蕘

See also: 荛

蕘 U+8558, 蕘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8558 ← 蕗 [U+8557] CJK Unified Ideographs 蕙 → [U+8559]

Translingual

Traditional	蕘
Shinjitai (extended)	𮏔
Simplified	荛

Han character

蕘 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿土土山 (TGGU), four-corner 4421₁, composition ⿱艹堯)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1058, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31965
• Dae Jaweon: page 1520, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3287, character 10
• Unihan data for U+8558

Chinese

trad.		蕘
simp.		荛

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (垚) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
撓	*hŋaːw, *rŋaːw, *rnaːwʔ
鐃	*rŋaːw
譊	*rŋaːw
橈	*rŋaːws, *ŋjew
磽	*ŋ̊ʰreːw, *ŋreːws, *ŋ̊ʰeːwʔ
墝	*ŋ̊ʰreːw
穘	*hŋreːw
顤	*hŋreːw, *ŋeːws
燒	*hŋjew, *hŋjaws
饒	*ŋjew, *ŋjaws
蟯	*ŋjew, *ʔŋew
蕘	*ŋjew
襓	*ŋjew
繞	*ŋjewʔ, *ŋjaws
遶	*ŋjewʔ
嬈	*njewʔ, *neːwʔ, *hŋeːws
趬	*ŋ̊ʰew, *ŋ̊ʰews
蹺	*ŋ̊ʰew
翹	*ɡew, *ɡews
澆	*ŋkeːw, *ŋeːws
驍	*ŋkeːw
僥	*kŋeːwʔ, *ŋeːw
堯	*ŋeːw
垚	*ŋeːw
嶢	*ŋeːw
獟	*ŋeːws
膮	*hŋeːw, *hŋeːwʔ
嘵	*hŋeːw
憢	*hŋeːw
曉	*hŋeːwʔ
皢	*hŋeːwʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋjew) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 堯 (OC *ŋeːw).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ráo (rao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): giô

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngieu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ráo
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ráo
    • Wade–Giles: jao²
    • Yale: ráu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rau
    • Palladius: жао (žao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jiu⁴
    • Yale: yìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giô
    • Tâi-lô: giô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giooi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡio²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡio²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡio¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡio²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiɤ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngieu⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngiṳ̂u
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋiɯu⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: nyew

Rime
Character	蕘
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	如招切
Baxter	nyew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵiɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵiaw/
Li Rong	/ȵiɛu/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ráo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jiu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋjew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蕘
Reading #	1/1
No.	14671
Phonetic component	垚
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	饒
Old Chinese	/*ŋjew/

Definitions

蕘

1. grass used as fuel

Compounds

• 芻蕘／刍荛
• 苕蕘／苕荛
• 蕘子／荛子
• 蕘牧／荛牧
• 蕘花／荛花
• 蕘豎／荛竖
• 薪蕘／薪荛
• 詢于芻蕘／询于刍荛
• 詢於芻蕘／询于刍荛
• 詢蕘／询荛

 

Japanese

Kanji

蕘

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: にょう (nyō)^{←ねう (neu, historical)}
• Kan-on: じょう (jō)^{←ぜう (zeu, historical)}
• Kun: たきぎ (takigi, 蕘)、きこり (kikori, 蕘)

Korean

Hanja

蕘 • (yo) (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune–Reischauer yo, Yale yo)

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