薟

See also: 莶

薟 U+859F, 薟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-859F ← 薞 [U+859E] CJK Unified Ideographs 薠 → [U+85A0]

Translingual

Han character

薟 (radical 140, 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿人一人 (TOMO), four-corner 4488₆, composition ⿱艹僉)

1. vine

References

• KangXi: page 1061, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32131
• Dae Jaweon: page 1525, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3303, character 15
• Unihan data for U+859F

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Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 薟 – see 蘞 (“wild vine, vitis pentaphylla”). (This character, 薟, is a variant form of 蘞.)

Etymology 2

trad.		薟
simp.		莶
variant forms		馦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiān (xian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): him¹, cim¹
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): hiam

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hiam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shian
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: him¹, cim¹
    • Yale: hīm, chīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: him¹, tsim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: him¹, qim¹
    • IPA ^(key): /hiːm⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰiːm⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiam
    • Tâi-lô: hiam
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiafm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiam³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiam⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hiam¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiam
    • IPA ^(key): /hiam³³/

Definitions

薟

1. ^† (Min Nan, Zhao'an Hakka) spicy
2. (Min Nan) pungent

Synonyms

• 辣 (là)

Compounds

• 臭尿薟／臭尿莶
• 臭薟薟／臭莶莶

• 薟椒／莶椒
• 薟椒仔／莶椒仔

• 薟薑仔／莶姜仔
• 豨薟／豨莶

Descendants

• English: hiam

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C11965
• “Entry #12382”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
• Multi-function Chinese Character Database (漢語多功能字庫)

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Japanese

Kanji

薟

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): れん (ren), けん (ken), こん (kon), げん (gen), ごん (gon)
• Kun: やぶからし (yabukarashi)