薰

See also: 薫

薰	U+85B0, 薰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85B0

← 薯
[U+85AF]

CJK Unified Ideographs

薱 →
[U+85B1]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

薰 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹土火 (THGF), four-corner 4433₁, composition ⿱艹熏)

References edit

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1062, character 46
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32192
Dae Jaweon: page 1527, character 23
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3313, character 14
Unihan data for U+85B0

Chinese edit

trad.		薰
simp. ^#		薰
alternative forms		薫蘍

Glyph origin edit

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

	Old Chinese
櫄	*tqʰun
薰	qʰun, qʰuns
曛	*qʰun
勲	*qʰun
熏	*qʰun
燻	*qʰun
獯	*qʰun
纁	*qʰun
醺	*qʰun
臐	qʰun, qʰuns
爋	*qʰuns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰun, *qʰuns) : semantic 艹 + phonetic 熏 (OC *qʰun).

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xūn (xun¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fan¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): hiûn

(Meixian, Guangdong): hiun¹
Eastern Min (BUC): hŏng / hṳ̆ng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hun

(Teochew, Peng'im): hung¹ / hng¹ / heng¹
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ¹shiun

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syun
  - Wade–Giles: hsün¹
  - Yale: syūn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiun
  - Palladius: сюнь (sjunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fan¹
  - Yale: fān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiûn
  - Hakka Romanization System: hiun´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hiun¹
  - Sinological IPA: /hi̯un²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: hiun¹
  - Sinological IPA: /hiun⁴⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: hŏng / hṳ̆ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /houŋ⁵⁵/, /hyŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

hŏng - vernacular (“cigarette”);
hṳ̆ng - literary.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun
  - Tâi-lô: hun
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hwn
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /hun³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hung¹ / hng¹ / heng¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hung / hng / hṳng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huŋ³³/, /hŋ³³/, /hɯŋ³³/

Note:

hung1 - literary;
hng1/heng1 - vernacular.

Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ¹shiun
  - MiniDict: shiuin^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xyn
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕyn⁵³/

Middle Chinese: xjun, xjunH

Rime
Character	薰	薰
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	文 (59)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	許云切	許運切
Baxter	xjun	xjunH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨun/	/hɨun^H/
Pan Wuyun	/hiun/	/hiun^H/
Shao Rongfen	/xiuən/	/xiuən^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hun/	/hun^H/
Li Rong	/xiuən/	/xiuən^H/
Wang Li	/xĭuən/	/xĭuən^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi̯uən/	/xi̯uən^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xūn	xùn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fan¹	fan³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰu[n]/, /*qʷʰər/

(Zhengzhang): /*qʰun/, /*qʰuns/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	薰	薰
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xūn	xūn
Middle Chinese	‹ xjun ›	‹ xjun ›
Old Chinese	/*qʰu[n]/	/*qʷʰər/
English	Allium	peaceful, harmonious
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	薰	薰
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14107	14117
Phonetic component	熏	熏
Rime group	文	文
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	薰	訓
Old Chinese	/*qʰun/	/*qʰuns/
Notes	薰轉註字

Definitions edit

薰

fragrance of flowers
coumarou, tonka bean
(Min) cigarette; smoke (Classifier: 支 mn)
- 我已經決定欲做一个善良的歹囝　薰莫閣食酒袂閣焦 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  我已经决定欲做一个善良的歹囝　薰莫阁食酒袂阁焦 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 2018, 茄子蛋 (EggPlantEgg), 《浪流連》 (“Waves Wandering”)
  Góa í-keng koat-tēng beh chòe chi̍t ê siān-liông ê pháiⁿ-kiáⁿ, Hun mài koh chia̍h chiú bōe koh ta [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  I have decided to be a good-hearted hooligan, no more smoking or drinking again.
to smoke
See also: 熏
to cauterize

