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U+8587, 薇
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8587

[U+8586]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8588]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 140, +13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹人大 (THOK), four-corner 44248, composition )

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1060, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32092
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1524, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3303, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+8587

Chinese

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trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *mrɯl, *mɯl) : semantic (grass; plant) + phonetic (OC *mɯl).

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (4) (4)
Final () (17) (21)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter mij mj+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mˠiɪ/ /mʉi/
Pan
Wuyun
/mᵚi/ /mʷɨi/
Shao
Rongfen
/miɪ/ /miuəi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mji/ /muj/
Li
Rong
/mji/ /miuəi/
Wang
Li
/mi/ /mĭwəi/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/mi/ /mwe̯i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wéi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mei4 mei4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 12798 12803
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*mrɯl/ /*mɯl/

Definitions

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  1. Osmunda regalis, a species of fern (also known as royal fern or flowering fern)
  2. Used in 薔薇蔷薇 (qiángwēi, “multiflora rose”).

See also

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  • (jué, “bracken, eagle fern”)

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

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  • Go-on: (mi)
  • Kan-on: (bi)
  • Kun: ぜんまい (zenmai, )

Compounds

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Etymology

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Kanji in this term
ぜんまい
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
紫萁 (uncommon)
狗脊 (rare)
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(zenmai): a coiled fiddlehead frond of the Japanese flowering fern.

Uncertain. Theories include:

  • Shift from (zeni mai, literally coin + twirling / spinning), from the way the fiddleheads look like rotating or twirling coins
  • Shift from 巻き (zeni maki, literally coin + roll), from the way the coil of a fiddlehead with the hole in the center looks like a traditional coin (which also has a hole in the center)[1]
  • Shift from 巻き (sen maki, literally thousand + roll), from the way the repeating pattern of the fiddleheads look like a lot of small things in a roll

The "roll" derivation would align with the derivation of synonym 巻子 (makago).

First attested in 1709.[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ぜんまい) or (ゼンマイ) (zenmai

  1. [from 1709] Japanese flowering fern (Osmunda japonica), of which the young fiddleheads are edible

Usage notes

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As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ゼンマイ.

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ 薇・紫萁・狗脊”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Further reading

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Korean

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Etymology

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From Middle Chinese (MC mij). Recorded as Middle Korean (mi) (Yale: mi) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun 장미 (jangmi mi))
(eumhun 고비 (gobi mi))

  1. hanja form? of (rose)
  2. hanja form? of (Osmunda japonica)

Compounds

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References

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  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [2]

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: vi

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