薻

薻 U+85BB, 薻 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85BB ← 薺 [U+85BA] CJK Unified Ideographs 薼 → [U+85BC]

Translingual

Han character

薻 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 廿水女木 (TEVD), composition ⿱艹漅)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1063, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32210
• Dae Jaweon: page 1528, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3316, character 7
• Unihan data for U+85BB

Chinese

simp. and trad.		薻

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
璅	*ʔslaːwʔ
繅	*ʔslaːwʔ, *slaːw
薻	*ʔslaːwʔ
罺	*ʔsraːw, *sʰraːws
摷	*ʔsraːw, *raːw
勦	*sʰraːw, *zraːw, *ʔslawʔ
巢	*zraːw, *zraːws
轈	*zraːw
樔	*zraːw
鄛	*zraːw
剿	*ʔslawʔ
漅	*ʔslawʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǎo (zao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǎo
    • Wade–Giles: tsao³
    • Yale: dzǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzao
    • Palladius: цзао (czao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tsawX

Rime
Character	薻
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	子晧切
Baxter	tsawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɑuX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sɑuX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sɑuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sawX/
Li Rong	/t͡sɑuX/
Wang Li	/t͡sɑuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sɑuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zou2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔslaːwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	薻
Reading #	1/1
No.	1289
Phonetic component	巢
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	早
Old Chinese	/*ʔslaːwʔ/

Definitions

薻

1. Alternative form of 藻 (zǎo)