蕹

蕹 U+8579, 蕹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8579 ← 蕸 [U+8578] CJK Unified Ideographs 蕺 → [U+857A]

Translingual

Han character

蕹 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜女土 (TYVG), four-corner 4421₄, composition ⿱艹雍)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1059, character 38
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32057
• Dae Jaweon: page 1523, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3306, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8579

Chinese

trad.		蕹
simp. #		蕹

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 艹 (“grass”) + phonetic 雍 (OC *qoŋ, *qoŋs).

Etymology 1

From 壅 (OC *qoŋ, *qoŋʔ, *qoŋs, “to heap soil around the roots of a plant”) according to the Compendium of Materia Medica:

時珍曰：蕹與壅同。此菜惟以壅成，故謂之壅。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
时珍曰：蕹与壅同。此菜惟以壅成，故谓之壅。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

Shízhēn yuē: Wèng yǔ yōng tóng. Cǐ cài wéi yǐ yōng chéng, gù wèi zhī yōng. [Pinyin]

Shizhen said, 蕹 is the same as 壅. This vegetable can only grow by heaping soil around the roots, so it is called 壅.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): wèng, yōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄥˋ, ㄩㄥ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ong⁴

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ung³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): uung¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): ng⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): vung / fung

  (Meixian, Guangdong): vung⁴

• Eastern Min (BUC): óng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): èng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): êng³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹on
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ngong⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wòng
    • Wade–Giles: wêng⁴
    • Yale: wèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenq
    • Palladius: вэн (vɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wəŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yong
    • Wade–Giles: yung¹
    • Yale: yūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iong
    • Palladius: юн (jun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ong⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: weng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /oŋ²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ung³
    • Yale: ung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ung³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ung³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʊŋ³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: uung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɵŋ³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: ng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vung
    • Hakka Romanization System: vung
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /vuŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vung / fung
    • Hakka Romanization System: vung / fung
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vung⁴ / fung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /vuŋ⁵⁵/, /fuŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: vung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ʋʊŋ⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: óng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ouŋ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: èng
    • Tâi-lô: ìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: exng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Penang): /eŋ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: êng³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: èng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /eŋ²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹on
    • MiniDict: on^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹on
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /oŋ⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: ngong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ŋʊŋ⁴⁵/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /ŋən⁴⁵/

Definitions

蕹

1. water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica)

Compounds

• 蕹菜 (wèngcài)

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yōng (yong¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yong
    • Wade–Giles: yung¹
    • Yale: yūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iong
    • Palladius: юн (jun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jung¹
    • Yale: yūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ⁵⁵/

Definitions

蕹

1. ^† (of grass) thick; lush

Japanese

Kanji

蕹

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): よう (yō); ゆ (yu)
• Kun: あつめる (atsumeru)

Vietnamese

Han character

蕹: Hán Nôm readings: ung, ủng

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