萩

萩 U+8429, 萩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8429 ← 萨 [U+8428] CJK Unified Ideographs 萪 → [U+842A]

Translingual

Han character

萩 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 13 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 12 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿竹木火 (THDF), four-corner 4498₉, composition ⿱艹秋)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1042, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31333
• Dae Jaweon: page 1500, character 37
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3249, character 20
• Unihan data for U+8429

Chinese

trad.		萩
simp. #		萩

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
鍫	*sʰew
篍	*sʰiw, *sʰiws, *sʰɯw
愀	*sʰiwʔ, *zɯwʔ
湫	*ʔsliwʔ, *ʔsɯw, *sʰɯw, *zɯwʔ
揪	*ʔsɯw
揫	*ʔsɯw
啾	*ʔsɯw
鬏	*ʔsɯw
秋	*sʰɯw
鰍	*sʰɯw
楸	*sʰɯw
秌	*sʰɯw
鞦	*sʰɯw
鶖	*sʰɯw
萩	*sʰɯw
甃	*ʔsrɯws
醔	*sʰrɯw
愁	*zrɯw
僽	*zrɯws

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiū, jiāo (qiu¹, jiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡ, ㄐㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiū
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciou
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiu¹
    • Yale: chyōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiou
    • Palladius: цю (cju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiao
    • Wade–Giles: chiao¹
    • Yale: jyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiau
    • Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cau¹
    • Yale: chāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tshjuw

Rime
Character	萩
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	七由切
Baxter	tshjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰiu/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰuw/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiu/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cau1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰɯw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	萩
Reading #	1/1
No.	10544
Phonetic component	秋
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	秋
Old Chinese	/*sʰɯw/

Definitions

萩

1. wormwood
2. Synonym of 梓 (zǐ, “Chinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata)”)
3. firewood
4. shrubby bush clover (Lespedeza bicolor)

Compounds

• 萩餅／萩饼 (qiūbǐng)
• 高萩 (Gāoqiū)

 

Japanese

Kanji

萩

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• Go-on: しゅ (shu)
• Kan-on: しゅう (shū)^{←しう (siu, historical)}
• Kun: はぎ (hagi, 萩)
• Nanori: は (ha)

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with 荻(おぎ) (ogi).

Noun

萩(はぎ) • (hagi) 

1. Japanese clover (Kummerowia striata, formerly Lespedeza striata). Culturally important as one of the 秋の七草 (aki no nanakusa, “seven flowers of autumn”).
2. (card games) a suit in 花札 (hanafuda), representing the month of July

   Coordinate terms: 松, 梅, 桜, 藤, 菖蒲, 牡丹, 萩, 芒, 菊, 紅葉, 柳, 桐

Proper noun

萩(はぎ) • (Hagi) 

1. Hagi (a city in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan)
2. a female given name

See also

• Kummerowia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Korean

Hanja

萩 (eum 추 (chu))

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Vietnamese

Han character

萩: Hán Nôm readings: thèm

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