薔

See also: 蔷

Translingual

Han character

薔 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿土人田 (TGOW), four-corner 4460₁, composition ⿱艹嗇)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1061, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32113
• Dae Jaweon: page 1525, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3300, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8594

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Chinese

trad.		薔
simp.		蔷

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 薔
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
濇	*srɯb, *srɯɡ
嗇	*srɯɡ
穡	*srɯɡ
薔	*zaŋ, *srɯɡ
轖	*srɯɡ
繬	*srɯɡ
嬙	*zaŋ, *srɯɡ
懎	*srɯɡ

Etymology 1

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zaŋ, *srɯɡ) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + abbreviated phonetic 牆 (OC *zaŋ).

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zaŋ, *srɯɡ) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 嗇 (OC *srɯɡ).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiáng (qiang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciáng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiang²
    • Yale: chyáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyang
    • Palladius: цян (cjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: coeng⁴
    • Yale: chèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dzjang

Rime
Character	薔
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	在良切
Baxter	dzjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ziɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ziɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/d͡ziaŋ/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	coeng4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zaŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	薔
Reading #	1/2
No.	10321
Phonetic component	牆
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	牆
Old Chinese	/*zaŋ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 薔

1. Only used in 薔薇／蔷薇 (qiángwēi).

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sè (se⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄜˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sè
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sè
    • Wade–Giles: sê⁴
    • Yale: sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: seh
    • Palladius: сэ (sɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɤ⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: srik

Rime
Character	薔
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	職 (134)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	所力切
Baxter	srik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃiek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂik̚/
Li Rong	/ʃiək̚/
Wang Li	/ʃĭək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂi̯ək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	she
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sik1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*srɯɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	薔
Reading #	2/2
No.	10994
Phonetic component	嗇
Rime group	職
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	色
Old Chinese	/*srɯɡ/
Notes	見爾雅：蓼

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 薔

1. ^† hydropiper
2. a surname

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Japanese

Kanji

薔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: そう (sō); ぞう (zō); しき (shiki)
• Kan-on: しょう (shō); そく (soku)
• Kan’yō-on: しょく (shoku)
• Kun: みずたで (mizutade, 薔)

Compounds

• 薔薇(ばら) (bara): rose

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Korean

Hanja

薔 • (jang, saek) (hangeul 장, 색, revised jang, saek, McCune–Reischauer chang, saek, Yale cang, sayk)

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Compounds

• 薔薇: rose

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 薔 (tường, sắc)

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