芍

芍 U+828D, 芍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-828D ← 芌 [U+828C] CJK Unified Ideographs 芎 → [U+828E]

Translingual

Han character

芍 (radical 140, 艸+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 廿心戈 (TPI) or 廿心一 (TPM), four-corner 4412₇, composition ⿱艹勺)

References

• KangXi: page 1018, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30674
• Dae Jaweon: page 1476, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3175, character 10
• Unihan data for U+828D

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Chinese

trad.		芍
simp. #		芍

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 芍
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
豹	*preːwɢs
趵	*preːwɢs, *preːwɢ
尥	*breːw, *b·reːwɢs
箹	*ʔreːwɢs, *ʔreːwɢ
杓	*plew, *pʰlew, *bljewɢ, *pleːwɢ
約	*ʔlewɢs, *ʔlewɢ
扚	*pleːwʔ, *pleːwɢ
釣	*pleːwɢs
瘹	*teːwɢs
芍	*ɡleːwʔ, *spʰlewɢ, *pl'ewɢ, *bljewɢ, *pleːwɢ
酌	*pljewɢ
灼	*pljewɢ
勺	*pljewɢ, *bljewɢ
彴	*pljewɢ
犳	*pljewɢ
妁	*pljewɢ, *bljewɢ
汋	*bljewɢ, *sbreːwɢ
仢	*bljewɢ
葯	*qlewɢ, *qreːwɢ
礿	*lewɢ
肑	*preːwɢ, *pleːwɢ
瓝	*breːwɢ
的	*pleːwɢ
靮	*pleːwɢ
馰	*pleːwɢ
玓	*pleːwɢ
魡	*pleːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡleːwʔ, *spʰlewɢ, *pl'ewɢ, *bljewɢ, *pleːwɢ): semantic 艸 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 勺 (OC *pljewɢ, *bljewɢ).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sháo, shuò (shao², shuo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˊ, ㄕㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoek³, coek³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): so̍k
• Min Nan (POJ): sio̍k / chiak / chiok / chio̍k / sio̍h / chhia̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: sháo
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˊ
    • Wade–Giles: shao2
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaur
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sháo
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary variant)⁺
    • Pinyin: shuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛˋ
    • Wade–Giles: shuo4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuoh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuò
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂwɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoek³, coek³
    • Yale: jeuk, cheuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoek⁸, tsoek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêg³, cêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃœ̽ːk̚³/, /t͡ʃʰœ̽ːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: so̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: sog
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sog⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /sok̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: sio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siok
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiak
    • Tâi-lô: tsiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciag
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiak̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiok
    • Tâi-lô: tsiok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciog
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tsio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciok
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio̍h
    • Tâi-lô: sio̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioih
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕioʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕioʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhia̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tshia̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiah
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiaʔ¹²¹/

Note:

• Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou:
  • sio̍k/chiak - literary;
  • chio̍k/sio̍h/chhia̍h - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: /d͡ʑɨɐk̚/, /ʈɨɐk̚/

Rime
Character	芍	芍
Reading #	2/5	4/5
Initial (聲)	常 (25)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	藥 (107)	藥 (107)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	市若切	張略切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑɨɐk̚/	/ʈɨɐk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɐk̚/	/ʈiɐk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑiɑk̚/	/ȶiɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑɨak̚/	/ʈɨak̚/
Li Rong	/ʑiak̚/	/ȶiak̚/
Wang Li	/ʑĭak̚/	/ȶĭak̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯ak̚/	/ȶi̯ak̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shuó	zhuo

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*bljewɢ/, /*pl'ewɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	芍	芍
Reading #	4/5	3/5
No.	11196	11188
Phonetic component	勺	勺
Rime group	藥	藥
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	妁	芍
Old Chinese	/*bljewɢ/	/*pl'ewɢ/

Definitions

芍

1. Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora)

Compounds

• 木芍藥／木芍药
• 白芍 (báisháo)

