萩

萩 U+8429, 萩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8429 ← 萨 [U+8428] CJK Unified Ideographs 萪 → [U+842A]

Translingual

Han character

萩 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 13 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 12 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿竹木火 (THDF), four-corner 4498₉, composition ⿱艹秋)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1042, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31333
• Dae Jaweon: page 1500, character 37
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3249, character 20
• Unihan data for U+8429

Chinese

trad.		萩
simp. #		萩

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
鍫	*sʰew
篍	*sʰiw, *sʰiws, *sʰɯw
愀	*sʰiwʔ, *zɯwʔ
湫	*ʔsliwʔ, *ʔsɯw, *sʰɯw, *zɯwʔ
揪	*ʔsɯw
揫	*ʔsɯw
啾	*ʔsɯw
鬏	*ʔsɯw
秋	*sʰɯw
鰍	*sʰɯw
楸	*sʰɯw
秌	*sʰɯw
鞦	*sʰɯw
鶖	*sʰɯw
萩	*sʰɯw
甃	*ʔsrɯws
醔	*sʰrɯw
愁	*zrɯw
僽	*zrɯws

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiū, jiāo (qiu¹, jiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡ, ㄐㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiū
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciou
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiu¹
    • Yale: chyōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiou
    • Palladius: цю (cju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiao
    • Wade–Giles: chiao¹
    • Yale: jyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiau
    • Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cau¹
    • Yale: chāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tshjuw

Rime
Character	萩
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	七由切
Baxter	tshjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰiu/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰuw/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiu/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cau1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰɯw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	萩
Reading #	1/1
No.	10544
Phonetic component	秋
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	秋
Old Chinese	/*sʰɯw/

Definitions

萩

1. wormwood
2. synonym of 梓 (zǐ, “Chinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata)”)
3. firewood
4. shrubby bush clover (Lespedeza bicolor)

Compounds

• 萩餅 / 萩饼 (qiūbǐng)
• 高萩 (Gāoqiū)

Japanese

Kanji

萩

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: しゅ (shu)
• Kan-on: しゅう (shū)^{←しう (siu, historical)}
• Kun: はぎ (hagi, 萩)
• Nanori: は (ha)

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with 荻(おぎ) (ogi).

Etymology

Kanji in this term
萩
はぎ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Noun

萩(はぎ) or 萩(ハギ) • (hagi) 

1. bush clover, general term for plants of genus Lespedeza. Culturally important as one of the seven flowers of autumn.

   Hypernym: 秋の七草

   Coordinate terms: 萩, 尾花, 葛, 撫子, 女郎花, 藤袴, 桔梗

2. (especially) synonym of 山萩 (yamahagi, “Lespedeza bicolor”)
3. a 家紋 (“crest”) pattern of bush clover
5. (card games, hanafuda) The suit of bush clover in a hanafuda deck, representing the month of July and the number seven

   Synonym: 赤豆 (akamame, “red beans”)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary). As a hanafuda term, it is typically written in kanji, as 萩.

Derived terms

• 萩猿子(ハギマシコ) (hagimashiko)
• 鼬萩(いたちはぎ) (itachihagi)
• 犬萩(いぬはぎ) (inuhagi)
• 木萩(きはぎ) (kihagi)
• 南天萩(ナンテンハギ) (nantenhagi)
• 盗人萩(ぬすびとはぎ) (nusubitohagi)
• 沼萩(ぬまはぎ) (numahagi)
• 猫萩(ねこはぎ) (nekohagi)
• 姫萩(ひめはぎ) (himehagi)
• 舞萩(まいはぎ) (maihagi)
• 丸葉萩(まるばはぎ) (marubahagi)
• 禊萩(ミソハギ) (misohagi)
• 蓍萩(メドハギ) (medohagi)
• 山萩(やまはぎ) (yamahagi)
• 四葉萩(よつばはぎ) (yotsubahagi)

See also

Hanafuda suits in Japanese · 花札のスート (hanafuda no sūto) (layout · text)
1月 (ichigatsu)	2月 (nigatsu)	3月 (sangatsu)	4月 (shigatsu)	5月 (gogatsu)	6月 (rokugatsu)
松 (matsu)	梅 (ume)	桜 (sakura)	藤 (fuji) 黒豆 (kuromame)	菖蒲 (ayame, shōbu) 杜若 (kakitsubata)	牡丹 (botan)
7月 (shichigatsu)	8月 (hachigatsu)	9月 (kugatsu)	10月 (jūgatsu)	11月 (jūichigatsu)	12月 (jūnigatsu)
萩 (hagi) 赤豆 (akamame)	芒 (susuki) 坊主 (bōzu)	菊 (kiku)	紅葉 (momiji)	柳 (yanagi) 雨 (ame)	桐 (kiri)

Proper noun

萩(はぎ) • (Hagi) 

1. Hagi (a city in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan)
2. a female given name

References

• “^▲萩”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja

萩 (eum 추 (chu))

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Vietnamese

Han character

萩: Hán Nôm readings: thèm

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