藷蔗

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Chinese

sugar cane sugar cane
trad. (藷蔗) 藷 蔗
simp. (𫉄蔗) 𫉄 蔗
alternative forms 諸柘／诸柘
諸蔗／诸蔗

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Likely from a non-Chinese substrate (tho neither PAN *təbuS nor PAA *klmiəʔ might've been the source.”

Attested earliest in Sima Xiangru's 子虛(之)賦 "Rhapsody of Master Empty" (translation based on van Ess, 2016, 2020[1]), reproduced in Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian:

其東則有蕙圃衡（蘅）蘭，芷若射干，穹窮昌蒲，江離麋蕪，諸蔗猼且。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
其东则有蕙圃衡（蘅）兰，芷若射干，穹穷昌蒲，江离麋芜，诸蔗猼且。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
Qí dōng zé yǒu huì pǔ (héng) lán, zhǐ ruò shègān, qióngqióng chāngpú, jiānglí míwú, zhūzhè bóqiě.
In the east (of a mountain in Yunmeng Marsh) lies a cymbidium garden with asarum and orchid, angelica, pollia, and blackberry lily, Szechuan lovage and sweet flag, Szechuan lovage's sprouts, sugar cane and myoga ginger.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 藷 蔗
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 章 (23) 章 (23)
Final (韻) 魚 (22) 麻 (100)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 章魚切 之夜切
Baxter tsyo tsyaeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡ɕɨʌ/ /t͡ɕiaH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡ɕiɔ/ /t͡ɕiaH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡ɕiɔ/ /t͡ɕiaH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/cɨə̆/ /ciaH/
Li
Rong 		/t͡ɕiɔ/ /t͡ɕiaH/
Wang
Li 		/t͡ɕĭo/ /t͡ɕĭaH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/t͡ɕi̯wo/ /t͡ɕi̯aH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zhū zhè
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zyu1 ze3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 蔗
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		zhè
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tsyæH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*tAk-s/
English sugarcane

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 藷 蔗
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 17002 11896
Phonetic
component 		者 庶
Rime
group 		魚 暮
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		諸 柘
Old
Chinese 		/*tja/ /*tjaːɡs/
Notes 招魂作柘

