苬

苬	U+82EC, 苬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-82EC

← 苫
[U+82EB]

CJK Unified Ideographs

苭 →
[U+82ED]

Translingual

Han character

苬 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿田人 (TWO), four-corner 4460₀, composition ⿱艹囚)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1024, character 6
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30803
Dae Jaweon: page 1483, character 6
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3192, character 7
Unihan data for U+82EC

Chinese

trad.		苬
simp. ^#		苬

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
鮂	ʔslu, lju
囚	*lju
泅	*lju
苬	*lju

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiú (xiu²)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiú
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sióu
  - Wade–Giles: hsiu²
  - Yale: syóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyou
  - Palladius: сю (sju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: cau⁴
  - Yale: chàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ceo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: zjuw

Rime
Character	苬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	似尤切
Baxter	zjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/zɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ziu/
Shao Rongfen	/ziəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zuw/
Li Rong	/ziu/
Wang Li	/zĭəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/zi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cau⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*lju/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	苬
Reading #	1/1
No.	10556
Phonetic component	囚
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*lju/
Notes	見爾雅

Definitions

苬

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) artist's bracket, Ganoderma applanatum