蓺

蓺 U+84FA, 蓺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-84FA ← 蓹 [U+84F9] CJK Unified Ideographs 蓻 → [U+84FB]

Translingual

Han character

蓺 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿土土戈 (TGGI) or 難廿土土戈 (XTGGI), four-corner 4411₇, composition ⿱艹埶)

Derived terms

• 𣞕, 𬡵, 𤑔, 藝

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1052, character 37
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31742
• Dae Jaweon: page 1515, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3275, character 4
• Unihan data for U+84FA

Chinese

trad.		蓺
simp. #		蓺

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
褹	*ŋr'eːds, *ŋeds
勢	*hŋjeds
藝	*ŋeds
囈	*ŋeds
埶	*ŋeds
蓺	*ŋeds
槸	*ŋeds
爇	*ŋʷjed
褻	*sŋed
暬	*sŋed
熱	*ŋjed
槷	*ŋeːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋeds): semantic 艹 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 埶 (OC *ŋeds).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yì
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴
    • Yale: yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ngai⁶
    • Yale: ngaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjiejH

Rime
Character	蓺
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	祭 (35)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	魚祭切
Baxter	ngjiejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋiᴇiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋiɛiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋjæiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋiajH/
Li Rong	/ŋiɛiH/
Wang Li	/ŋĭɛiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋi̯ɛiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngai6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋet-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋeds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蓺
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yì
Middle Chinese	‹ ngjiejH ›
Old Chinese	/*ŋet-s/ (MC I!)
English	to plant
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蓺
Reading #	1/1
No.	15093
Phonetic component	埶
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	藝
Old Chinese	/*ŋeds/
Notes	同埶轉註字

Definitions

蓺

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to plant

   • 蓺麻如之何？衡從其畝。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     蓺麻如之何？衡从其亩。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Yì má rú zhī hé? Héng cóng qí mǔ. [Pinyin]

     How do we proceed in planting hemp?
     The acres must be dressed lengthwise and crosswise.

Compounds

• 殺人如蓺 / 杀人如蓺

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 蓺 – see 藝 (“art; skill; talent; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 藝).

Japanese

Kanji

蓺

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. art
2. talent
3. ability
4. craft

Readings

• On (unclassified): げい (gei)

Korean

Hanja

蓺 • (ye) (hangeul 예, revised ye, McCune–Reischauer ye, Yale yey)

1. plant
2. fulfill
3. conclude
4. target

Vietnamese

Han character

蓺: Hán Nôm readings: nghệ

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