蕒

See also: 荬

蕒 U+8552, 蕒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8552 ← 蕑 [U+8551] CJK Unified Ideographs 蕓 → [U+8553]

Translingual

Han character

蕒 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿田中金 (TWLC), composition ⿱艹買)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1057, character 36
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31955
• Dae Jaweon: page 1520, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3291, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8552

Chinese

trad.		蕒
simp.		荬

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
買	*mreːʔ
蕒	*mreːʔ
嘪	*mreːʔ
鷶	*mreːʔ
賣	*mreːs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎi (mai³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maai⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎi
    • Wade–Giles: mai³
    • Yale: mǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mae
    • Palladius: май (maj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: maai⁵
    • Yale: máaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mai⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːi̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: meaX

Rime
Character	蕒
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	佳 (31)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	莫蟹切
Baxter	meaX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠɛX/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚæX/
Shao Rongfen	/mæiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/maɨjX/
Li Rong	/mɛX/
Wang Li	/maiX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/maiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǎi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	maai5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mreːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蕒
Reading #	1/1
No.	8728
Phonetic component	買
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	買
Old Chinese	/*mreːʔ/

Definitions

蕒

1. used in 苣蕒菜／苣荬菜 (qǔmǎicài)
2. used in 苦蕒／苦荬 (“Crepidiastrum sonchifolium”)

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C11895
• (Cantonese) Jyutping Database (粵拼資料庫)

Japanese

Kanji

蕒

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ばい (bai)、めい (mei)
• Kun: のけし (nokeshi)