菸

See also: 烟

菸 U+83F8, 菸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-83F8 ← 菷 [U+83F7] CJK Unified Ideographs 菹 → [U+83F9]

Translingual

Han character

菸 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜尸卜 (TYSY), four-corner 4423₃, composition ⿱艹於)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1040, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31235
• Dae Jaweon: page 1499, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3239, character 4
• Unihan data for U+83F8

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
閼	*qran, *qeːn, *qaːd, *qad
菸	*qeːn, *qas
於	*qaː, *qa
淤	*qa, *qas
箊	*qa
唹	*qa
扵	*qa
瘀	*qas
棜	*qas

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qeːn, *qas): semantic 艸 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 於 (OC *qaː, *qa).

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 菸 – see 煙 (“tobacco; cigarette”). (This character is a variant traditional form of 煙).

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		菸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yū (yu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yū
    • Zhuyin: ㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yu
    • Wade–Giles: yü¹
    • Yale: yū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iu
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵⁵/

Definitions

菸

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to fade; to wither; to wilt

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		菸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yù (yu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yù
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yù
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴
    • Yale: yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: 'joH

Rime
Character	菸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	依倨切
Baxter	'joH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨʌH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiɔH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiɔH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɨə̆H/
Li Rong	/ʔiɔH/
Wang Li	/ĭoH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯woH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qas/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	菸
Reading #	2/2
No.	15818
Phonetic component	於
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	飫
Old Chinese	/*qas/

Definitions

菸

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a kind of smelly grass

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 菸 – see 薰 (“(Min) cigarette; smoke”). (This character is a variant form of 薰).

References

• “菸”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

菸

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): えん (en)、よ (yo)、おん (on)