薛

Translingual

Han character

薛 (radical 140 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹口十 (THRJ), four-corner 4474₁, composition ⿱艹⿰𠂤辛)

1. kind of marsh grass
2. the name of a feudal state
3. a Chinese surname

References

• KangXi: page 1061, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32123
• Dae Jaweon: page 1525, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3303, character 8
• Unihan data for U+859B

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		薛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuē (xue¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sit³
• Min Nan (POJ): Sih

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: xuē
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝ
    • Wade-Giles: hsüeh¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiue
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕɥ̯œ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sit³
    • Yale: sit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sit⁸
    • IPA ^(key): /siːt̚³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sih
    • Tâi-lô: Sih
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiʔ³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiʔ³²/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (薛, reconstructed)
Character (薛), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 心 (16) Final: 薛 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 私列切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/siᴇt̚/	/si̯ɛt̚/	/siɛt̚/	/siɛt̚/	/siat̚/	/sĭɛt̚/	/sjæt̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (薛, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
薛								xuē								‹ sjet ›								/*s.ŋat/								spec. of plant
薛								xuē								‹ sjet ›								/*s.ŋat/								(place name)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
薛					14060					薛					月					2					薛					/*sŋed/

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Japanese

Kanji

薛

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: せつ (setsu), せち (sechi)
• Kun: かわらよもぎ (kawarayomogi), はますげ (hamasuge)

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Korean

Hanja

薛 (seol) (hangeul 설, revised seol, McCune-Reischauer sŏl, Yale sel)

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Vietnamese

Han character

薛 (tiết)

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