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Translingual
Han character
藪 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+15, 21 strokes, cangjie input 廿中女大 (TLVK), four-corner 44448, composition ⿱艹數)
- marsh, swamp
- wild country
- clump of trees or bushes
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1066, character 7
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32348
- Dae Jaweon: page 1531, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3319, character 5
- Unihan data for U+85EA
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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樓
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*ɡ·roː
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摟
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*roː, *ro
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耬
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*roː
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僂
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*ɡ·roː, *ɡ·roːs, *ɡ·roʔ
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婁
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*ɡ·roː, *ɡ·ro
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螻
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*roː
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髏
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*roː
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蔞
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*roː, *ro, *roʔ
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鞻
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*roː
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艛
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*ɡ·roː
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膢
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*roː, *ro
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廔
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*roː
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嘍
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*roː, *roːʔ
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瞜
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*roː, *ro
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簍
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*roː, *roːʔ, *roʔ
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慺
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*roː, *ro, *roʔ
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鷜
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*roː, *ro
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褸
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*roː, *roʔ
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遱
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*roː
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謱
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*roː, *roːʔ, *roʔ
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嶁
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*roːʔ, *roʔ
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甊
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*roːʔ
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塿
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*roːʔ
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漊
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*roːʔ, *roʔ
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鏤
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*roːs, *ro
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瘻
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*roːs, *ro
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擻
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*sloːʔ
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藪
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*sloːʔ
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籔
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*sloːʔ, *sroʔ
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氀
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*ro
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縷
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*roʔ
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屢
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*ros
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數
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*sroʔ, *sros, *sroːɡ
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屨
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*klos
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窶
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*ɡloʔ
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貗
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*ɡloʔ
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Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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藪
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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8484
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Phonetic component
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婁
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Rime group
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侯
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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叜
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Old Chinese
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/*sloːʔ/
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Definitions
藪
- shallow lake overgrown with wild plants
- gathering place
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Definitions
藪
- (Cantonese, Hakka) Alternative form of 竇 / 窦 (dòu, “nest; den; home”) (chiefly used in place names.)
- 鶴藪/鹤薮 [Cantonese] ― hok6 dau3 ― Hok Tau (a place in Hong Kong)
Japanese
Kanji
藪
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 薮)
- thicket, grove, copse
- collection
Readings
Compounds
Etymology
From Old Japanese. Found in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
藪 • (yabu)
- a thicket, grove, copse (as of trees, shrubs, or bamboo)
- Synonym: (thick growth) 茂み (shigemi)
- Short for 藪医者 (yabu isha): a poor doctor
- Short for 藪入り (yabuiri): a holiday granted to servants on the 16th day of the first and seventh months
- Short for 藪睨み (yabunirami): a squint; a misguided thinking or view
- Short for 藪蕎麦 (yabusoba): a type of soba made from green buckwheat without the endocarp removed; a shop selling soba in this method
Derived terms
Idioms
Proverbs
Proper noun
藪 • (Yabu)
- a surname
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
藪 • (su) (hangeul 수, revised su, McCune–Reischauer su, Yale swu)
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