蘗

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See also: 檘 and 檗
蘗 U+8617, 蘗
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8617
← 蘖
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 蘘 →

Translingual

Alternative forms

  • In Taiwan and Hong Kong (based on the Big5 character form), the bottom component is written 𣎳 instead of 木.

Han character

蘗 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+17, 21 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 20 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿尸十木 (TSJD), four-corner 44904, composition ⿱薜木(GJK) or ⿱薜𣎳(HT))

  • 檗 (Preferred form used in mainland China)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1069, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32479
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1535, character 33
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3333, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+8617

Chinese

Etymology 1

This section refers to ⿱薜𣎳 glyph.
trad. 蘗
simp. # 蘗
alternative forms ⿱⻀檗

Pronunciation

Note:
  • baak3 - colloquial;
  • paak3 - variant.

    Definitions

    蘗

    1. (chiefly Taiwan) Used in 黃蘗／黄蘗 and related compounds
      alt. forms: 檗 (mainland China)
    Compounds

    References

    Etymology 2

    This section refers to ⿱薜木 glyph.

    Glyph origin

    Found in the historical Jiyun 《集韻 (Jíyùn)》 dictionary published during the Song dynasty.

    Definitions

    For pronunciation and definitions of 蘗 – see 薜 (“type of grass ; etc.”).
    (This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as a variant form of 薜).

    References

    Japanese

    Kanji

    蘗

    (Hyōgai kanji)

    1. a tree, from the Rutaceae (citrus) family

    Readings

    • On (unclassified): はく (haku)、びゃく (byaku)
    • Kun: きわだ (kiwada)

    Korean

    Hanja

    蘗 • (byeok) (hangeul 벽, revised byeok, McCune–Reischauer pyŏk, Yale pyek)

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