U+8429, 萩
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8429

[U+8428]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+842A]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 13 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 12 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿竹木火 (THDF), four-corner 44989, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1042, character 27
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31333
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1500, character 37
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3249, character 20
  • Unihan data for U+8429

Chinese

trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (14)
Final () (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter tshjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʰɨu/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʰiu/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sʰiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sʰuw/
Li
Rong
/t͡sʰiu/
Wang
Li
/t͡sʰĭəu/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/t͡sʰi̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qiū
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cau1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 10544
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sʰɯw/

Definitions

  1. wormwood
  2. synonym of (, Chinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata))
  3. firewood
  4. shrubby bush clover (Lespedeza bicolor)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Readings

  • Go-on: しゅ (shu)
  • Kan-on: しゅう (shū)しう (siu, historical)
  • Kun: はぎ (hagi, )
  • Nanori: (ha)

Usage notes

Etymology

Kanji in this term
はぎ
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Noun

(はぎ) or (ハギ) • (hagi

  1. bush clover, general term for plants of genus Lespedeza. Culturally important as one of the seven flowers of autumn.
    Hypernym: 秋の七草
    Coordinate terms: , 尾花, , 撫子, 女郎花, 藤袴, 桔梗
  2. (especially) synonym of 山萩 (yamahagi, Lespedeza bicolor)
  3. a 家紋 (crest) pattern of bush clover
  4. (card games, hanafuda) The suit of bush clover in a hanafuda deck, representing the month of July
    Synonym: 赤豆 (akamame)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary). As a hanafuda term, it is typically written in kanji, as 萩.

Derived terms

See also

Hanafuda suits in Japanese · 花札スート (hanafuda no sūto) (layout · text)
1月 (ichigatsu) 2月 (nigatsu) 3月 (sangatsu) 4月 (shigatsu) 5月 (gogatsu) 6月 (rokugatsu)
(matsu) (ume) (sakura) (fuji)
黒豆 (kuromame)
菖蒲 (ayame, shōbu)
杜若 (kakitsubata)
牡丹 (botan)
7月 (shichigatsu) 8月 (hachigatsu) 9月 (kugatsu) 10月 (jūgatsu) 11月 (jūichigatsu) 12月 (jūnigatsu)
(hagi)
赤豆 (akamame)
(susuki)
坊主 (bōzu)
(kiku) 紅葉 (momiji) (yanagi)
(ame)
(kiri)

Proper noun

(はぎ) • (Hagi

  1. Hagi (a city in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan)
  2. a female given name

Korean

Hanja

(eum (chu))

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: thèm

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