薟

	Old Chinese
厱	raːm, kʰreːm, *kʰlam
歛	*qʰlaːm
臉	ɡ·reːmʔ, skʰlam, *kramʔ
醶	ɡr·reːmʔ, skʰraːmʔ
鹼	kreːmʔ, skʰlam
薟	ɡ·ram, ɡ·ramʔ, *qʰram
匳	*ɡ·ram
獫	ɡ·ram, ɡ·ramʔ, ɡ·rams, qʰramʔ
蘞	ɡ·ram, ɡ·ramʔ, *qʰlam
籢	*ɡ·ram
斂	ɡ·ramʔ, ɡ·rams
瀲	ɡ·ramʔ, ɡ·rams
撿	ɡ·ramʔ, kramʔ
羷	*ɡ·ramʔ
殮	*ɡ·rams
簽	*skʰlam
僉	*skʰlam
憸	skʰlam, skʰlamʔ, sqʰlam, qʰramʔ
譣	skʰlam, qʰramʔ
檢	*kramʔ
瞼	*kramʔ
儉	*ɡramʔ
顩	ŋramʔ, rlɯmʔ, *kʰrɯmʔ
嬐	*ŋramʔ
嶮	ŋramʔ, hŋramʔ
噞	ŋramʔ, ŋrams
驗	*ŋrams
險	*qʰramʔ
劒	*kams
劍	*kams
𩏩	*qʰam

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *qʰram) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 僉 (OC *skʰlam)

Etymology 1 edit

For pronunciation and definitions of 薟 – see 蘞. (This character is a variant form of 蘞).

Etymology 2 edit

trad.		薟
simp.		莶
alternative forms		馦

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiān, liàn

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ, ㄌㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): him¹, cim¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hiam

(Teochew, Peng'im): hiam¹ / hiang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sian
  - Wade–Giles: hsien¹
  - Yale: syān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shian
  - Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liàn
  - Wade–Giles: lien⁴
  - Yale: lyàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liann
  - Palladius: лянь (ljanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: him¹, cim¹
  - Yale: hīm, chīm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: him¹, tsim¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: him¹, qim¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːm⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰiːm⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiam
  - Tâi-lô: hiam
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiafm
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiam⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiam³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiam⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiam⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiam⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hiam¹ / hiang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiam / hiang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiam³³/, /hiaŋ³³/

Note:

hiam1 - Chaozhou, Shantou, Chaoyang, Jieyang, Raoping, Pontianak;
hiang1 - Chenghai.

Definitions edit

薟

(Taiwanese, Malaysian and Singapore Hokkien; Teochew; Zhao'an Hakka) spicy
(Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) pungent

Synonyms edit

Dialectal synonyms of 辣 (“spicy”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		辛
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		辣, 辛辣
Mandarin	Beijing	辣
	Taiwan	辣
	Tianjin	辣
	Tangshan	辣
	Cangzhou	辣
	Baoding	辣
	Shijiazhuang	辣
	Chifeng	辣
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	辣
	Harbin	辣
	Shenyang	辣
	Yantai (Muping)	辣
	Qingdao	辣
	Jinan	辣
	Wanrong	麻
	Zhengzhou	辣
	Xi'an	辣
	Yinchuan	辣
	Lanzhou	辣
	Xining	辣
	Ürümqi	辣
	Wuhan	辣
	Chengdu	辣
	Chongqing	辣
	Guiyang	辣
	Kunming	辣
	Guilin	辣
	Liuzhou	辣
	Xuzhou	辣
	Yangzhou	辣
	Nanjing	辣
	Hefei	辣
	Nantong	辣
	Malaysia	辣
	Singapore	辣
Cantonese	Guangzhou	辣
	Hong Kong	辣
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	辣
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	辣
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	辣
	Taishan	辣
	Dongguan	辣
	Yangjiang	辣
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	辣
	Singapore (Guangfu)	辣
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	辣
Gan	Nanchang	辣
	Lichuan	辣
	Pingxiang	辣
Hakka	Meixian	辣
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	辣
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	辣
	Wengyuan	辣
	Liannan	辣
	Jiexi	辣
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	辣
	Changting	辣
	Wuping (Yanqian)	辣
	Ninghua	辣
	Yudu	辣
	Ningdu	辣
	Tonggu (Sandu)	辣
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	辣
	Dayu	辣
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	辣
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	辣
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	辣
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	辣
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	辣
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	薟
	Hong Kong	辣
	Mengshan (Xihe)	辣
	Luchuan	辣
	Senai (Huiyang)	辣
Huizhou	Jixi	辣
Huizhou	Shexian	辣
Jin	Taiyuan	辣
	Xinzhou	辣
	Linhe	辣
	Jining	辣
	Hohhot	辣
	Zhangjiakou	辣
	Handan	辣
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	辣
Southern Min	Xiamen	辣
	Quanzhou	辣
	Zhangzhou	辣
	Zhao'an	薟
	Dongshan	薟
	Taipei	薟
	Taipei (Wanhua)	薟
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	薟
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	薟
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	薟
	Kaohsiung	薟
	Yilan	薟
	Changhua (Lukang)	薟
	Taichung	薟
	Taichung (Wuqi)	薟
	Tainan	辣, 薟
	Taitung	薟
	Hsinchu	薟
	Kinmen	辣
	Penghu (Magong)	辣
	Penang (Hokkien)	薟, 辣
	Singapore (Hokkien)	薟, 辣
	Manila (Hokkien)	風, 辣
	Chaozhou	薟
	Shantou	薟
	Shantou (Chenghai)	薟
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	薟
	Jieyang	薟
	Haifeng	薟
	Bangkok (Teochew)	薟
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	薟
	Singapore (Teochew)	薟
	Pontianak (Teochew)	薟
	Wenchang	辣
	Haikou	辣
	Qionghai	辣
Puxian Min	Putian	辣
	Putian (Donghai)	辣
	Putian (Jiangkou)	辣
	Putian (Nanri)	辣
	Xianyou	辣
	Xianyou (Fengting)	辣
	Xianyou (Youyang)	辣
Central Min	Yong'an	辣
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	辣
Shehua	Fu'an	辣
	Fuding	辣
	Luoyuan	辣
	Sanming	辣
	Shunchang	辣
	Hua'an	辣
	Guixi (Zhangping)	辣
	Cangnan	辣
	Jingning	辣
	Lishui	辣
	Longyou	辣
	Chaozhou	辣
	Fengshun	辣
Wu	Shanghai	辣
	Shanghai (Chongming)	辣
	Suzhou	辣
	Danyang	辣
	Hangzhou	辣
	Ningbo	辣
	Wenzhou	辣
	Jinhua	辣
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	辣農
Xiang	Changsha	辣
Xiang	Loudi	辣

Compounds edit

Descendants edit

→ English: hiam

References edit

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C11965
“Entry #12382”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
“薟”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

薟

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings edit

On (unclassified): れん (ren); けん (ken); こん (kon); げん (gen); ごん (gon)
Kun: やぶからし (yabukarashi)