薹

Translingual

Han character

薹 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 廿土口土 (TGRG), four-corner 4410₄, composition ⿱艹臺)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1063, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32204
• Dae Jaweon: page 1527, character 33
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3310, character 4
• Unihan data for U+85B9

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Chinese

trad.		薹
simp. #		薹
alternative forms		臺／台 “sedge”

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
懛	*tɯː
儓	*tʰɯːs, *dɯː
臺	*dɯː
擡	*dɯː
薹	*dɯː
嬯	*dɯː
檯	*dɯː
籉	*dɯː

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

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 薹

1. sedge (Carex)
2. Brassica rapa
3. rachis of an inflorescence (of garlics, garlic chives, rapeseeds, etc.)

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

Usage notes

Note that 薹 is not simplified to 苔 in mainland China.

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Japanese

Kanji

薹

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): たい (tai), だい (dai)
• Kun: あぶらな (aburana), とう (tou)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 薹 (đài)

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