萭

Translingual

Han character

萭 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹中月 (THLB), four-corner 4422₇, composition ⿱艹禹)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1042, character 37
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31340
• Dae Jaweon: page 1503, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3251, character 8
• Unihan data for U+842D

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Chinese

trad.		萭
simp. #		萭

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
踽	*kʷaʔ, *kʰʷaʔ
萭	*kʷaʔ, *ɢʷaʔ
聥	*kʷaʔ, *ɢʷaʔ
楀	*kʷaʔ, *ɢʷaʔ
齲	*kʰʷaʔ
禹	*ɢʷaʔ
瑀	*ɢʷaʔ
鄅	*ɢʷaʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǔ (yu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǔ
    • Wade–Giles: yü³
    • Yale: yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeu
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: hjuX, kjuX

Rime
Character	萭	萭
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	王矩切	俱雨切
Baxter	hjuX	kjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɨoX/	/kɨoX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦioX/	/kioX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣioX/	/kioX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuə̆X/	/kuə̆X/
Li Rong	/ɣioX/	/kioX/
Wang Li	/ɣĭuX/	/kĭuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯uX/	/ki̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǔ	jǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu5	geoi2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷaʔ/, /*ɢʷaʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	萭	萭
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	15955	15964
Phonetic component	禹	禹
Rime group	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	矩	羽
Old Chinese	/*kʷaʔ/	/*ɢʷaʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 萭

1. ^† a kind of grass