薓

薓 U+8593, 薓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8593 ← 薒 [U+8592] CJK Unified Ideographs 薔 → [U+8594]

Translingual

Han character

薓 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿水尸水 (TESE) or 難廿水尸水 (XTESE), composition ⿱艹𣹰)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1061, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32112
• Dae Jaweon: page 1525, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3308, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8593

Chinese

trad.		薓
simp. #		薓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēn (shen¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shen
    • Wade–Giles: shên¹
    • Yale: shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shen
    • Palladius: шэнь (šɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: srim

Rime
Character	薓
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	所今切
Baxter	srim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠiɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚim/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃiem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂjim/
Li Rong	/ʃjəm/
Wang Li	/ʃĭĕm/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂi̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sam1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*srim/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	薓
Reading #	1/1
No.	10495
Phonetic component	侵
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	森
Old Chinese	/*srim/
Notes	蔘古文

Definitions

薓

1. Original form of 參 (“ginseng or other similar plants”).

Japanese

Kanji

薓

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しん (shin)
• Kun: にんじん (ninjin); ちょうせんにんじん (chōsenninjin)