薒

薒	U+8592, 薒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8592

← 薑
[U+8591]

CJK Unified Ideographs

薓 →
[U+8593]

Translingual

Han character

薒 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜水木 (TYED), composition ⿱艹粲)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1061, character 10
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32111
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3301, character 5
Unihan data for U+8592

Chinese

simp. and trad.		薒

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
餐	*sʰaːn
湌	*sʰaːn
粲	*sʰaːns
燦	*sʰaːns
璨	*sʰaːns
薒	*sʰaːns
殩	*sʰoːns

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): càn (can⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: càn
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: càn
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻan⁴
  - Yale: tsàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsann
  - Palladius: цань (canʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: tshanH

Rime
Character	薒
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蒼案切
Baxter	tshanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɑn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰɑn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɑn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰan^H/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰɑn^H/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰɑn^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰɑn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	càn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caan³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*sʰaːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	薒
Reading #	1/1
No.	1122
Phonetic component	粲
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	粲
Old Chinese	/*sʰaːns/

Definitions

薒

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a kind of grass which can be woven into mats