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薏
薏
Translingual
Han character
薏 (radical 140 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜廿心 (TYTP), four-corner 44336)
- Job's tears
- the heart of a lotus seed
References
- KangXi: page 1061, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32106
- Dae Jaweon: page 1525, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3306, character 4
- Unihan data for U+858F
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
薏 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (意) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 噫 | *qrɯːɡs, *qɯ |
| 譩 | *qɯ, *qɯʔ, *qɯl |
| 醷 | *qɯʔ, *qɯɡ |
| 意 | *qɯɡs |
| 鷾 | *qɯɡs |
| 憶 | *qɯɡ |
| 億 | *qɯɡ |
| 臆 | *qɯɡ |
| 繶 | *qɯɡ |
| 澺 | *qɯɡ |
| 薏 | *qɯɡ |
| 檍 | *qɯɡ |
| 癔 | *qɯɡ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
- Wade-Giles: i4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
- IPA (key): /i⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ji3
- Yale: yi
- Cantonese Pinyin: ji3
- IPA (key): /jiː³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 薏 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 職 (134) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 於力切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ʔɨk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʔɨk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ʔiek̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʔik̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/ʔiək̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/ĭək̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ʔi̯ək̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
yi |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 薏 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 15162 |
| Phonetic component |
意 |
| Rime group |
職 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
憶 |
| Old Chinese |
/*qɯɡ/ |
Definitions
薏
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Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
薏
- seed of job's tears
- lotus seed
Readings
Korean
Hanja
薏 • (ui) (hangeul 의, revised ui, McCune-Reischauer ŭi, Yale uy)
- the heart of a lotus seed