薙

薙 U+8599, 薙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8599 ← 薘 [U+8598] CJK Unified Ideographs 薚 → [U+859A]

Translingual

Han character

薙 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿人大土 (TOKG), four-corner 4441₄, composition ⿱艹雉)

1. to weed
2. to shave

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1061, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32121
• Dae Jaweon: page 1525, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3302, character 7
• Unihan data for U+8599

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
彘	*l'eds
璏	*l'eds, *ɢʷleds, *ɢʷled
薙	*l̥ʰiːs, *ljiʔ, *l'iʔ
知	*ʔl'e
蜘	*te
智	*ʔl'es
鼅	*te
潪	*teɡs, *deɡ
踟	*de
雉	*l'iʔ
矢	*hliʔ
痴	*l̥ʰɯ

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 薙 – see 剃 (“to shave”). (This character is a variant form of 剃).

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		薙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tì (ti⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tì
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tì
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi⁴
    • Yale: tì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tih
    • Palladius: ти (ti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tai³
    • Yale: tai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: zijX, drijX, thejH

Rime
Character	薙	薙	薙
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)	澄 (11)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)	脂 (17)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	IV
Fanqie	徐姊切	直几切	他計切
Baxter	zijX	drijX	thejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/zˠiɪX/	/ɖˠiɪX/	/tʰeiH/
Pan Wuyun	/zᵚiX/	/ɖᵚiX/	/tʰeiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ziɪX/	/ȡiɪX/	/tʰɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zjiX/	/ɖjiX/	/tʰɛjH/
Li Rong	/zjiX/	/ȡjiX/	/tʰeiH/
Wang Li	/ziX/	/ȡiX/	/tʰieiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ziX/	/ȡʱiX/	/tʰieiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sì	zhì	tì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi6	zi6	tai3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ˤij-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰiːs/, /*ljiʔ/, /*l'iʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	薙
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tì
Middle Chinese	‹ thejH ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥ˁij-s/
English	clear weeds
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	薙	薙	薙
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	11494	11501	11503
Phonetic component	矢	矢	矢
Rime group	脂	脂	脂
Rime subdivision	2	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	替	兕	雉
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰiːs/	/*ljiʔ/	/*l'iʔ/
Notes			通作夷

Definitions

薙

1. (archaic) to weed; to cut grass
2. (obsolete) to cut down; to delete

Compounds

• 刊薙／刊剃
• 芟薙／芟剃
• 草薙禽獮／草剃禽狝
• 薙髮／剃发 (tìfà)
• 薙髮令／剃发令

 

Japanese

Kanji

薙

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Go-on: たい (tai); じ (ji)
• Kan-on: てい (tei); ち (chi)
• Kun: かる (karu, 薙る); なぐ (nagu, 薙ぐ)

Korean

Hanja

薙 (eum 치 (chi))

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Vietnamese

Han character

薙: Hán Nôm readings: thế

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References

• Nom Foundation