薽

薽 U+85BD, 薽 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85BD ← 薼 [U+85BC] CJK Unified Ideographs 薾 → [U+85BE]

Translingual

Han character

薽 (radical 140, 艸+14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 廿一土弓 (TMGN) or X廿一土弓 (XTMGN), four-corner 4411₇, composition ⿱艹甄)

References

• KangXi: page 1063, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32214
• Dae Jaweon: page 1528, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3300, character 12
• Unihan data for U+85BD

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		薽

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (垔) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
黫	*qriːn
甄	*ken, *kin
薽	*ken, *kjin
籈	*ken, *kjin
煙	*qiːn
湮	*qiːn, *qin
堙	*qin
禋	*qin
闉	*qin
垔	*qin
陻	*qin
諲	*qin
歅	*qin
鄄	*kʷens

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēn (zhen¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jen
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zan¹
    • Yale: jān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕiɪn/, /kiᴇn/▼

Rime
Character	薽	薽
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	側鄰切	居延切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiɪn/	/kiᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕin/	/kiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjen/	/kjæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cin/	/kian/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiĕn/	/kiɛn/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭĕn/	/kĭɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ĕn/	/ki̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhēn	jiān

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ken/, /*kjin/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	薽	薽
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	15190	15196
Phonetic component	垔	垔
Rime group	元	眞
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	甄
Old Chinese	/*ken/	/*kjin/
Notes		由側鄰切校改

Definitions

薽

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Japanese

Kanji

薽

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しん (shin), けん (ken)
• Kun: やぶたばこ (yabutabako)