蘅

蘅 U+8605, 蘅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8605 ← 蘄 [U+8604] CJK Unified Ideographs 蘆 → [U+8606]

Translingual

Han character

蘅 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+16, 22 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹人弓 (THON) or 難廿竹人弓 (XTHON), four-corner 4422₁, composition ⿱艹衡)

1. a fragrant plant the root is medicinal
2. Asarum blumei

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1068, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32422
• Dae Jaweon: page 1533, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3326, character 12
• Unihan data for U+8605

Chinese

trad.		蘅
simp. #		蘅

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
筕	*ɡaːŋ, *ɡraːŋ
桁	*ɡaːŋ, *ɡraːŋ
行	*ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋs, *ɡraːŋ, *ɡraːŋs
胻	*ɡaːŋ, *ɡraːŋ, *ɡraːŋs
衡	*ɡraːŋ
蘅	*ɡraːŋ
珩	*ɡraːŋ
洐	*ɡraːŋ
荇	*ɡraːŋʔ
絎	*ɡraːŋs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): héng (heng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hang⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: héng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: héng
    • Wade–Giles: hêng²
    • Yale: héng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herng
    • Palladius: хэн (xɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hang⁴
    • Yale: hàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: heng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: haeng

Rime
Character	蘅
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	庚 (109)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	戸庚切
Baxter	haeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/ɣɐŋ/
Wang Li	/ɣɐŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	héng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hang4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡraːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蘅
Reading #	1/1
No.	13869
Phonetic component	行
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	行
Old Chinese	/*ɡraːŋ/

Definitions

蘅

1. Short for 杜蘅 (Asarum forbesii).
2. Short for 微蘅 (“a type of grass”).

References

• “蘅”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

蘅

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō); ぎょう (gyō)