萑

See also: 雈

萑 U+8411, 萑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8411 ← 萐 [U+8410] CJK Unified Ideographs 萒 → [U+8412]

Translingual

Han character

萑 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿人土 (TOG), four-corner 4421₄, composition ⿱艹隹)

Derived characters

• 蒦 (and its derived characters)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1041, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31272
• Dae Jaweon: page 1500, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3235, character 16
• Unihan data for U+8411

Chinese

Etymology 1

trad.		萑
simp. #		萑

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (隹) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
蜼	*lus, *rulʔ, *luls
堆	*tuːl
嵟	*tuːl
碓	*tuːls
推	*tʰuːl, *tʰjul
蓷	*tʰuːl, *tʰjul
陮	*duːlʔ
魋	*duːl
嶊	*stuːlʔ
崔	*zluːl, *sʰluːl
猚	*ŋreːl, *rulʔ
椎	*dul
顀	*dul
隹	*tjul
錐	*tjul
萑	*kljul
騅	*tjul
鵻	*sɢʷinʔ, *tjul
誰	*djul
脽	*djul

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kljul) : semantic 艸 + phonetic 隹 (OC *tjul).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuī (zhui¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄟ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuī
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuei
    • Wade–Giles: chui¹
    • Yale: jwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juei
    • Palladius: чжуй (čžuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsywij

Rime
Character	萑
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	脂 (16)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	職追切
Baxter	tsywij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiuɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʷi/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjuɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cwi/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕui/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕwi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕwi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhuī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zeoi1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kljul/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	萑
Reading #	1/1
No.	17720
Phonetic component	隹
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	錐
Old Chinese	/*kljul/

Definitions

萑

1. lush
2. motherwort

   Synonyms: 益母草 (yìmǔcǎo), 茺蔚 (chōngwèi)

Compounds

• 萑蔰

Etymology 2

trad.		萑
simp. #		萑
alternative forms		雈 𦼉 𦻃 雚 𧂴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huán (huan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huán
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huán
    • Wade–Giles: huan²
    • Yale: hwán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwan
    • Palladius: хуань (xuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: hwan

Rime
Character	萑
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡官切
Baxter	hwan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwan/
Li Rong	/ɣuɑn/
Wang Li	/ɣuɑn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣuɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wun4

Definitions

萑

1. a kind of reed-like plant

Etymology 3

Corrupted form.

For pronunciation and definitions of 萑 – see 雈 (“a kind of owl”). (This character is a variant form of 雈).

Japanese

Kanji

萑

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. reed

Readings

• On (unclassified): かん (kan)、すい (sui)
• Kun: おぎ (ogi)

Vietnamese

Han character

萑: Hán Nôm readings: hoàn, chuy

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