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葷

葷

See also: 荤

Translingual

Han character

葷 (radical 140 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿月十十 (TBJJ), four-corner 44506)

References

  • KangXi: page 1046, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31461
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1508, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3257, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+8477

Chinese

trad. 葷
simp. 荤

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 葷
Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (軍) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
揮 *qʰul
輝 *qʰul
翬 *qʰul
暉 *qʰul
煇 *qʰul, *ɡuːn, *ɡuːnʔ
楎 *qʰul, *ɡuːn
瀈 *qʰul
韗 *qʰons, *ɢuns
褌 *kuːn
鶤 *kuːn, *ɢuns
緷 *kuːnʔ, *ɡuːnʔ, *ɢuns
睴 *kuːns, *ɡuːnʔ
璭 *kuːns
瘒 *ŋɡuːn
顐 *ŋɡuːn, *ŋɡuːns, *ɡuːn
諢 *ŋɡuːns
餫 *ɡuːn, *ɢuns
渾 *ɡuːn, *ɡuːnʔ
琿 *ɡuːn
鼲 *ɡuːn
堚 *ɡuːn
鯶 *ɡuːnʔ
軍 *kun
皸 *kun, *kuns
齳 *ŋɡunʔ
喗 *ŋɡunʔ
葷 *qʰun
惲 *qunʔ
賱 *qunʔ
運 *ɢuns
暈 *ɢuns
鄆 *ɢuns

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 葷
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 文 (59)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 許云切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /hɨun/
Pan
Wuyun		 /hiun/
Shao
Rongfen		 /xiuən/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /hun/
Li
Rong		 /xiuən/
Wang
Li		 /xĭuən/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /xi̯uən/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xūn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 葷
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 xūn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ xjun ›
Old
Chinese		 /*qʰu[n]/
English Allium

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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 葷
Reading # 1/1
No. 7338
Phonetic
component		 軍
Rime
group		 文
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 薰
Old
Chinese		 /*qʰun/

Definitions

葷

  1. meat or fish
  2. pungent food
  3. strong smelling

Derived terms

Pronunciation

Definitions

葷

  1. only in 葷粥／荤粥, 葷鬻／荤鬻

Japanese

Kanji

葷

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. strong smelling
  2. strong smelling vegetable, esp. garlic, onion, Chinese chives (Allium tuberosum), Chinese scallion (Allium chinense), Allium macrostemon
  3. meat diet

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

葷 • ‎(hun) (hangeul 훈, McCune-Reischauer hun, Yale hwun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

葷 (huân, hôi)

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