蘨

蘨 U+8628, 蘨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8628 ← 蘧 [U+8627] CJK Unified Ideographs 蘩 → [U+8629]

Translingual

Han character

蘨 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 廿月山火 (TBUF) or 難廿月山火 (XTBUF), composition ⿱艹繇)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1070, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32511
• Dae Jaweon: page 1536, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3332, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8628

Chinese

trad.		蘨
simp. #		蘨
alternative forms		繇 𧄎

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
繇	*lɯːw, *l'ɯws, *lɯw
蘨	*lɯːw, *lɯw
櫾	*lɯw, *lɯws

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yáo (yao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yáo
    • Wade–Giles: yao²
    • Yale: yáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yau
    • Palladius: яо (jao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: yew, yuw

Rime
Character	蘨	蘨
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	餘昭切	以周切
Baxter	yew	yuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇu/	/jɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛu/	/jiu/
Shao Rongfen	/jæu/	/iəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiaw/	/juw/
Li Rong	/iɛu/	/iu/
Wang Li	/jĭɛu/	/jĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛu/	/i̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yáo	yóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jiu4	jau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*lɯːw/, /*lɯw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蘨	蘨
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14722	14727
Phonetic component	繇	繇
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	遙	猷
Old Chinese	/*lɯːw/	/*lɯw/
Notes	說文左下爲言

Definitions

蘨

1. (obsolete, of vegetation) luxuriant; flourishing