薴

See also: 苧 and 檸

薴 U+85B4, 薴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85B4 ← 薳 [U+85B3] CJK Unified Ideographs 薵 → [U+85B5]

Translingual

Han character

薴 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 廿十心弓 (TJPN), four-corner 4420₁, composition ⿱艹寧)

References

• KangXi: page 1062, character 50
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32196
• Dae Jaweon: page 1527, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3316, character 13
• Unihan data for U+85B4

Chinese

trad.		薴
simp.		苧*

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
濘	*neːs, *neːŋʔ, *neːŋs
獰	*rnaːŋ
檸	*rnaːŋʔ
儜	*rneːŋ
薴	*rneːŋ
鬡	*rneːŋ
鑏	*rneːŋ
嬣	*rneːŋ
寍	*neːŋ
寗	*neːŋs
甯	*neːŋs
寧	*neːŋ
鸋	*neːŋ, *neːŋs
嚀	*neːŋ
聹	*neːŋ, *neːŋʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): níng (ning²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ning⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: níng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: níng
    • Wade–Giles: ning²
    • Yale: níng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ning
    • Palladius: нин (nin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ning⁴
    • Yale: nìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ning⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ning⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɪŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɳˠɛŋ/

Rime
Character	薴
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	耕 (117)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	女耕切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳˠɛŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳᵚæŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/nɐŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳəɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/nɛŋ/
Wang Li	/næŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/næŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	néng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nang4

Definitions

薴

1. disorderly; messy
2. Used in 薺薴／荠苧
3. Used in 薴烯／苧烯 (níngxī, “limonene”)

Compounds

• 薴烯／苧烯 (níngxī)

• 薺薴／荠苧

Japanese

Kanji

薴

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: にょう (nyō)
• Kan-on: ねい (nei)
• Kun: みだれる (midareru)