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薙

薙

Translingual

Han character

薙 (radical 140 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿人大土 (TOKG), four-corner 4441₄)

weed
shave

References

KangXi: page 1061, character 20

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32121

Dae Jaweon: page 1525, character 15

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3302, character 7

Unihan data for U+8599

Chinese

simp. and trad.		薙

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (矢) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
彘	*l'eds
璏	l'eds, ɢʷleds, *ɢʷled
薙	l̥ʰiːs, ljiʔ, *l'iʔ
知	*ʔl'e
蜘	*te
智	*ʔl'es
鼅	*te
潪	teɡs, deɡ
踟	*de
雉	*l'iʔ
矢	*hliʔ
痴	*l̥ʰɯ

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): tì (ti⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: tì
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˋ
  - Wade-Giles: t'ih⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tih
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tai³
  - Yale: tai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tai³
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯³³/

Middle Chinese: /zˠiɪ^X/, /ɖˠiɪ^X/, /tʰei^H/▼

Rime
Character	薙	薙	薙
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)	澄 (11)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)	脂 (17)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III	Chongniu III	IV
Fanqie	徐姊切	直几切	他計切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/zˠiɪ^X/	/ɖˠiɪ^X/	/tʰei^H/
Pan Wuyun	/zᵚi^X/	/ɖᵚi^X/	/tʰei^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ziɪ^X/	/ȡiɪ^X/	/tʰɛi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zji^X/	/ɖji^X/	/tʰɛj^H/
Li Rong	/zji^X/	/ȡji^X/	/tʰei^H/
Wang Li	/zi^X/	/ȡi^X/	/tʰiei^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/zi^X/	/ȡʱi^X/	/tʰiei^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sì	zhì	tì

Old Chinese▼

(Baxter-Sagart): /*l̥ˤij-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰiːs/, /*ljiʔ/, /*l'iʔ/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	薙
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tì
Middle Chinese	‹ thej^H ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥ˤij-s/
English	clear weeds
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	薙	薙	薙
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	11494	11501	11503
Phonetic component	矢	矢	矢
Rime group	脂	脂	脂
Rime subdivision	2	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	替	兕	雉
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰiːs/	/*ljiʔ/	/*l'iʔ/
Notes			通作夷

Definitions

薙

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Compounds

刊薙
草薙禽獮／草薙禽狝

薙髮／薙发

薙髮令／薙发令

Japanese

Kanji

薙

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Goon: たい (tai), じ (ji)

Kan’on: てい (tei), ち (chi)

Kun: かる (karu), なぐ (nagu)

Korean

Hanja

薙 • ‎(chi) (hangeul 치, revised chi, McCune-Reischauer ch'i, Yale chi)

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