薵

薵 U+85B5, 薵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85B5 ← 薴 [U+85B4] CJK Unified Ideographs 薶 → [U+85B6]

Translingual

Han character

薵 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+14, 20 strokes, Cangjie input 廿土弓戈 (TGNI), four-corner 4464₁, composition ⿱艹壽)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1062, character 51
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32197
• Dae Jaweon: page 1527, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3310, character 8
• Unihan data for U+85B5

Chinese

trad.		薵
simp.		䓓
alternative forms		𦺚

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
禱	*tuːʔ, *tuːs
擣	*tuːʔ
檮	*tuːʔ, *duː, *du
壔	*tuːʔ
懤	*tuːʔ, *du, *dus
濤	*duː, *duː
燾	*duː, *duːs
翿	*duː, *duːs
幬	*duːs, *du
儔	*duːs, *du
譸	*tu
籌	*du
疇	*du
躊	*du
燽	*du
薵	*du
魗	*tʰjuʔ, *dju
醻	*dju
壽	*djuʔ, *djus
璹	*djuʔ, *djuɡ
鑄	*tjos

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chóu, zhòu (chou², zhou⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡˊ, ㄓㄡˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chóu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻou²
    • Yale: chóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chour
    • Palladius: чоу (čou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhòu
    • Wade–Giles: chou⁴
    • Yale: jòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jow
    • Palladius: чжоу (čžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: drjuw

Rime
Character	薵
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	直由切
Baxter	drjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖiu/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖuw/
Li Rong	/ȡiu/
Wang Li	/ȡĭəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*du/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	薵
Reading #	1/1
No.	11698
Phonetic component	壽
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	儔
Old Chinese	/*du/
Notes	見七發

Definitions

薵

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a kind of grass
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 葤 / 荮 (zhòu)