萰

萰 U+8430, 萰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8430 ← 萯 [U+842F] CJK Unified Ideographs 萱 → [U+8431]

Translingual

Han character

萰 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿木田火 (TDWF), four-corner 4490₆, composition ⿱艹柬)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1042, character 40
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31344
• Dae Jaweon: page 1503, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3245, character 7
• Unihan data for U+8430

Chinese

trad.		萰
simp. #		萰

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
蘭	*ɡ·raːn
攔	*ɡ·raːn
欄	*ɡ·raːn
瀾	*ɡ·raːn, *ɡ·raːns
讕	*ɡ·raːn, *ɡ·raːnʔ, *ɡ·raːns
闌	*ɡ·raːn
韊	*ɡ·raːn
幱	*ɡ·raːn
籣	*ɡ·raːn
躝	*ɡ·raːn
爛	*ɡ·raːns
爤	*ɡ·raːns
鑭	*ɡ·raːns
糷	*ɡ·raːns
斕	*ɡ·reːn
揀	*kreːnʔ, *ɡ·reːns
柬	*kreːnʔ
暕	*kreːnʔ
諫	*kraːns
練	*ɡ·reːns
鍊	*ɡ·reːns
煉	*ɡ·reːns
楝	*ɡ·reːns
萰	*ɡ·reːns
堜	*ɡ·reːns
湅	*ɡ·reːns

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liàn (lian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liàn
    • Wade–Giles: lien⁴
    • Yale: lyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liann
    • Palladius: лянь (ljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: lenH

Rime
Character	萰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	郎甸切
Baxter	lenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lenH/
Pan Wuyun	/lenH/
Shao Rongfen	/lɛnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛnH/
Li Rong	/lenH/
Wang Li	/lienH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lienH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lin6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·reːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	萰
Reading #	1/1
No.	6146
Phonetic component	柬
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	練
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·reːns/

Definitions

萰

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative name for 白蘞／白蔹 (báiliǎn, “root of Ampelopsis japonica”).