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Translingual
Han character
萱 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿十一一 (TJMM), four-corner 44106, composition ⿱艹宣)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1042, character 41
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31345
- Dae Jaweon: page 1503, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3256, character 3
- Unihan data for U+8431
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 烜
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*qʰrolʔ, *qʰonʔ
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| 貆
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*qʰoːn, *ɡoːn, *qʰon
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| 峘
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*ɡoːn, *ɡɯːŋ
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| 狟
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*ɡoːn
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| 絙
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*ɡoːn, *kɯːŋ
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| 荁
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*ɡoːn
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| 宣
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*sqʰon
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| 咺
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*qʰonʔ
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| 暅
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*qʰonʔ
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| 桓
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*ɡʷaːn
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| 洹
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*ɡʷaːn, *ɢʷan
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| 揎
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*sqʰʷan
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| 愃
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*sqʰʷan, *qʰʷanʔ
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| 瑄
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*sqʰʷan
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| 渲
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*sqʰʷans
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| 喧
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*qʰʷan
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| 萱
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*qʰʷan
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| 暄
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*qʰʷan
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| 諠
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*qʰʷan
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| 翧
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*qʰʷan
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| 蝖
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*qʰʷan
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| 垣
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*ɢʷan
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| 楦
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*qʰʷans
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰʷan) : semantic 艹 (“grass”) + phonetic 宣 (OC *sqʰon).
Pronunciation
Note:
- suang1 - Shantou;
- suêng1 - Chaozhou.
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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萱
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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14011
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Phonetic
component
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亘
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Rime
group
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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暄
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Old
Chinese
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/*qʰʷan/
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Definitions
萱
- † daylily (Hemerocallis flava)
- † mother
Usage notes
Now usually used in personal names.
Compounds
References
- 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “萱”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 269.
Japanese
Kanji
萱
(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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Readings
Compounds
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
萱 • (kaya)
- Alternative spelling of 茅 (kaya, “thatching grass, thatching sedge”)
Derived terms
Korean
Hanja
萱 (eum 훤 (hwon))
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Vietnamese
Han character
萱: Hán Nôm readings: hiên, huyên
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