蓍

蓍 U+84CD, 蓍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-84CD ← 蓌 [U+84CC] CJK Unified Ideographs 蓎 → [U+84CE]

Translingual

Han character

蓍 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿十心日 (TJPA), four-corner 4460₁, composition ⿱艹耆)

1. milfoil, plant used in divination

Derived characters

• 𭋦

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1051, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31655
• Dae Jaweon: page 1513, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3260, character 9
• Unihan data for U+84CD

Chinese

trad.		蓍
simp. #		蓍

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
稽	*kiː, *kʰiːʔ
詣	*ŋɡiːs
栺	*ŋɡiːs, *kji
榰	*klje
脂	*kji
鴲	*kji, *kjis
指	*kjiʔ
旨	*kjiʔ
恉	*kjiʔ
嗜	*ɡjis
蓍	*qʰlji
鰭	*ɡri
耆	*ɡri
鮨	*ɡri
鬐	*ɡri

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shī (shi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shī
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shih
    • Wade–Giles: shih¹
    • Yale: shr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shy
    • Palladius: ши (ši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹
    • Yale: sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: syij

Rime
Character	蓍
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	式之切
Baxter	syij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕi/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕi/
Li Rong	/ɕi/
Wang Li	/ɕi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-kij/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰlji/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蓍
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shī
Middle Chinese	‹ syij ›
Old Chinese	/*s-kij/
English	Achillea (?)
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	蓍
Reading #	1/1
No.	17330
Phonetic component	旨
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*qʰlji/

Definitions

蓍

1. yarrow; Achillea millefolium

Compounds

• 不待蓍龜／不待蓍龟 (bùdàishīguī)
• 刈蓍遺簪／刈蓍遗簪
• 揲蓍
• 蓍簪不忘
• 蓍蔡
• 蓍龜／蓍龟 (shīguī)

 

Japanese

Kanji

蓍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. lespedeza

Readings

• Go-on: し (shi)
• Kan-on: し (shi)
• Kun: めどぎ (medogi, 蓍)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
蓍
めど Hyōgaiji

Noun

蓍(めど) • (medo) 

1. (archaic) Short for 蓍萩 (medohagi, “Chinese lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata)”).
2. (archaic) Short for 蓍 (medoki, “divination sticks”).
3. (archaic) (by extension) the practice of divination with divination sticks or lespedeza stalks

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
蓍
めどき Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
筮

Kanji in this term
蓍
めどぎ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
筮

Noun

蓍(めどき) or 蓍(めどぎ) • (medoki or medogi) 

1. Alternative spelling of 筮 (“divination sticks”) Initially lespedeza stalks were used

Korean

Hanja

蓍 (eum 시 (si))

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