萩
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Translingual
Han character
萩 (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 ⿱艹秋)
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. | 萩 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 萩 | |
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (秋) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: qiū
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ciou
- Wade–Giles: chʻiu1
- Yale: chyōu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiou
- Palladius: цю (cju)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: jiāo
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jiao
- Wade–Giles: chiao1
- Yale: jyāu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiau
- Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: cau1
- Yale: chāu
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsau1
- Guangdong Romanization: ceo1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: tshjuw
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*sʰɯw/
Definitions
萩
- wormwood
- synonym of 梓 (zǐ, “Chinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata)”)
- firewood
- shrubby bush clover (Lespedeza bicolor)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
萩
Readings
Usage notes
- Not to be confused with 荻 (ogi).
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 萩 |
| はぎ Jinmeiyō |
| kun'yomi |
Noun
萩 or 萩 • (hagi)
- bush clover, general term for plants of genus Lespedeza. Culturally important as one of the seven flowers of autumn.
- (especially) synonym of 山萩 (yamahagi, “Lespedeza bicolor”)
- a 家紋 (“crest”) pattern of bush clover
- (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 · 花札のスート (hanafuda no sūto) (layout · text) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1月 (ichigatsu) | 2月 (nigatsu) | 3月 (sangatsu) | 4月 (shigatsu) | 5月 (gogatsu) | 6月 (rokugatsu) |
| 松 (matsu) | 梅 (ume) | 桜 (sakura) | 藤 (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) |
| 萩 (hagi) 赤豆 (akamame) |
芒 (susuki) 坊主 (bōzu) |
菊 (kiku) | 紅葉 (momiji) | 柳 (yanagi) 雨 (ame) |
桐 (kiri) |
Proper noun
萩 • (Hagi)
- Hagi (a city in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan)
- a female given name
Korean
Hanja
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Vietnamese
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