蓊

蓊 U+84CA, 蓊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-84CA ← 蓉 [U+84C9] CJK Unified Ideographs 蓋 → [U+84CB]

Translingual

Han character

蓊 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿金戈一 (TCIM), four-corner 4422₇, composition ⿱艹翁)

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1051, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31650
• Dae Jaweon: page 1513, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3266, character 11
• Unihan data for U+84CA

Chinese

trad.		蓊
simp. #		蓊

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
慃	*qroːŋʔ
袞	*kluːnʔ
蔉	*kluːnʔ
滾	*kluːnʔ
忩	*sʰloːŋ
鬆	*sqʰloːŋs, *sqʰluːŋ, *skʰloŋ, *sqʰloŋ
凇	*sqʰloːŋs, *sqʰloŋ, *sɢloŋ
公	*kloːŋ
蚣	*kloːŋ, *kljoŋ
翁	*qloːŋ
螉	*qloːŋ
蓊	*qloːŋ, *qloːŋʔ
嗡	*qloːŋ
滃	*qloːŋʔ
暡	*qloːŋʔ
勜	*qloːŋʔ
塕	*qloːŋʔ
瓮	*qloːŋs
崧	*sqʰluŋ
菘	*sqʰluŋ
硹	*sqʰluŋ
淞	*sqʰloŋ, *sɢloŋ
蜙	*sqʰloŋ
倯	*sqʰloŋ
松	*sɢloŋ
訟	*sɢloŋ, *sɢloŋs
頌	*sɢloŋs, *loŋ
忪	*kljoŋ
彸	*kljoŋ
衳	*kljoŋ
伀	*kljoŋ
妐	*kljoŋ
炂	*kljoŋ
鈆	*kljoŋ, *lon

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qloːŋ, *qloːŋʔ) : semantic 艹 (“grass”) + phonetic 翁 (OC *qloːŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěng (weng³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jung²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ōm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wěng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǒng
    • Wade–Giles: wêng³
    • Yale: wěng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeng
    • Palladius: вэн (vɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wəŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jung²
    • Yale: yúng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yung²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōm
    • Tâi-lô: ōm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: om
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɔm²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔm⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔm²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɔm³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔm³³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'uwng, 'uwngX

Rime
Character	蓊	蓊
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	烏紅切	烏孔切
Baxter	'uwng	'uwngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔuŋ/	/ʔuŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔuŋ/	/ʔuŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔuŋ/	/ʔuŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔəwŋ/	/ʔəwŋX/
Li Rong	/ʔuŋ/	/ʔuŋX/
Wang Li	/uŋ/	/uŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔuŋ/	/ʔuŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wēng	wěng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ung1	ung2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qloːŋ/, /*qloːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蓊	蓊
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	4096	4098
Phonetic component	公	公
Rime group	東	東
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	翁	蓊
Old Chinese	/*qloːŋ/	/*qloːŋʔ/

Definitions

蓊

1. (of vegetation) lush; luxuriant; flourishing

Compounds

• 蓊勃
• 蓊茸
• 蓊菶
• 蓊蓊
• 蓊薆／蓊𫉁
• 蓊郁 (wěngyù)
• 蓊鬱／蓊郁 (wěngyù)
• 鬱蓊／郁蓊

 

References

• “蓊”, 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

蓊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: う (u)
• Kan-on: おう (ō)
• Kun: とう (tō)
• Nanori: しげる (shigeru)

Korean

Hanja

蓊 (eumhun 장다리 옹 (jangdari ong))

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References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 蓊

Vietnamese

Han character

蓊: Hán Việt readings: ống
蓊: Nôm readings: ống

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References

• Nom Foundation