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蓀

蓀

See also: 荪

Translingual

Han character

蓀 (radical 140 艸+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓木火 (TNDF), four-corner 4449₃)

aromatic grass
iris, flower

References

KangXi: page 1050, character 26

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31635

Dae Jaweon: page 1512, character 8

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3272, character 16

Unihan data for U+84C0

Chinese

trad.		蓀
simp.		荪

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (孫) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
孫	*suːn
猻	*suːn
蓀	*suːn
搎	*suːn
遜	*suːns
愻	*suːns

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): sūn (sun¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syun¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: sūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄣ
  - Wade-Giles: sun¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suen
  - IPA ^(key): /su̯ən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: syun¹
  - Yale: syūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: syn¹
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕyːn⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: /suən/▼

Rime
Character	蓀
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	思渾切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/suən/
Pan Wuyun	/suon/
Shao Rongfen	/suən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/swən/
Li Rong	/suən/
Wang Li	/suən/
Bernard Karlgren	/suən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sūn

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*suːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蓀
Reading #	1/1
No.	12180
Phonetic component	孫
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	孫
Old Chinese	/*suːn/

Definitions

蓀

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Japanese

Kanji

蓀

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On: そん (son)

Korean

Hanja

蓀 • ‎(so) (hangeul 소, revised so, McCune-Reischauer so, Yale so)

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