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薰

薰

See also: 薫

Translingual

Han character

薰 (radical 140 艸+14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹土火 (THGF), four-corner 44331, composition ⿱艹熏)

  1. a medicinal herb
  2. cauterize

References

  • KangXi: page 1062, character 46
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32192
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1527, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3313, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+85B0

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 薰

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 薰 薰
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 曉 (32) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 文 (59) 文 (59)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 許云切 許運切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /hɨun/ /hɨunH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /hiun/ /hiunH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /xiuən/ /xiuənH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /hun/ /hunH/
Li
Rong		 /xiuən/ /xiuənH/
Wang
Li		 /xĭuən/ /xĭuənH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /xi̯uən/ /xi̯uənH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xūn xùn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 薰 薰
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 xūn xūn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ xjun › ‹ xjun ›
Old
Chinese		 /*qʰu[n]/ /*qʷʰər/
English Allium peaceful, harmonious

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 薰 薰
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 14107 14117
Phonetic
component		 熏 熏
Rime
group		 文 文
Rime
subdivision		 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 薰 訓
Old
Chinese		 /*qʰun/ /*qʰuns/
Notes 薰轉註字

Definitions

薰

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Japanese

Kanji

薰

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

薰 • ‎(hun) (hangeul 훈, revised hun, McCune-Reischauer hun, Yale hwun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

薰 (huân)

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