薤

薤 U+85A4, 薤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85A4 ← 薣 [U+85A3] CJK Unified Ideographs 薥 → [U+85A5]

Translingual

Han character

薤 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿一弓一 (TMNM), four-corner 4421₁, composition ⿱艹𩐁)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1061, character 40
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32141
• Dae Jaweon: page 1526, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3300, character 15
• Unihan data for U+85A4

Chinese

trad.		薤
simp. #		薤

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
瀣	*ɡɯːds, *ɡrɯːds
韰	*ɡrɯːds
薤	*ɡrɯːds

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiè (xie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haai⁶
• Eastern Min (BUC): hâi
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): hai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siè
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh⁴
    • Yale: syè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieh
    • Palladius: се (se)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: haai⁶
    • Yale: haaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːi̯²²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hâi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɑi²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hai⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hăi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hai³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: heajH

Rime
Character	薤
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	皆 (33)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	胡介切
Baxter	heajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠɛiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚæiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɐiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəɨjH/
Li Rong	/ɣɛiH/
Wang Li	/ɣɐiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣăiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	haai6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡrɯːds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	薤
Reading #	1/1
No.	13796
Phonetic component	韰
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	械
Old Chinese	/*ɡrɯːds/
Notes	俗體見禮記

Definitions

薤

1. Chinese onion (Allium chinense)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 薤 (“Chinese onion”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		薤
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		薤
Taxonomic name		薤
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	藠頭
	Taiwan	蕗蕎
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	藠頭, 三白 dated
	Guiyang	藠頭
	Guilin	藠頭
	Liuzhou	藠頭
Cantonese	Guangzhou	藠頭
	Hong Kong	藠頭
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	藠頭
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	藠
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	藠
	Dongguan	藠頭
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	藠頭
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	藠頭
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	藠頭
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	藠頭
	Móng Cái	藠頭
Gan	Nanchang	藠頭
	Lichuan	藠仔
	Pingxiang	藠牯
Hakka	Meixian	藠頭, 藠仔
	Xingning	藠哩
	Huidong (Daling)	藠頭
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	藠頭
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	藠頭
	Changting	藠子
	Wuping	藠子
	Wuping (Pingyu)	藠子
	Liancheng	藠頭
	Ninghua	藠子
	Yudu	藠子, 懶屍菜
	Ruijin	藠子
	Shicheng	藠
	Shangyou (Shexi)	藠子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	藠頭, 藠仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	藠頭, 藠仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	藠頭, 藠仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	藠頭, 藠
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	藠頭, 藠仔, 藠
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蘆藠
	Hong Kong	藠頭
	Senai (Huiyang)	藠頭
Northern Min	Jian'ou	藠仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蓼藠
Southern Min	Xiamen	蕗蕎
	Quanzhou	蕗蕎
	Zhangzhou	蕗蕎
	Taipei	蕗蕎
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	蕗蕎
	Kaohsiung	蕗蕎
	Yilan	蕗蕎
	Changhua (Lukang)	蕗蕎
	Taichung	蕗蕎
	Tainan	蕗蕎
	Hsinchu	蕗蕎
	Kinmen	蕗蕎
	Penghu (Magong)	蕗蕎
	Singapore (Hokkien)	蕗蕎
	Chaozhou	六藠
	Shantou	六藠
	Shantou (Chenghai)	六藠
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	六藠
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	六藠
	Jieyang	六藠, 六藠頭
	Haifeng	六藠
	Bangkok (Teochew)	六藠
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	六藠
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	藠頭
Wu	Linhai	藠菙
	Wenzhou	藠蒜
	Jinhua	蓼藠
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	老藠
Xiang	Changsha	藠頭, 藠頭骨, 藠子
	Loudi	藠頭
Xiangnan Tuhua	Jiangyong	藠崽腦

Japanese

Kanji

薤

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. scallion, shallot

Readings

• Go-on: げ (ge)
• Kan-on: かい (kai)
• On: けい (kei)
• Kun: らっきょう (rakkyō, 薤)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
薤
らっきょう Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 薤 – see the following entry.

【辣韮らっきょう】 [noun] Chinese scallion, Allium chinense Alternative spellings 辣韭, ラッキョウ

(This term, 薤, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

薤 • (hae) (hangeul 해, revised hae, McCune–Reischauer hae, Yale hay)

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