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薔
薔
See also: 蔷
Translingual
Han character
薔 (radical 140 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿土人田 (TGOW), four-corner 44601, composition ⿱艹嗇)
References
- KangXi: page 1061, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32113
- Dae Jaweon: page 1525, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3300, character 3
- Unihan data for U+8594
Chinese
| trad. | 薔 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 蔷 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 薔
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|---|
| Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (嗇) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 濇 | *srɯb, *srɯɡ |
| 嗇 | *srɯɡ |
| 穡 | *srɯɡ |
| 薔 | *zaŋ, *srɯɡ |
| 轖 | *srɯɡ |
| 繬 | *srɯɡ |
| 嬙 | *zaŋ, *srɯɡ |
| 懎 | *srɯɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *zaŋ, *srɯɡ) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 嗇 (OC *srɯɡ).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˊ
- Wade-Giles: ch'iang2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyang
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: coeng4
- Yale: chèuhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng4
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰœːŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 薔 | 薔 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 從 (15) | 生 (21) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (105) | 職 (134) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 在良切 | 所力切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/d͡zɨɐŋ/ | /ʃɨk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/d͡ziɐŋ/ | /ʃɨk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/d͡ziɑŋ/ | /ʃiek̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/d͡zɨaŋ/ | /ʂik̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/d͡ziaŋ/ | /ʃiək̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/d͡zĭaŋ/ | /ʃĭək̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/d͡zʱi̯aŋ/ | /ʂi̯ək̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
qiáng | she |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 薔 | 薔 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 10321 | 10994 |
| Phonetic component |
牆 | 嗇 |
| Rime group |
陽 | 職 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
牆 | 色 |
| Old Chinese |
/*zaŋ/ | /*srɯɡ/ |
| Notes | 見爾雅：蓼 | |
Definitions
薔
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
薔
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Readings
- Goon: そう (sō), ぞう (zō), しき (shiki)
- Kan’on: しょう (shō), そく (soku)
- Kan’yōon: しょく (shoku)
- Kun: みずたで (mizutade)
Compounds
- 薔薇 (bara): rose