Synonyms edit

Dialectal synonyms of 香煙 (“cigarette”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		香煙, 紙煙, 捲煙
Mandarin	Beijing	煙捲兒, 煙
	Taiwan	香煙, 煙
	Tianjin	洋煙, 洋煙捲兒
	Bayanhot	紙煙
	Harbin	香煙, 洋煙, 煙捲兒
	Yantai (Muping)	煙捲兒
	Jinan	煙捲兒, 煙
	Luoyang	洋煙, 洋煙捲兒, 紙煙, 煙
	Wanrong	紙煙
	Xi'an	紙煙
	Yinchuan	煙棒子, 紙煙, 捲煙
	Lanzhou	紙煙
	Xining	紙煙, 香煙
	Ürümqi	紙煙
	Wuhan	香煙, 紙煙, 煙, 條子, 條, 熏條子 dated
	Chengdu	紙煙, 香煙
	Guiyang	紙煙, 香煙
	Guilin	紙煙 dated, 煙
	Liuzhou	紙煙, 煙崽
	Xuzhou	香煙, 煙捲兒, 洋煙, 紙煙
	Yangzhou	香煙, 煙
	Nanjing	香煙, 洋煙
	Hefei	紙煙, 香煙
	Singapore	香煙
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	煙棒子, 煙棒棒子, 煙棒棒兒, 煙棒棒
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	煙棒子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	煙仔, 煙, 黑米
	Hong Kong	煙仔, 煙, 香煙
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	煙仔
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	煙仔
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	煙仔
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	煙仔
	Macau	煙仔
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	煙仔
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	煙仔
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	煙仔, 煙
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	煙仔
	Foshan	煙仔
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	煙仔
	Foshan (Shunde)	煙仔
	Foshan (Sanshui)	煙仔
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	煙仔
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	煙仔
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	煙仔
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	煙仔
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	煙仔
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	煙仔
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	煙仔
	Taishan	煙仔
	Kaiping (Chikan)	煙仔
	Enping (Niujiang)	煙仔
	Heshan (Yayao)	煙仔
	Dongguan	煙仔
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	煙仔
	Shaoguan	煙仔
	Yunfu	煙仔
	Yangjiang	煙仔
	Xinyi	煙仔
	Lianjiang	煙仔
	Nanning	煙仔, 煙
	Wuzhou	煙仔, 煙
	Yulin	煙仔
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	煙
	Danzhou	煙仔
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	煙仔
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	煙仔
Gan	Nanchang	香煙
	Lichuan	香煙, 煙
	Pingxiang	香煙, 煙
Hakka	Meixian	煙仔, 煙枝
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	煙仔, 煙
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	煙仔
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	煙仔
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	煙仔
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	煙仔
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	煙仔
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	煙仔
	Boluo (Bendihua)	煙
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	煙仔
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	煙仔
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	香煙
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	煙仔
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	煙仔
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	煙仔
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	煙仔, 煙
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	煙
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	煙仔
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	煙仔
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	煙仔
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	煙仔
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	煙仔
	Conghua (Lütian)	煙仔
	Yudu	香煙, 紙煙
	Shicheng	紙煙
	Shangyou (Shexi)	紙煙
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	煙
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	煙
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	煙
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	煙
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	薰
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	薰
	Hong Kong	煙仔
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	紙煙
	Senai (Huiyang)	煙仔
	Singkawang	煙枝
Huizhou	Jixi	香煙
Jin	Taiyuan	洋旱煙, 紙煙, 煙捲兒, 煙
	Xinzhou	紙煙, 洋旱煙
	Hohhot	紙煙, 煙
Northern Min	Jian'ou	洋煙
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	薰囝
	Changle	薰囝
	Fuqing	洋薰, 薰囝
	Yongtai	薰囝
	Gutian	薰囝
	Fu'an	洋薰
	Ningde	薰囝
	Shouning	薰囝
	Zhouning	洋薰
	Fuding	洋薰
Southern Min	Xiamen	薰枝, 薰
	Quanzhou	薰枝, 薰
	Jinjiang	薰枝
	Shishi	薰
	Yongchun	薰枝
	Zhangzhou	薰枝, 薰
	Taipei	薰
	Kaohsiung	薰
	Penang (Hokkien)	薰枝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	薰枝
	Manila (Hokkien)	薰枝, 薰
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	洋薰
	Datian	薰枝
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	薰
	Chaozhou	薰囝
	Shantou	薰囝, 薰
	Haifeng	薰
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	薰枝
	Singapore (Teochew)	薰枝
	Leizhou	薰囝
	Wenchang	煙囝
	Haikou	煙囝
Puxian Min	Putian	薰
	Putian (Donghai)	薰
	Putian (Jiangkou)	薰
	Putian (Nanri)	薰
	Xianyou	薰
	Xianyou (Fengting)	薰
	Xianyou (Youyang)	薰
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	煙崽
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	紙煙
Wu	Shanghai	香煙, 薰條
	Shanghai (Chongming)	香煙
	Suzhou	香煙, 煙
	Wuxi	香煙
	Danyang	香煙, 煙
	Hangzhou	香煙
	Ningbo	香煙, 煙
	Wenzhou	香煙
	Jinhua	香煙
Xiang	Changsha	紙煙, 煙
	Loudi	紙煙, 香煙
	Shuangfeng	紙煙
	Quanzhou	香煙

Compounds edit

References edit

“薰”, 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 edit

Shinjitai	薫
Kyūjitai	薰

Kanji edit

薰

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 薫)

Readings edit

Go-on: くん (kun)
Kan-on: くん (kun)
Kun: かおる (kaoru, 薰る)
Nanori: かおり (kaori); かおる (kaoru); かほ (kaho); かほる (kahoru); くに (kuni); しげ (shige); にほ (niho); のぶ (nobu); よし (yoshi)

Korean edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation edit

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɸʷun]
Phonetic hangul: [훈]

Hanja edit

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

薰

Wikisource

薰 • (hun) (hangeul 훈, revised hun, McCune–Reischauer hun, Yale hwun)

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

薰: Hán Nôm readings: huân

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