薁

薁 U+8581, 薁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8581 ← 薀 [U+8580] CJK Unified Ideographs 薂 → [U+8582]

Translingual

Han character

薁 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹月大 (THBK), four-corner 4443₀, composition ⿱艹奧)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1060, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32072
• Dae Jaweon: page 1523, character 33
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3303, character 10
• Unihan data for U+8581

Chinese

trad.		薁
simp. #		薁

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yù (yu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yù
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yù
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴
    • Yale: yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: juk¹
    • Yale: yūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'juwk

Rime
Character	薁
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	東 (4)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於六切
Baxter	'juwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuwk̚/
Li Rong	/ʔiuk̚/
Wang Li	/ĭuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	juk1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔ(r)uk/

  (Zhengzhang): /*quɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	薁
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yù
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjuwk ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔ(r)uk/
English	wild vine
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	薁
Reading #	1/1
No.	81
Phonetic component	奧
Rime group	覺
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	郁
Old Chinese	/*quɡ/

Definitions

薁

1. vine

Compounds

• 櫻薁／樱薁
• 薁蕘／薁荛 (ò-giô) (Hokkien)
• 蘡薁／𮐨薁 (yīngyù)

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English azulene.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ào (ao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ào
    • Zhuyin: ㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ào
    • Wade–Giles: ao⁴
    • Yale: àu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aw
    • Palladius: ао (ao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ou³
    • Yale: ou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ou̯³³/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Definitions

薁

1. (organic chemistry) azulene

Japanese

Kanji

薁

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. vine

Readings

• Go-on: いく (iku)
• Kan-on: いく (iku)
• Kun: にわうめ (niwaume)

Compounds

• 蘡薁(えびづる) (ebizuru)
• 蘡薁虫(えびづるむし) (ebizurumushi)