薹

薹 U+85B9, 薹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85B9 ← 薸 [U+85B8] CJK Unified Ideographs 薺 → [U+85BA]

Translingual

Han character

薹 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿土口土 (TGRG), four-corner 4410₄, composition ⿱艹臺)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1063, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32204
• Dae Jaweon: page 1527, character 33
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3310, character 4
• Unihan data for U+85B9

Chinese

trad.		薹
simp. #		薹
alternative forms		臺／台

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
懛	*tɯː
儓	*tʰɯːs, *dɯː
臺	*dɯː
擡	*dɯː
薹	*dɯː
嬯	*dɯː
檯	*dɯː
籉	*dɯː

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *dɯː): semantic 艹 (“grass”) + phonetic 臺 (OC *dɯː).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tái (tai²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): toi⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tâi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dai⁵ / tai⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶de

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tái
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tái
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai²
    • Yale: tái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tair
    • Palladius: тай (taj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: toi⁴
    • Yale: tòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: toi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâi
    • Tâi-lô: tâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tai²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tai²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dai⁵ / tai⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tâi / thâi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tai⁵⁵/, /tʰai⁵⁵/

Note:

• dai5 - vernacular;
• tai5 - literary.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶de
    • MiniDict: de^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³de
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /de²³/

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• Middle Chinese: doj

Rime
Character	薹
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	徒哀切
Baxter	doj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/dəi/
Shao Rongfen	/dɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəj/
Li Rong	/dᴀi/
Wang Li	/dɒi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tái
Expected Cantonese Reflex	toi4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*dɯː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	薹
Reading #	1/1
No.	12308
Phonetic component	臺
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	臺
Old Chinese	/*dɯː/

Definitions

薹

1. (～草) sedge (Carex)
2. (～子) an erect peduncle or shoot of a herbaceous plant, especially when it is tender and edible

   菜薹  ―  càitái  ―  flowering shoot of a brassica

   蒜薹  ―  suàntái  ―  garlic scape

   蔞蒿薹子／蒌蒿薹子  ―  lóuhāotáizǐ  ―  spring shoot of Artemisia selengensis

   抽薹  ―  chōutái  ―  to bolt

3. used in 蕓薹／芸薹 (yúntái)

Usage notes

Note that 薹 is not simplified to 苔 in Mainland China and Japan.

Synonyms

• (peduncle or flowering stem): 莛 (tíng), 蕻 (hòng)

Compounds

• 菜薹 (càitái)
• 蒜薹 (suàntái)
• 蕓薹 / 芸薹 (yúntái)
• 薹笠
• 薹草
• 薹菜

References

• “薹”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

薹

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): たい (tai)、だい (dai)
• Kun: あぶらな (aburana)、とう (tō)

Vietnamese

Han character

薹: Hán Nôm readings: đài

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