薉

Translingual

Han character

薉 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜一竹 (TYMH), four-corner 4425₃, composition ⿱艹歲)

1. dirty, unclean
2. immoral, obscene

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1060, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32094
• Dae Jaweon: page 1524, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3301, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8589

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		薉

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
噦	*qʰʷaːds, *qʷrad, *qʷad
翽	*qʰʷaːds
鐬	*qʰʷaːds
濊	*qʰʷaːds, *qʷaːds, *qʷads, *qʰʷaːd
歲	*sqʰʷads, *sqʰʷad
劌	*kʷrads
顪	*qʰʷads
穢	*qʷads
薉	*qʷads
獩	*qʷads
饖	*qʷads
奯	*qʰʷaːd

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèi (wei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèi
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴
    • Yale: wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wey
    • Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wai³
    • Yale: wai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jwojH

Rime
Character	薉
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	廢 (28)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於廢切
Baxter	'jwojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʉɐiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷiɐiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuɐiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuajH/
Li Rong	/ʔiuɐiH/
Wang Li	/ĭwɐiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯wɐiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʷads/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	薉
Reading #	1/1
No.	12169
Phonetic component	歲
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	穢
Old Chinese	/*qʷads/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 薉

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Japanese

Kanji

薉

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): わい (wai), え (e)
• Kun: あれる (areru)

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Korean

Hanja

薉 • (ye) (hangeul 예, revised ye, McCune–Reischauer ye, Yale yey)

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