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Translingual
Han character
蕑 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿日弓月 (TANB), four-corner 44227, composition ⿱艹閒)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1057, character 35
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31954
- Dae Jaweon: page 1520, character 22
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3297, character 12
- Unihan data for U+8551
Chinese
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Old Chinese
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間
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*kreːn, *kreːns
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簡
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*kreːnʔ
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澗
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*kreːns, *kraːns
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鐧
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*kreːns, *kraːns
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蕑
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*kreːn
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覵
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*kreːn, *kreːns, *pkrenʔ
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襉
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*kreːnʔ, *kreːns
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僩
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*kreːnʔ, *ɡraːnʔ
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鬜
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*kʰreːn, *kʰraːn, *kʰreːd
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癇
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*ɡreːn
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瞯
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*ɡreːn
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憪
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*ɡreːn, *ɡraːnʔ
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橌
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*ɡraːnʔ
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撊
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*ɡraːnʔ
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Etymology 1
Variant of 蘭 (OC *ɡ·raːn).
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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蕑
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Reading #
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1/2
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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jiān
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Middle Chinese
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‹ kɛn ›
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Old Chinese
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/*k.rˁan/ (dialect: *k.rˁ- > *kˁr-)
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English
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orchid
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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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蕑
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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6233
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Phonetic component
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閒
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Rime group
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元
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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閒
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Old Chinese
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/*kreːn/
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Definitions
蕑
- (literary) thoroughwort (Eupatorium)
Etymology 2
Variant of 蓮 (OC *reːn).
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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蕑
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Reading #
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2/2
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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jiān
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Middle Chinese
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‹ kɛn ›
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Old Chinese
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/*k.rˁe/ (dialect: *k.rˁ- > kˁr-)
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English
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lotus fruit (Ode 145.2)
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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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蕑
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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6233
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Phonetic component
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閒
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Rime group
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元
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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閒
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Old Chinese
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/*kreːn/
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Definitions
蕑
- (literary) lotus seed
Japanese
Kanji
蕑
(Hyōgai kanji)
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