薆

薆 U+8586, 薆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8586 ← 薅 [U+8585] CJK Unified Ideographs 薇 → [U+8587]

Translingual

Han character

薆 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 17 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 16 strokes in simplified Chinese and Japanese, cangjie input 廿月月水 (TBBE), four-corner 4424₇, composition ⿱艹愛)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1060, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32087
• Dae Jaweon: page 1524, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3304, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8586

Chinese

trad.		薆
simp.		𫉁

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
愛	*qɯːds
曖	*qɯːds, *qaːds
僾	*qɯːds, *qɯlʔ
靉	*qɯːds, *qɯlʔ
薆	*qɯːds
璦	*qɯːds
瞹	*qaːds

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ài (ai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): oi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ài
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ài
    • Wade–Giles: ai⁴
    • Yale: ài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ay
    • Palladius: ай (aj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: oi³
    • Yale: oi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: oi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: oi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːi̯³³/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

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• Middle Chinese: 'ojH

Rime
Character	薆
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	烏代切
Baxter	'ojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔəiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔəjH/
Li Rong	/ʔᴀiH/
Wang Li	/ɒiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	oi3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qɯːds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	薆
Reading #	1/1
No.	5
Phonetic component	愛
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	愛
Old Chinese	/*qɯːds/

Definitions

薆

1. (literary) to hide; to cover
2. (literary) lush; luxuriant
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) (alt. form 馤) scented; fragrant

Compounds

• 塕薆 / 塕𫉁
• 蓊薆 / 蓊𫉁
• 薆然 / 𫉁然
• 薆薆 / 𫉁𫉁
• 薆薱 / 𫉁𰰱

Japanese

Kanji

薆

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): あい (ai)、き (ki)、け (ke)
• Kun: かくす (kakusu)

Korean

Hanja

薆 • (ae) (hangeul 애, revised ae, McCune–Reischauer ae, Yale ay)

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