薏

薏	U+858F, 薏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-858F

← 薎
[U+858E]

CJK Unified Ideographs

薐 →
[U+8590]

Translingual

Han character

薏 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜廿心 (TYTP), four-corner 4433₆, composition ⿱艹意)

Derived characters

𫻟

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1061, character 4
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32106
Dae Jaweon: page 1525, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3306, character 4
Unihan data for U+858F

Chinese

trad.		薏
simp. ^#		薏

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
噫	qrɯːɡs, qɯ
譩	qɯ, qɯʔ, *qɯl
醷	qɯʔ, qɯɡ
意	*qɯɡs
鷾	*qɯɡs
憶	*qɯɡ
億	*qɯɡ
臆	*qɯɡ
繶	*qɯɡ
澺	*qɯɡ
薏	*qɯɡ
檍	*qɯɡ
癔	*qɯɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qɯɡ): semantic 艹 (“grass”) + phonetic 意 (OC *qɯɡs).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yì
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yì
  - Wade–Giles: i⁴
  - Yale: yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
  - Palladius: и (i)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ji³
  - Yale: yi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː³³/

Middle Chinese: 'ik

Rime
Character	薏
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	職 (134)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於力切
Baxter	'ik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔik̚/
Li Rong	/ʔiək̚/
Wang Li	/ĭək̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jik¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qɯɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	薏
Reading #	1/1
No.	15162
Phonetic component	意
Rime group	職
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	憶
Old Chinese	/*qɯɡ/

Definitions

薏

center of a lotus seed
Job's tears

Compounds

苦薏 (kǔyì)
薏仁 (yìrén)
薏米 (yìmǐ)
薏苡 (yìyǐ)
薏苡之謗 / 薏苡之谤
薏苡仁 (yìyǐrén)
薏苡明珠

Japanese

Kanji

薏

(Hyōgai kanji)

seed of job's tears
lotus seed

Readings

On (unclassified): よく (yoku)、おく (oku)、い (i)

Korean

Hanja

薏 • (ui) (hangeul 의, revised ui, McCune–Reischauer ŭi, Yale uy)

the heart of a lotus seed

Vietnamese

Han character

薏: Hán Nôm readings: ý, é

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