薕

薕 U+8595, 薕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8595 ← 薔 [U+8594] CJK Unified Ideographs 薖 → [U+8596]

Translingual

Han character

薕 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿戈廿金 (TITC), four-corner 4423₇, composition ⿱艹廉)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1061, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32114
• Dae Jaweon: page 1525, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3305, character 10
• Unihan data for U+8595

Chinese

trad.		薕
simp. #		薕

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
譧	*r'eːms
賺	*r'eːms
尲	*kreːm
鹻	*kreːmʔ
歉	*kʰreːms, *kʰreːmʔ, *kʰeːmʔ, *kʰeːms
槏	*kʰreːmʔ
鰜	*ɡreːm, *keːm
稴	*ɡreːm, *ɡ·reːm, *ɡ·reːmʔ, *ɡ·reːms, *ɡeːm
豏	*ɡreːmʔ, *ɡreːms
甉	*ɡreːmʔ, *ɡraːm
廉	*ɡ·rem
鎌	*ɡ·rem
鬑	*ɡ·rem, *ɡ·reːm
鐮	*ɡ·rem
簾	*ɡ·rem
薕	*ɡ·rem, *ɡ·reːm
蠊	*ɡ·rem
嬚	*ɡ·remʔ
溓	*ɡ·remʔ, *ɡ·reːm, *ɡ·reːmʔ
嵰	*kʰremʔ
隒	*ŋɡremʔ
熑	*ɡ·reːm
濂	*ɡ·reːm
燫	*ɡ·reːm
兼	*keːm, *keːms
縑	*keːm
鶼	*keːm
蒹	*keːm
搛	*keːm
謙	*kʰeːm
膁	*kʰeːmʔ
嗛	*kʰeːmʔ
慊	*kʰeːmʔ, *kʰeːb
傔	*kʰeːms
馦	*qʰeːm
嫌	*ɡeːm
鼸	*ɡeːmʔ
尷	*kreːm

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lián (lian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lián
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lián
    • Wade–Giles: lien²
    • Yale: lyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lian
    • Palladius: лянь (ljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ljem, lem

Rime
Character	薕	薕
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)	添 (157)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	力鹽切	勒兼切
Baxter	ljem	lem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇm/	/lem/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛm/	/lem/
Shao Rongfen	/ljæm/	/lɛm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liam/	/lɛm/
Li Rong	/liɛm/	/lem/
Wang Li	/lĭɛm/	/liem/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯ɛm/	/liem/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lián	lián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lim4	lim4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·rem/, /*ɡ·reːm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	薕	薕
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	6047	6057
Phonetic component	兼	兼
Rime group	談	談
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	廉	鬑
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·rem/	/*ɡ·reːm/

Definitions

薕

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Amur silvergrass that has not flowered