蕬

蕬 U+856C, 蕬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-856C ← 蕫 [U+856B] CJK Unified Ideographs 蕭 → [U+856D]

Translingual

Han character

蕬 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿女火火 (TVFF), four-corner 4499₃, composition ⿱艹絲)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1059, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32010
• Dae Jaweon: page 1522, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3298, character 15
• Unihan data for U+856C

Chinese

trad.		蕬
simp. #		蕬

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
絲	*slɯ
蕬	*slɯ
鷥	*slɯ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sī (si¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sī
    • Zhuyin: ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sih
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ¹
    • Yale: sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sy
    • Palladius: сы (sy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: si

Rime
Character	蕬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	息兹切
Baxter	si
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/sɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/sie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɨ/
Li Rong	/siə/
Wang Li	/sĭə/
Bernard Karlgren	/si/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*slɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蕬
Reading #	1/1
No.	12004
Phonetic component	絲
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	思
Old Chinese	/*slɯ/
Notes	爾雅作絲

Definitions

蕬

1. Used in 菟蕬.
2. ^† a kind of aquatic plant