蕂

蕂	U+8542, 蕂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8542

← 蕁
[U+8541]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蕃 →
[U+8543]

Translingual

Han character

蕂 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿月火尸 (TBFS), composition ⿱艹勝)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1056, character 31
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31904
Dae Jaweon: page 1519, character 26
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3294, character 3
Unihan data for U+8542

Chinese

trad.		蕂
simp. ^#		蕂

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
黱	*l'ɯːs
朕	*l'ɯmʔ
鰧	l'ɯmʔ, l'ɯːŋ
螣	l'ɯmʔ, l'ɯːŋ, *l'ɯːɡ
栚	*l'ɯmʔ
眹	*l'ɯnʔ
騰	*l'ɯːŋ
滕	*l'ɯːŋ
縢	*l'ɯːŋ
儯	*l'ɯːŋ
幐	l'ɯːŋ, l'ɯːŋs
藤	*l'ɯːŋ
謄	*l'ɯːŋ
膡	l'ɯːŋ, hljɯŋs, *lɯŋs
籐	*l'ɯːŋ
勝	hljɯŋ, hljɯŋs
蕂	*hljɯŋs
榺	*hljɯŋs
塍	*ɦljɯŋ
媵	ljɯŋs, lɯŋs
賸	ɦljɯŋs, lɯŋs

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shèng (sheng⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shèng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shèng
  - Wade–Giles: shêng⁴
  - Yale: shèng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenq
  - Palladius: шэн (šɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: syingH

Rime
Character	蕂
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	蒸 (133)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	詩證切
Baxter	syingH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕɨŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕieŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiŋ^H/
Li Rong	/ɕiəŋ^H/
Wang Li	/ɕĭəŋ^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯əŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shèng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sing³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*hljɯŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蕂
Reading #	1/1
No.	17130
Phonetic component	朕
Rime group	蒸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	勝
Old Chinese	/*hljɯŋs/

Definitions

蕂

only used in 苣蕂

Japanese

Kanji

蕂

(Hyōgai kanji)

(rare) sesame

Readings

On (unclassified): しょう (shō)^{←しよう (syou, historical)}

References

“蕂”, in 漢字辞典オンライン‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2012—
“仁藤夢乃さん、いつの間にか藤ではなく胡麻になっていた”, in Togetter‎^[2], 28 January 2023

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 蕂 (MC syingH).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰɯŋ]
Phonetic hangul: [승]

Hanja

蕂 (eumhun 참깨 승 (chamkkae seung))

sesame

Compounds

거승 (苣蕂, geoseung)

References

Naver Hanja Dictionary: 蕂