萱

萱	U+8431, 萱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8431

← 萰
[U+8430]

CJK Unified Ideographs

萲 →
[U+8432]

Translingual

Han character

萱 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿十一一 (TJMM), four-corner 4410₆, composition ⿱艹宣)

Derived characters

𫫻, 𫱽, 𫻊, 𬁙, 𣜯

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1042, character 41
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31345
Dae Jaweon: page 1503, character 5
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3256, character 3
Unihan data for U+8431

Chinese

trad.		萱
simp. ^#		萱
alternative forms		藼／萱蕿蘐／萱諼／谖萲／萱

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
烜	qʰrolʔ, qʰonʔ
貆	qʰoːn, ɡoːn, *qʰon
峘	ɡoːn, ɡɯːŋ
狟	*ɡoːn
絙	ɡoːn, kɯːŋ
荁	*ɡoːn
宣	*sqʰon
咺	*qʰonʔ
暅	*qʰonʔ
桓	*ɡʷaːn
洹	ɡʷaːn, ɢʷan
揎	*sqʰʷan
愃	sqʰʷan, qʰʷanʔ
瑄	*sqʰʷan
渲	*sqʰʷans
喧	*qʰʷan
萱	*qʰʷan
暄	*qʰʷan
諠	*qʰʷan
翧	*qʰʷan
蝖	*qʰʷan
垣	*ɢʷan
楦	*qʰʷans

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qʰʷan): semantic 艹 (“grass”) + phonetic 宣 (OC *sqʰon).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuān (xuan¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hyun¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): siên

(Hailu, HRS): sien^ˋ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): soeng¹ / syoeng¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): soan

(Teochew, Peng'im): suang¹ / suêng¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuān
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuan
  - Wade–Giles: hsüan¹
  - Yale: sywān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuan
  - Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hyun¹
  - Yale: hyūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hyn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hün¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siên
  - Hakka Romanization System: xien^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /si̯en²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: sien^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /sien⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: soeng¹
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: se̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬœŋ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: syoeng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬyøŋ⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soan
  - Tâi-lô: suan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soafn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /suan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /suan³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /suan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /suan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /suan⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: suang¹ / suêng¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: suang / sueng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /suaŋ³³/, /sueŋ³³/

Note:

suang1 - Shantou;
suêng1 - Chaozhou.

Middle Chinese: xjwon

Rime
Character	萱
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	況袁切
Baxter	xjwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hʉɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/xiuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/huan/
Li Rong	/xiuɐn/
Wang Li	/xĭwɐn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xi̯wɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xuān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hyun¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷan/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	萱
Reading #	1/1
No.	14011
Phonetic component	亘
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	暄
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷan/

Definitions

萱

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) daylily (Hemerocallis flava)
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) mother

Usage notes

Now usually used in personal names.

Compounds

堂萱
椿萱 (chūnxuān)
椿萱並茂 / 椿萱并茂
萱堂
萱堂日永
萱花
萱花椿樹 / 萱花椿树
萱草 (xuāncǎo)
萱萎北堂
金萱

References

莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “萱”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 269.

Japanese

Kanji

萱

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): けん (ken)
Kun: かや (kaya, 萱)

Compounds

萱草(カンゾウ) (kanzō)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
萱
かや Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
茅

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かや [káꜜyà] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ka̠ja̠]

Noun

萱(かや) • (kaya)

alternative spelling of 茅 (kaya, “thatching grass, thatching sedge”)

Derived terms

萱昇(カヤノボリ) (kayanobori)
畔萱(あぜがや) (azegaya)
糸萱(いとがや) (itogaya)
雀萱(すずめがや) (suzumegaya)
鼠萱(ねずみがや) (nezumigaya)
羽萱(はねがや) (hanegaya)

Korean

Hanja

萱 (eum 훤 (hwon))

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Vietnamese

Han character

萱: Hán Nôm readings: hiên, huyên

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