薹

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薹 U+85B9, 薹
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85B9
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 薺 →

Translingual

Han character

薹 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿土口土 (TGRG), four-corner 44104, composition ⿱艹臺)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1063, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32204
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1527, character 33
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3310, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+85B9

Chinese

trad. 薹
simp. # 薹
alternative forms 臺／台

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (臺) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
懛 *tɯː
儓 *tʰɯːs, *dɯː
臺 *dɯː
擡 *dɯː
薹 *dɯː
嬯 *dɯː
檯 *dɯː
籉 *dɯː

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *dɯː) : semantic 艹 (“grass”) + phonetic 臺 (OC *dɯː).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • dai5 - vernacular;
  • tai5 - literary.
Rime
Character 薹
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 咍 (41)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 徒哀切
Baxter doj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/dʌi/
Pan
Wuyun 		/dəi/
Shao
Rongfen 		/dɒi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/dəj/
Li
Rong 		/dᴀi/
Wang
Li 		/dɒi/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/dʱɑ̆i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		tái
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		toi4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 薹
Reading # 1/1
No. 12308
Phonetic
component 		臺
Rime
group 		之
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		臺
Old
Chinese 		/*dɯː/

Definitions

薹

  1. (～草) sedge (Carex)
  2. (～子) an erect peduncle or shoot of a herbaceous plant, especially when it is tender and edible
    菜薹  ―  càitái  ―  flowering shoot of a brassica
    蒜薹  ―  suàntái  ―  garlic scape
    蔞蒿薹子／蒌蒿薹子  ―  lóuhāotáizǐ  ―  spring shoot of Artemisia selengensis
    抽薹  ―  chōutái  ―  to bolt
  3. Used in 蕓薹／芸薹 (yúntái).

Usage notes

Note that 薹 is not simplified to 苔 in Mainland China.

Synonyms

  • (peduncle or flowering stem): 莛 (tíng)

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

薹

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): たい (tai)、だい (dai)
  • Kun: あぶらな (aburana)、とう (tō)

Vietnamese

Han character

薹: Hán Nôm readings: đài

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