莧

See also: 苋 and 萈

莧 U+83A7, 莧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-83A7 ← 莦 [U+83A6] CJK Unified Ideographs 莨 → [U+83A8]

Translingual

Han character

莧 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 11 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 10 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿月山山 (TBUU), four-corner 4421₆, composition ⿱艹見)

Usage notes

• This character contains the grass radical (艹) and is not to be confused with visually similar 萈 (U+8408) which contains the ram's horn component (⻀) and an additional 丶 stroke on the top right of 儿 below 目.

Derived characters

• 𦎽, 寛, 𪢯

Related characters

• 苋 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1035, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31074
• Dae Jaweon: page 1494, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3218, character 3
• Unihan data for U+83A7

Chinese

trad.		莧
simp.		苋

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
涀	*ɡeːlʔ, *kʰeːns, *ɡeːns
莧	*ɡreːns
粯	*ɡreːns
晛	*ŋl'eːns, *ɡeːnʔ
筧	*keːnʔ
絸	*keːnʔ
垷	*keːnʔ, *ɡeːnʔ
挸	*keːnʔ
見	*keːns, *ɡeːns
俔	*kʰeːns, *ɡeːnʔ
蜆	*kʰeːns, *qʰeːnʔ, *ɡeːnʔ
硯	*ŋɡeːn, *ŋɡeːns
峴	*ɡeːnʔ
哯	*ɡeːnʔ
睍	*ɡeːnʔ
現	*ɡeːns

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàn (xian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jin⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): han⁴

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): han

  (Meixian, Guangdong): han⁴

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hēng / hāng / hěng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hoin⁷ / hain⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsien⁴
    • Yale: syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiann
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jin⁶
    • Yale: yihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: han⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /han²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: han
    • Hakka Romanization System: han
    • Hagfa Pinyim: han⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /han⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: han⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /han⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Kaohsiung, Hsinchu, Sanxia, Taichung, Tainan, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hēng
    • Tâi-lô: hīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: heng
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan): /hiɪŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Kinmen, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāng
    • Tâi-lô: hāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hang
    • IPA (Taipei): /haŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /haŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Lukang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hěng
    • Tâi-lô: hǐng
    • IPA (Lukang): /hiɪŋ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hoin⁷ / hain⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hōiⁿ / hāiⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hõĩ¹¹/, /hãĩ¹¹/

Note: hain7 - Jieyang.

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• Middle Chinese: heanH

Rime
Character	莧
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	山 (73)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	侯襇切
Baxter	heanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠɛnH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚænH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəɨnH/
Li Rong	/ɣɛnH/
Wang Li	/ɣænH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣănH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	haan6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡreːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	莧
Reading #	1/1
No.	6185
Phonetic component	見
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ɡreːns/
Notes	見爾雅

Definitions

莧

1. edible amaranth (Amaranthus tricolor)

Compounds

• 莧菜／苋菜 (xiàncài)
• 野莧菜／野苋菜
• 馬齒莧／马齿苋 (mǎchǐxiàn)

 

Japanese

Kanji

莧

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. amaranth; amaranthus

Readings

• Go-on: けん (ken); げん (gen)
• Kan-on: かん (kan)
• Kun: ひゆ (hiyu, 莧)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
莧
ひゆ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひゆ [híꜜyù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) ひゆ [hìyú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [çijɯ̟]

Noun

莧(ひゆ) or 莧(ヒユ) • (hiyu) 

1. Amaranthus tricolor (Joseph's coat); tampala, specifically Amaranthus tricolor var. mangostanus

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Derived terms

• 犬莧(イヌビユ) (inubiyu): Amaranthus blitum
• 針莧(ハリビユ) (haribiyu): Amaranthus spinosus
• 滑莧(スベリヒユ) (suberihiyu): Portulaca oleracea

See also

• 葉鶏頭(ハゲイトウ) (hageitō, “subsp. tricolor”)

Korean

Hanja

莧 • (hyeon) (hangeul 현, revised hyeon, Yale hyen)

1. (비름): amaranth, amaranthus

Vietnamese

Han character

莧: Hán Nôm readings: hiện

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References

• Nom Foundation