藘

藘 U+85D8, 藘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85D8 ← 藗 [U+85D7] CJK Unified Ideographs 藙 → [U+85D9]

Translingual

Han character

藘 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+15, 21 strokes, Cangjie input 廿卜心心 (TYPP), four-corner 4423₆, composition ⿱艹慮)

1. madder

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1065, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32313
• Dae Jaweon: page 1530, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3318, character 21
• Unihan data for U+85D8

Chinese

trad.		藘
simp.		𰱮

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
唬	*qʰraːs, *kʷraːɡ
戲	*qʰral, *qʰrals, *qʰaː
巇	*qʰra
隵	*qʰra
嚱	*qʰras
盧	*b·raː
鑪	*raː
壚	*raː
籚	*raː
蘆	*raː, *ra
顱	*b·raː
髗	*b·raː
鱸	*raː
攎	*raː
櫨	*raː
轤	*raː
黸	*raː
獹	*raː
鸕	*raː
艫	*raː
纑	*raː
瀘	*raː
瓐	*raː
爐	*raː
嚧	*raː
矑	*b·raː
罏	*raː
蠦	*raː
虜	*raːʔ
擄	*raːʔ
艣	*raːʔ
鐪	*raːʔ
虖	*qʰaː, *qʰʷa, *qʰaː, *qʰʷa
虍	*qʰaː
雐	*qʰʷlaː
虎	*qʰlaːʔ
琥	*qʰlaːʔ
萀	*qʰlaːʔ
臚	*b·ra
廬	*ra
驢	*b·ra
藘	*ra
爈	*ra, *ras
櫖	*ra, *ras
儢	*raʔ
慮	*ras
勴	*ras
鑢	*ras
濾	*ras
攄	*r̥ʰa
處	*kʰljaʔ, *kʰljas
豦	*kas, *ɡa
據	*kas
鐻	*kas, *ɡa, *ɡaʔ
澽	*kas, *ɡas
虛	*kʰa, *qʰa
墟	*kʰa
懅	*ɡa
蘧	*ɡa, *ɡʷa
籧	*ɡa
醵	*ɡa, *ɡas, *ɡaɡ
璩	*ɡa
虡	*ɡaʔ
遽	*ɡas
勮	*ɡas
噓	*qʰa, *qʰas
驉	*qʰa
歔	*qʰa
魖	*qʰa
膚	*pla
虧	*kʰʷral
噱	*ɡaɡ
臄	*ɡaɡ
劇	*ɡaɡ
諕	*qʰʷraːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǘ (lü²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǘ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lyú
    • Wade–Giles: lü²
    • Yale: lyú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liu
    • Palladius: люй (ljuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: leoi⁴
    • Yale: lèuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ljo

Rime
Character	藘
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力居切
Baxter	ljo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/liɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/liɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɨə̆/
Li Rong	/liɔ/
Wang Li	/lĭo/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǘ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	leoi4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]a/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ra/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	藘
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lǘ
Middle Chinese	‹ ljo ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]a/
English	rúlǘ < nyo-ljo < *na.la "madder (plant)"
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	藘
Reading #	1/1
No.	5237
Phonetic component	虍
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	臚
Old Chinese	/*ra/

Definitions

藘

1. madder

Compounds

• 茹藘 / 茹𰱮 (rúlǘ)

Japanese

Kanji

藘

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): りょ (ryo)、ろ (ro)