Translingual

Han character

茜 (radical 140 艸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿一金田 (TMCW), four-corner 4460₁)

1. madder, Rubia cordifolia
2. reeds

References

• KangXi: page 1027, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30871
• Dae Jaweon: page 1486, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3200, character 12
• Unihan data for U+831C

Cantonese

Hanzi

茜 ‎(Jyutping sin6, Yale sin6)

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Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. madder (plant)
2. madder red

Readings

• Goon: せん (sen)
• Kan’on: せん (sen)
• Kun: あかね (akane)

Noun

茜 ‎(hiragana あかね, katakana アカネ, romaji akane)

1. madder (plant)

Proper noun

茜 ‎(hiragana あかね, romaji Akane)

1. A female given name

Mandarin

Hanzi

茜 ‎(Pinyin qiān (qian1), qiàn (qian4), xī (xi1), Wade-Giles ch'ien¹, ch'ien⁴, hsi¹)

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Usage notes

• The pronunciation xī is only used when transcripting foreign woman name.

Vietnamese

Han character

茜 (thiến)

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