薁

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薁	U+8581, 薁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8581

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

薁 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹月大 (THBK), four-corner 4443₀, composition ⿱艹奧)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1060, character 1
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32072
Dae Jaweon: page 1523, character 33
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3303, character 10
Unihan data for U+8581

Chinese

trad.		薁
simp. ^#		薁

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Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yù (yu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): juk¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yù
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yù
  - Wade–Giles: yü⁴
  - Yale: yù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
  - Palladius: юй (juj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: juk¹
  - Yale: yūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: yug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚⁵/

Middle Chinese: 'juwk

Rime
Character	薁
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於六切
Baxter	'juwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuwk̚/
Li Rong	/ʔiuk̚/
Wang Li	/ĭuk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	juk¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔ(r)uk/

(Zhengzhang): /*quɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	薁
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yù
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjuwk ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔ(r)uk/
English	wild vine
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	薁
Reading #	1/1
No.	81
Phonetic component	奧
Rime group	覺
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	郁
Old Chinese	/*quɡ/

Definitions

薁

vine

Compounds

櫻薁／樱薁
薁蕘／薁荛 (ò-giô) (Hokkien)
蘡薁／𮐨薁 (yīngyù)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English azulene.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ào (ao⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ou³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ào
  - Zhuyin: ㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ào
  - Wade–Giles: ao⁴
  - Yale: àu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aw
  - Palladius: ао (ao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ou³
  - Yale: ou
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ou³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ou³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ou̯³³/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Definitions

薁

(organic chemistry) azulene

Japanese

Kanji

薁

(Hyōgai kanji)

vine

Readings

Compounds

蘡薁(えびづる) (ebizuru)
蘡薁虫(えびづるむし) (ebizurumushi)

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