葷

See also: 荤

葷	U+8477, 葷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8477

← 葶
[U+8476]

CJK Unified Ideographs

葸 →
[U+8478]

Translingual

Han character

葷 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿月十十 (TBJJ), four-corner 4450₆, composition ⿱艹軍 or ⿱𫇦車)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1046, character 23
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31461
Dae Jaweon: page 1508, character 2
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3257, character 4
Unihan data for U+8477

Chinese

trad.		葷
simp.		荤

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 葷
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
揮	*qʰul
輝	*qʰul
翬	*qʰul
暉	*qʰul
煇	qʰul, ɡuːn, *ɡuːnʔ
楎	qʰul, ɡuːn
瀈	*qʰul
韗	qʰons, ɢuns
褌	*kuːn
鶤	kuːn, ɢuns
緷	kuːnʔ, ɡuːnʔ, *ɢuns
睴	kuːns, ɡuːnʔ
璭	*kuːns
瘒	*ŋɡuːn
顐	ŋɡuːn, ŋɡuːns, *ɡuːn
諢	*ŋɡuːns
餫	ɡuːn, ɢuns
渾	ɡuːn, ɡuːnʔ
琿	*ɡuːn
鼲	*ɡuːn
堚	*ɡuːn
鯶	*ɡuːnʔ
軍	*kun
皸	kun, kuns
齳	*ŋɡunʔ
喗	*ŋɡunʔ
葷	*qʰun
惲	*qunʔ
賱	*qunʔ
運	*ɢuns
暈	*ɢuns
鄆	*ɢuns

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hūn (hun¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fan¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hun
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹huen
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fen¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hun
  - Wade–Giles: hun¹
  - Yale: hwūn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huen
  - Palladius: хунь (xunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: fan¹
  - Yale: fān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun
  - Tâi-lô: hun
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hwn
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hun³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹huen
  - MiniDict: huen^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹hun
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /huən⁵³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: fen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɸən³³/

Middle Chinese: xjun

Rime
Character	葷
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	許云切
Baxter	xjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨun/
Pan Wuyun	/hiun/
Shao Rongfen	/xiuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hun/
Li Rong	/xiuən/
Wang Li	/xĭuən/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xi̯uən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xūn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fan¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰu[n]/

(Zhengzhang): /*qʰun/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	葷
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xūn
Middle Chinese	‹ xjun ›
Old Chinese	/*qʰu[n]/
English	Allium
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	葷
Reading #	1/1
No.	7338
Phonetic component	軍
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	薰
Old Chinese	/*qʰun/

Definitions

葷

(Buddhism) strong-smelling vegetables, such as spring onion, garlic and garlic chives
meat or fish dishes (as opposed to vegetarian dishes)
(figurative) low-class; obscene; vulgar; dirty

Compounds

七葷八素 / 七荤八素
不葷不素 / 不荤不素
二葷鋪 / 二荤铺
五葷 / 五荤 (wǔhūn)
冷葷 / 冷荤 (lěnghūn)
吃葷飯 / 吃荤饭
戒葷 / 戒荤
托葷鹹食 / 托荤咸食
茹葷 / 茹荤 (rúhūn)
葷允 / 荤允
葷湯臘水 / 荤汤腊水
葷笑話 / 荤笑话
葷粥 / 荤粥
葷素不忌 / 荤素不忌
葷腥 / 荤腥 (hūnxīng)
葷菜 / 荤菜 (hūncài)
葷辛 / 荤辛
葷食 / 荤食
開洋葷 / 开洋荤
開葷 / 开荤 (kāihūn)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xūn (xun¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syun
  - Wade–Giles: hsün¹
  - Yale: syūn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiun
  - Palladius: сюнь (sjunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn⁵⁵/

Definitions

葷

only used in 葷粥／荤粥 and 葷鬻／荤鬻

Japanese

Kanji

葷

(Hyōgai kanji)

strong smelling
strong smelling vegetable, esp. garlic, onion, Chinese chives (Allium tuberosum), Chinese scallion (Allium chinense), Allium macrostemon (Japanese garlic)
meat diet

Readings

On (unclassified): くん (kun)、ぐん (gun)
Kun: なまぐさ (namagusa)

Compounds

葷粥(くんいく) (kun'iku)
葷菜(くんさい) (kunsai)
葷酒(くんしゅ) (kunshu)
葷酒山門に入るを許さず (くんしゅさんもんにいるをゆるさず, kunshu sanmon ni iru o yurusazu)
葷辛(くんしん) (kunshin)
葷羶(くんせん) (kunsen)
五葷(ごくん) (gokun)

Korean

Hanja

葷 • (hun) (hangeul 훈, McCune–Reischauer hun, Yale hwun)

meat diet
strong smelling

Vietnamese

Han character

葷: Hán Nôm readings: huân, hôi

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