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蔗
蔗
Translingual
Han character
蔗 (radical 140 艸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿戈廿火 (TITF), four-corner 44231, composition ⿱艹庶)
References
- KangXi: page 1054, character 16
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31794
- Dae Jaweon: page 1517, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3283, character 3
- Unihan data for U+8517
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
蔗 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (庶) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 褯 | *zljaːɡs |
| 遮 | *tjaː |
| 蔗 | *tjaːɡs |
| 鷓 | *tjaːɡs |
| 樜 | *tjaːɡs, *hljaɡs |
| 蟅 | *tjaːɡs, *tjaːɡ |
| 嗻 | *tjaːɡs |
| 鍍 | *daː, *daːɡs |
| 度 | *daːɡs, *daːɡ |
| 渡 | *daːɡs |
| 庶 | *hljaɡs |
| 剫 | *daːɡ |
| 踱 | *daːɡ |
| 喥 | *daːɡ |
| 謶 | *tjaɡ |
| 席 | *ljaːɡ |
| 蓆 | *ljaːɡ |
| 墌 | *tjaːɡ |
| 摭 | *tjaːɡ |
| 蹠 | *tjaːɡ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄜˋ
- Wade-Giles: chê4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeh
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ze3
- Yale: je
- Cantonese Pinyin: dze3
- IPA (key): /t͡sɛː³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chià
- Tâi-lô: tsià
- Phofsit Daibuun: ciax
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕia²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕia⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕia²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕia¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕia²¹/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 蔗 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 麻 (100) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 之夜切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/t͡ɕiaH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/t͡ɕiaH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/t͡ɕiaH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ciaH/ |
| Li Rong |
/t͡ɕiaH/ |
| Wang Li |
/t͡ɕĭaH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/t͡ɕi̯aH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
zhè |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 蔗 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
zhè |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ tsyæH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*tAk-s/ |
| English | sugarcane |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 蔗 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11896 |
| Phonetic component |
庶 |
| Rime group |
暮 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
柘 |
| Old Chinese |
/*tjaːɡs/ |
| Notes | 招魂作柘 |
Definitions
蔗
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
蔗
- sugar cane