薏

薏 U+858F, 薏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-858F ← 薎 [U+858E] CJK Unified Ideographs 薐 → [U+8590]

Translingual

Han character

薏 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜廿心 (TYTP), four-corner 4433₆, composition ⿱艹意)

Derived characters

• 𫻟

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1061, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32106
• Dae Jaweon: page 1525, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3306, character 4
• Unihan data for U+858F

Chinese

trad.		薏
simp. #		薏

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
噫	*qrɯːɡs, *qɯ
譩	*qɯ, *qɯʔ, *qɯl
醷	*qɯʔ, *qɯɡ
意	*qɯɡs
鷾	*qɯɡs
憶	*qɯɡ
億	*qɯɡ
臆	*qɯɡ
繶	*qɯɡ
澺	*qɯɡ
薏	*qɯɡ
檍	*qɯɡ
癔	*qɯɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qɯɡ): semantic 艹 (“grass”) + phonetic 意 (OC *qɯɡs).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yì
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴
    • Yale: yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ji³
    • Yale: yi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː³³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'ik

Rime
Character	薏
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	職 (134)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於力切
Baxter	'ik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔik̚/
Li Rong	/ʔiək̚/
Wang Li	/ĭək̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jik1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qɯɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	薏
Reading #	1/1
No.	15162
Phonetic component	意
Rime group	職
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	憶
Old Chinese	/*qɯɡ/

Definitions

薏

1. center of a lotus seed
2. Job's tears

Compounds

• 苦薏 (kǔyì)
• 薏仁 (yìrén)
• 薏米 (yìmǐ)
• 薏苡 (yìyǐ)
• 薏苡之謗 / 薏苡之谤
• 薏苡仁 (yìyǐrén)
• 薏苡明珠

Japanese

Kanji

薏

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. seed of job's tears
2. lotus seed

Readings

• On (unclassified): よく (yoku)、おく (oku)、い (i)

Korean

Hanja

薏 • (ui) (hangeul 의, revised ui, McCune–Reischauer ŭi, Yale uy)

1. the heart of a lotus seed

Vietnamese

Han character

薏: Hán Nôm readings: ý, é

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