薷

薷 U+85B7, 薷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85B7 ← 薶 [U+85B6] CJK Unified Ideographs 薸 → [U+85B8]

Translingual

Han character

薷 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 廿一月月 (TMBB), four-corner 4422₇, composition ⿱艹需)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1063, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32202
• Dae Jaweon: page 1527, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3312, character 2
• Unihan data for U+85B7

Chinese

trad.		薷
simp. #		薷

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : phonetic 需 (OC *sno) + semantic 艹 (“grass; plant”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rú (ru²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rú
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rú
    • Wade–Giles: ju²
    • Yale: rú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ru
    • Palladius: жу (žu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴
    • Yale: yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹/

Definitions

薷

1. Elsholtzia

Japanese

Kanji

薷

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): じゅ (ju); にゅ (nyu); じゅう (jū)
• Kun: きくらげ (kikurage)

Vietnamese

Han character

薷: Hán Việt readings: nhu
薷: Nôm readings: nho

1. Nôm form of nho (“grape”).
2. chữ Hán form of nhu (“Elsholtzia”).