (1976) suggest instead that this word is of Austroasiatic origin, comparing it to Vietnamese bèo (“duckweed”), which they further relate to Mon ဗေဝ် (“to ride low in the water”) (< Proto-Mon-Khmer *ber (“to float”)). However, Sagart (2008) counts it among "either East Asian areal words if not Chinese words in disguise".
薸
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