Noun

藷蔗

  1. (archaic) sugar cane

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 甘蔗 (“sugar cane”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 蔗, 藷蔗, 甘蔗, 竿蔗
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 甘蔗
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 甘蔗
Taiwan 甘蔗
Chifeng 甘蔗
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 甘蔗
Harbin 甘蔗
Shenyang 甘蔗
Singapore 甘蔗
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 甘蔗
Tangshan 甘蔗
Cangzhou 甘蔗
Baoding 甘蔗
Shijiazhuang 甘蔗, 甜秫秸
Jinan 甘蔗, 甜甘蔗
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 甘蔗
Qingdao 甘蔗, 甜杆
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 甘蔗, 甜蜜稈兒, 甜稈兒
Wanrong 甘蔗
Zhengzhou 甘蔗
Xi'an 甘蔗
Xining 甘蔗
Xuzhou 甜甘截子, 甘截子
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 甘蔗
Lanzhou 甘蔗
Ürümqi 甘蔗
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 甘蔗
Chongqing 甘蔗
Wuhan 甘蔗
Guiyang 蔗稈
Kunming 甘蔗
Guilin 甘蔗
Liuzhou 甘蔗, 蔗
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 甘蔗
Yangzhou 甘蔗
Nantong 甘蔗
Hefei 甘蔗
Cantonese Guangzhou 蔗
Hong Kong 蔗
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 蔗
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 蔗
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 蠟蔗
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 蔗
Macau 蔗
Guangzhou (Panyu) 蔗
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 蔗
Guangzhou (Conghua) 蔗
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 蔗
Foshan 蔗
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 蔗
Foshan (Shunde) 蔗
Foshan (Sanshui) 蔗
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 蔗
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 蔗
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 蔗
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 蔗
Zhuhai (Doumen) 蔗
Jiangmen (Baisha) 蔗
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 蔗
Taishan 蔗
Kaiping (Chikan) 蔗
Enping (Niujiang) 蔗
Heshan (Yayao) 蔗
Dongguan 蔗
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 蔗
Qingyuan 蔗
Fogang 蔗
Yingde (Hanguang) 蔗
Yangshan 蔗
Lianshan (Butian) 甘蔗
Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) 甘蔗
Shaoguan 蔗
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 蔗
Renhua 甘蔗
Lechang 蔗
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 蔗
Sihui 蔗
Guangning 蔗
Deqing 蔗
Huaiji 蔗
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 蔗
Yunfu 蔗
Xinxing 蔗
Luoding 蔗
Yunan (Pingtai) 蔗
Yangjiang 蔗
Xinyi 蔗
Lianjiang 蔗
Nanning 蔗, 甘蔗
Wuzhou 蔗
Yulin 甘蔗
Hepu (Lianzhou) 甘蔗
Hepu (Shatian) 甘蔗
Guiping 蔗
Mengshan (Xihe) 甘蔗
Guigang (Nanjiang) 蔗
Beiliu (Tangliao) 蔗
Baise 甘蔗
Bobai 蔗
Lingshan 甘蔗
Pubei 甘蔗
Qinzhou 甘蔗
Beihai 蔗
Beihai (Nankang) 甘蔗
Beihai (Yingpan) 甘蔗
Ningming 甘蔗
Hengzhou 甘蔗
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) 蔗
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 甘蔗
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 蔗
Móng Cái 甘蔗
Gan Nanchang 甘蔗
Lichuan 甘蔗, 蔗
Pingxiang 蔗梗
Hakka Meixian 蔗, 蠟蔗
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 蔗
Dongguan (Qingxi) 蔗
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 蔗
Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) 蔗
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 蔗
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 蔗
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 蔗
Yudu 甘蔗, 蔗
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 甘蔗
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 甘蔗
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 甘蔗
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 甘蔗
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 甘蔗
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 蔗
Hong Kong 蔗
Luchuan (Daqiao) 甘蔗
Beiliu (Tang'an) 蔗
Mashan (Pianlian) 甘蔗
Senai (Huiyang) 蔗
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 甘蔗
Singkawang 蔗
Huizhou Jixi 甘蔗
Shexian 甘蔗
Jin Taiyuan 甘蔗, 甜棒
Xinzhou 甘蔗, 甜棒
Linhe 甘蔗
Jining 甘蔗
Hohhot 甘蔗, 甜棒
Zhangjiakou 甘蔗
Handan 甘蔗, 甜杆
Northern Min Jian'ou 蔗
Eastern Min Fuzhou 蔗, 甘蔗
Fuqing 甘蔗
Southern Min Xiamen 甘蔗
Quanzhou 甘蔗
Zhangzhou 甘蔗
Taipei 甘蔗
New Taipei (Sanxia) 甘蔗
Kaohsiung 甘蔗
Tainan 甘蔗
Kinmen 甘蔗
Penghu (Magong) 甘蔗
Penang (Hokkien) 甘蔗
Singapore (Hokkien) 甘蔗
Manila (Hokkien) 甘蔗
Zhangping (Yongfu) 甘蔗
Pingnan (Shangdu) 甘蔗
Shantou 蔗
Jieyang 蔗
Bangkok (Teochew) 蔗
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 甘蔗
Penang (Teochew) 竹蔗
Leizhou 蔗
Wenchang 甘蔗
Haikou 甘蔗
Qionghai 甘蔗
Puxian Min Putian 蔗
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) 蔗
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) 蔗
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) 甘蔗
Xianyou 蔗
Xianyou (Fengting) 蔗
Xianyou (Youyang) 蔗
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 蔗
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 蔗
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 甘蔗
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 甘蔗
Shehua Fu'an 蔗
Fuding 蔗
Luoyuan 蔗
Sanming 蔗
Shunchang 蔗
Hua'an 甘蔗
Guixi (Zhangping) 蔗
Cangnan 蔗
Jingning (Hexi) 蔗
Lishui 蔗
Longyou 蔗
Chaozhou 蔗
Fengshun 蔗
Wu Shanghai 甘蔗
Shanghai (Chongming) 甘蔗
Suzhou 甘蔗
Danyang 甘蔗
Hangzhou 甘蔗
Ningbo 甘蔗
Wenzhou 甘蔗, 糖蔗
Jinhua 甘蔗
Xiang Changsha 甘蔗
Loudi 蔗梗子
Quanzhou 甘蔗

References

  1. ^ Sima Qian (2016, 2020) “Ssu-ma Hsiang-ju, Memoir 57”, in Hans van Ess, transl., William H. Nienhauser, Jr., editor, The Grand Scribe's Records, volume X, Indiana: Indiana University Press, page 90
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