薉

薉	U+8589, 薉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8589

← 薈
[U+8588]

CJK Unified Ideographs

薊 →
[U+858A]

Translingual

Han character

薉 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜一竹 (TYMH), four-corner 4425₃, composition ⿱艹歲)

dirty, unclean
immoral, obscene

Derived characters

𤃴

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1060, character 23
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32094
Dae Jaweon: page 1524, character 11
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3301, character 3
Unihan data for U+8589

Chinese

trad.		薉
simp.		𬜨^*

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
噦	qʰʷaːds, qʷrad, *qʷad
翽	*qʰʷaːds
鐬	*qʰʷaːds
濊	qʰʷaːds, qʷaːds, qʷads, qʰʷaːd
歲	sqʰʷads, sqʰʷad
劌	*kʷrads
顪	*qʰʷads
穢	*qʷads
薉	*qʷads
獩	*qʷads
饖	*qʷads
奯	*qʰʷaːd

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wèi (wei⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wèi
  - Wade–Giles: wei⁴
  - Yale: wèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wey
  - Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: wai³
  - Yale: wai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³³/

Middle Chinese: 'jwojH

Rime
Character	薉
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	廢 (28)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於廢切
Baxter	'jwojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʉɐi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷiɐi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuɐi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuaj^H/
Li Rong	/ʔiuɐi^H/
Wang Li	/ĭwɐi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯wɐi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qʷads/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	薉
Reading #	1/1
No.	12169
Phonetic component	歲
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	穢
Old Chinese	/*qʷads/

Definitions

薉

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Japanese

Kanji

薉

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): わい (wai)、え (e)
Kun: あれる (areru)

Korean

Hanja

薉 • (ye) (hangeul 예, revised ye, McCune–Reischauer ye, Yale yey)

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