• 芍藥／芍药 (sháoyao)
• 芍藥花／芍药花

• 采蘭贈芍／采兰赠芍

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiào (xiao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiaw
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siào
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɑʊ̯⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦeu^X/

Rime
Character	芍
Reading #	1/5
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	胡了切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦeuX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦeuX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣeuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɛwX/
Li Rong	/ɣeuX/
Wang Li	/ɣieuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣieuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiào

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡleːwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	芍
Reading #	1/5
No.	11186
Phonetic component	勺
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	皛
Old Chinese	/*ɡleːwʔ/

Definitions

芍

1. ^† water chestnut

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 荸薺 (“Chinese water chestnut”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		芍, 鳧茈, 鳧茨, 烏芋
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		荸薺
Taxonomic name		荸薺
Mandarin	Beijing	荸薺
	Taiwan	荸薺
	Harbin	荸薺
	Shenyang	荸薺
	Hailar	荸薺
	Chifeng	地梨兒
	Jinan	荸薺
	Muping	地梨兒
	Luoyang	荸西
	Xi'an	荸薺
	Zhengzhou	荸薺
	Xining	荸薺
	Xuzhou	荸薺
	Lanzhou	荸薺
	Ürümqi	荸薺
	Wuhan	荸薺
	Huanggang	荸薺
	Chengdu	慈姑兒
	Guiyang	荸薺
	Guilin	馬蹄
	Liuzhou	馬蹄, 蒲薺, 蒲慈 dated
	Kunming	荸薺
	Yangzhou	荸薺
	Nanjing	荸薺
	Hefei	蒲球
	Nantong	荸薺
Cantonese	Guangzhou	馬蹄
	Hong Kong	馬蹄
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	馬蹄
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	馬蹄
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	馬蹄
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	馬蹄
	Macau	馬蹄
	Panyu	馬蹄
	Huadu (Huashan)	馬蹄
	Conghua	馬蹄
	Zengcheng	馬蹄
	Foshan	馬蹄
	Nanhai (Shatou)	馬蹄
	Shunde	馬蹄
	Sanshui	馬蹄
	Gaoming (Mingcheng)	馬蹄
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	馬蹄
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	馬蹄
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	馬蹄
	Doumen	馬薺
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	馬薺
	Xinhui	馬薺
	Taishan	馬薺
	Kaiping (Chikan)	馬薺
	Enping (Niujiang)	馬薺
	Heshan (Yayao)	馬蹄
	Dongguan	田薺, 馬蹄
	Bao'an (Shajing)	馬蹄
	Shaoguan	馬蹄
	Yunfu	馬蹄
	Yangjiang	馬蹄子
	Xinyi	馬蹄子
	Lianjiang	馬蹄子
	Nanning	馬蹄
	Wuzhou	馬蹄
	Yulin	馬蹄
	Hepu	馬蹄
	Kuala Lumpur	馬蹄
	Ho Chi Minh City	馬蹄
Gan	Nanchang	荸救
	Lichuan	馬絲
	Pingxiang	慈姑
Hakka	Meixian	馬薺, 馬蹄
	Xingning	馬薺
	Huidong (Daling)	馬薺, 馬蹄
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	馬蹄
	Luchuan	馬蹄
	Changting	馬薺
	Pingyu	馬薺
	Wuping	馬薺
	Liancheng	馬薺
	Ninghua	馬薺
	Yudu	馬薺, 馬薺子
	Ruijin	馬薺
	Shicheng	馬薺
	Shangyou	荸薺
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	馬薺
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	馬薺
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	馬薺
	Dongshi (Dabu)	馬薺, 脆薯
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	馬薺
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	馬薺
	Hong Kong	馬蹄
	Senai	馬蹄
Huizhou	Jixi	荸薺
	Shexian	荸薺
	Tunxi	荸薺
	Xiuning	荸薺
	Yixian	荸薺
	Qimen	荸薺
	Wuyuan	蒲薺
Jin	Taiyuan	荸薺
	Jining	地梨
	Hohhot	地梨兒
Min Bei	Jian'ou	莓薺
	Dikou	莓薺
	Zhenqian	莓薺, 網薺
	Shibei	蠓薺
Min Dong	Fuzhou	莓薺
	Changle	莓薺
	Fuqing	莓薺
	Yongtai	莓薺
	Gutian	莓薺
	Fu'an	薺栗
	Ningde	莓薺
	Shouning	水薺
	Zhouning	莓薺
	Fuding	莓薺
	Matsu	莓薺
Min Nan	Xiamen	馬薺
	Tong'an	馬薺
	Quanzhou	馬薺
	Jinjiang	馬薺
	Yongchun	馬薺
	Zhangzhou	田藕
	Longhai	田薺仔
	Changtai	田藕
	Pinghe	馬薺
	Zhangpu	田藕
	Yunxiao	薺蔥
	Dongshan	馬薺蔥
	Taipei	馬薺
	Kaohsiung	馬薺
	Tainan	馬薺
	Taichung	馬薺
	Wuqi	馬薺
	Hsinchu	馬薺
	Taitung	馬薺
	Lukang	馬薺
	Sanxia	馬薺
	Yilan	馬薺
	Kinmen	馬薺
	Magong	馬薺
	Penang (Hokkien)	馬蹄
	Singapore (Hokkien)	馬薺, 錢蔥
	Longyan	田藕
	Datian	馬薺, 荸薺
	Chaozhou	錢蔥
	Shantou	錢蔥
	Haifeng	馬蹄
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	錢蔥
	Qionghai	馬蹄子
	Haikou	馬蹄子
	Leizhou	馬蹄子
Puxian Min	Putian	莓薺
	Xianyou	莓薺
Min Zhong	Yong'an	馬薺
	Sanyuan	馬薺
	Shaxian	馬薺
Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	馬蹄
	Guilin (Dahe)	荸薺
Wu	Shanghai	荸薺, 地栗
	Suzhou	荸薺
	Wuxi	荸薺
	Hangzhou	荸薺
	Wenzhou	荸薺
	Chongming	地栗
	Danyang	荸薺
	Jinhua	蒲薺
	Tangxi	糖蒲薺
	Ningbo	蒲薺, 地栗
Xiang	Changsha	荸薺, 荸薺子, 慈姑子
	Shuangfeng	慈姑子
	Xiangtan	慈姑子

