葷
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See also: 荤
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Translingual
Han character
葷 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿月十十 (TBJJ), four-corner 44506, composition ⿱艹軍 or ⿱𫇦車)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1046, character 23
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31461
- Dae Jaweon: page 1508, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3257, character 4
- Unihan data for U+8477
Chinese
| trad. | 葷 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 荤 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 葷 | |
|---|---|
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 揮 | *qʰul |
| 輝 | *qʰul |
| 翬 | *qʰul |
| 暉 | *qʰul |
| 煇 | *qʰul, *ɡuːn, *ɡuːnʔ |
| 楎 | *qʰul, *ɡuːn |
| 瀈 | *qʰul |
| 韗 | *qʰons, *ɢuns |
| 褌 | *kuːn |
| 鶤 | *kuːn, *ɢuns |
| 緷 | *kuːnʔ, *ɡuːnʔ, *ɢuns |
| 睴 | *kuːns, *ɡuːnʔ |
| 璭 | *kuːns |
| 瘒 | *ŋɡuːn |
| 顐 | *ŋɡuːn, *ŋɡuːns, *ɡuːn |
| 諢 | *ŋɡuːns |
| 餫 | *ɡuːn, *ɢuns |
| 渾 | *ɡuːn, *ɡuːnʔ |
| 琿 | *ɡuːn |
| 鼲 | *ɡuːn |
| 堚 | *ɡuːn |
| 鯶 | *ɡuːnʔ |
| 軍 | *kun |
| 皸 | *kun, *kuns |
| 齳 | *ŋɡunʔ |
| 喗 | *ŋɡunʔ |
| 葷 | *qʰun |
| 惲 | *qunʔ |
| 賱 | *qunʔ |
| 運 | *ɢuns |
| 暈 | *ɢuns |
| 鄆 | *ɢuns |
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): fan1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hun
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1huen
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fen1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄣ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hun
- Wade–Giles: hun1
- Yale: hwūn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huen
- Palladius: хунь (xunʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯ən⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: fan1
- Yale: fān
- Cantonese Pinyin: fan1
- Guangdong Romanization: fen1
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɐn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: fen1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɸən³³/
- (Changsha)
- Middle Chinese: xjun
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰu/
- (Zhengzhang): /*qʰun/
Definitions
葷
- (Buddhism) strong-smelling vegetables, such as spring onion, garlic and garlic chives
- meat or fish dishes (as opposed to vegetarian dishes)
- (figurative) low-class; obscene; vulgar; dirty
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣ
- Tongyong Pinyin: syun
- Wade–Giles: hsün1
- Yale: syūn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiun
- Palladius: сюнь (sjunʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕyn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Definitions
葷
Japanese
Kanji
葷
- strong smelling
- strong smelling vegetable, esp. garlic, onion, Chinese chives (Allium tuberosum), Chinese scallion (Allium chinense), Allium macrostemon (Japanese garlic)
- meat diet
Readings
Compounds
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
葷 • (hun) (hangeul 훈, McCune–Reischauer hun, Yale hwun)
- meat diet
- strong smelling
Vietnamese
Han character
葷: Hán Nôm readings: huân, hôi
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