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Translingual
Han character
蓍 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿十心日 (TJPA), four-corner 44601, composition ⿱艹耆)
- milfoil, plant used in divination
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1051, character 16
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31655
- Dae Jaweon: page 1513, character 11
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3260, character 9
- Unihan data for U+84CD
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 稽
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*kiː, *kʰiːʔ
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| 詣
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*ŋɡiːs
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| 栺
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*ŋɡiːs, *kji
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| 榰
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*klje
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| 脂
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*kji
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| 鴲
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*kji, *kjis
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| 指
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*kjiʔ
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| 旨
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*kjiʔ
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| 恉
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*kjiʔ
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| 嗜
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*ɡjis
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| 蓍
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*qʰlji
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| 鰭
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*ɡri
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| 耆
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*ɡri
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| 鮨
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*ɡri
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| 鬐
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*ɡri
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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蓍
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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shī
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ syij ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*s-kij/
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| English
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Achillea (?)
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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蓍
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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17330
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Phonetic
component
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旨
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Rime
group
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脂
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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Old
Chinese
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/*qʰlji/
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Definitions
蓍
- yarrow; Achillea millefolium
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
蓍
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- lespedeza
Readings
Etymology 1
Noun
蓍 • (medo)
- (archaic) Short for 蓍萩 (medohagi, “Chinese lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata)”).
- (archaic) Short for 蓍 (medoki, “divination sticks”).
- (archaic) (by extension) the practice of divination with divination sticks or lespedeza stalks
Etymology 2
Noun
蓍 or 蓍 • (medoki or medogi)
- Alternative spelling of 筮 (“divination sticks”) Initially lespedeza stalks were used
Korean
Hanja
蓍 (eum 시 (si))
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