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dì (di⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ
    • Wade–Giles: ti4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dih
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /tek̚/

Rime
Character	芍
Reading #	5/5
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	錫 (127)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	都歷切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/tek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/tɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/tek̚/
Wang Li	/tiek̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/tiek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	di

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pleːwɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	芍
Reading #	5/5
No.	11214
Phonetic component	勺
Rime group	藥
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	的
Old Chinese	/*pleːwɢ/
Notes	爾雅作的，集韻作菂

Definitions

芍

1. ^† Alternative form of 菂 (dì, “lotus seed”).

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): què (que⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄝˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: què
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄝˋ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüeh4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiueh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰɥɛ⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡sʰɨɐk̚/

Rime
Character	芍
Reading #	3/5
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	藥 (107)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	七雀切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɨɐk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰiɐk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰiɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɨak̚/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiak̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭak̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯ak̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	que

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*spʰlewɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	芍
Reading #	2/5
No.	11187
Phonetic component	勺
Rime group	藥
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	鵲
Old Chinese	/*spʰlewɢ/

Definitions

芍

1. Only used in 芍陂.

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Japanese

Kanji

芍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しゃく (shaku)
• Kun: くろくわい (kurokuwai), はすのみ (hasunomi)

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Korean

Hanja

芍 • (jak, jeok) (hangeul 작, 적, revised jak, jeok, McCune–Reischauer chak, chŏk, Yale cak, cek)

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Vietnamese

Han character

芍 (thược)

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