薍

薍 U+858D, 薍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-858D ← 薌 [U+858C] CJK Unified Ideographs 薎 → [U+858E]

Translingual

Han character

薍 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿月月山 (TBBU), four-corner 4421₂, composition ⿱艹亂)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1060, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32102
• Dae Jaweon: page 1525, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3304, character 5
• Unihan data for U+858D

Chinese

trad.		薍
simp.		𦯠

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
覼	*roːl
亂	*roːns
薍	*ŋroːns

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wàn (wan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waan⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wàn
    • Wade–Giles: wan⁴
    • Yale: wàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wann
    • Palladius: вань (vanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: waan⁶
    • Yale: waahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn²²/

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• Middle Chinese: ngwaenH

Rime
Character	薍
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	刪 (70)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	五患切
Baxter	ngwaenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠuanH/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋʷᵚanH/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋuɐnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋwaɨnH/
Li Rong	/ŋuanH/
Wang Li	/ŋwanH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋwanH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngaan6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋroːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	薍
Reading #	1/1
No.	8646
Phonetic component	亂
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	薍
Old Chinese	/*ŋroːns/

Definitions

薍

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Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luàn (luan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luàn
    • Wade–Giles: luan⁴
    • Yale: lwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luann
    • Palladius: луань (luanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯än⁵¹/

Definitions

薍

1. Only used in 薍子／葭薍 and 菼薍.

Japanese

Shinjitai	𦯠
Kyūjitai	薍

Kanji

薍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𦯠)

Readings

• On (unclassified): らん (ran); うん (un); うえん (uen)