藪

See also: 籔 and 薮

藪 U+85EA, 藪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85EA ← 藩 [U+85E9] CJK Unified Ideographs 藫 → [U+85EB]

Translingual

Han character

藪 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+15, 21 strokes, cangjie input 廿中女大 (TLVK), four-corner 4444₈, composition ⿱艹數)

1. marsh, swamp
2. wild country
3. clump of trees or bushes

Derived characters

• 𭬼

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1066, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32348
• Dae Jaweon: page 1531, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3319, character 5
• Unihan data for U+85EA

Chinese

trad.		藪
simp.		薮

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
樓	*ɡ·roː
摟	*roː, *ro
耬	*roː
僂	*ɡ·roː, *ɡ·roːs, *ɡ·roʔ
婁	*ɡ·roː, *ɡ·ro
螻	*roː
髏	*roː
蔞	*roː, *ro, *roʔ
鞻	*roː
艛	*ɡ·roː
膢	*roː, *ro
廔	*roː
嘍	*roː, *roːʔ
瞜	*roː, *ro
簍	*roː, *roːʔ, *roʔ
慺	*roː, *ro, *roʔ
鷜	*roː, *ro
褸	*roː, *roʔ
遱	*roː
謱	*roː, *roːʔ, *roʔ
嶁	*roːʔ, *roʔ
甊	*roːʔ
塿	*roːʔ
漊	*roːʔ, *roʔ
鏤	*roːs, *ro
瘻	*roːs, *ro
擻	*sloːʔ
藪	*sloːʔ
籔	*sloːʔ, *sroʔ
氀	*ro
縷	*roʔ
屢	*ros
數	*sroʔ, *sros, *sroːɡ
屨	*klos
窶	*ɡloʔ
貗	*ɡloʔ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǒu (sou³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): só͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǒu
    • Wade–Giles: sou³
    • Yale: sǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: soou
    • Palladius: соу (sou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /soʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: sau²
    • Yale: sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: só͘
    • Tâi-lô: sóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔ⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: suwX

Rime
Character	藪
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蘇后切
Baxter	suwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/səuX/
Pan Wuyun	/səuX/
Shao Rongfen	/səuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/səwX/
Li Rong	/suX/
Wang Li	/səuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/sə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sau2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sloːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	藪
Reading #	1/1
No.	8484
Phonetic component	婁
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	叜
Old Chinese	/*sloːʔ/

Definitions

藪

1. shallow lake overgrown with wild plants
2. gathering place

Compounds

• 利藪 / 利薮
• 斗藪 / 斗薮
• 林藪 / 林薮
• 淵藪 / 渊薮
• 盜藪 / 盗薮 (dàosǒu)
• 藪幽 / 薮幽
• 藪澤 / 薮泽 (sǒuzé)
• 藪貓 / 薮猫 (sǒumāo)
• 藪鳥 / 薮鸟
• 言談林藪 / 言谈林薮
• 逋逃藪 / 逋逃薮 (būtáosǒu)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dòu (dou⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dau³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): teu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): dêu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dòu
    • Wade–Giles: tou⁴
    • Yale: dòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dow
    • Palladius: доу (dou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: dau³
    • Yale: dau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: deo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐu̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: teu
    • Hakka Romanization System: deu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: deu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /teu̯⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: dêu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /teu⁵³/

Definitions

藪

1. (Cantonese, Hakka) alternative form of 竇 / 窦 (dòu, “nest; den; home”) (chiefly used in place names.)

   鶴藪／鹤薮 [Cantonese]  ―  hok⁶ dau³ [Jyutping]  ―  Hok Tau (a place in Hong Kong)