薟
See also: 莶
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Translingual
Han character
薟 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿人一人 (TOMO), four-corner 44886, composition ⿱艹僉)
Derived characters
- 𣠇, 𤒷
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1061, character 30
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32131
- Dae Jaweon: page 1525, character 25
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3303, character 15
- Unihan data for U+859F
Chinese
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 薟 |
|---|
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Small seal script |
Characters in the same phonetic series (僉) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 厱 | *raːm, *kʰreːm, *kʰlam |
| 歛 | *qʰlaːm |
| 臉 | *ɡ·reːmʔ, *skʰlam, *kramʔ |
| 醶 | *ɡr·reːmʔ, *skʰraːmʔ |
| 鹼 | *kreːmʔ, *skʰlam |
| 薟 | *ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *qʰram |
| 匳 | *ɡ·ram |
| 獫 | *ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams, *qʰramʔ |
| 蘞 | *ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *qʰlam |
| 籢 | *ɡ·ram |
| 斂 | *ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams |
| 瀲 | *ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams |
| 撿 | *ɡ·ramʔ, *kramʔ |
| 羷 | *ɡ·ramʔ |
| 殮 | *ɡ·rams |
| 簽 | *skʰlam |
| 僉 | *skʰlam |
| 憸 | *skʰlam, *skʰlamʔ, *sqʰlam, *qʰramʔ |
| 譣 | *skʰlam, *qʰramʔ |
| 檢 | *kramʔ |
| 瞼 | *kramʔ |
| 儉 | *ɡramʔ |
| 顩 | *ŋramʔ, *rlɯmʔ, *kʰrɯmʔ |
| 嬐 | *ŋramʔ |
| 嶮 | *ŋramʔ, *hŋramʔ |
| 噞 | *ŋramʔ, *ŋrams |
| 驗 | *ŋrams |
| 險 | *qʰramʔ |
| 劒 | *kams |
| 劍 | *kams |
| 𩏩 | *qʰam |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *qʰram): semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 僉 (OC *skʰlam)
Etymology 1
| For pronunciation and definitions of 薟 – see 蘞. (This character is a variant form of 蘞). |
Etymology 2
| trad. | 薟 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 莶 | |
| alternative forms | 馦 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xiān
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sian
- Wade–Giles: hsien1
- Yale: syān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shian
- Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: liàn
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: liàn
- Wade–Giles: lien4
- Yale: lyàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liann
- Palladius: лянь (ljanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /li̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: him1 / cim1
- Yale: hīm / chīm
- Cantonese Pinyin: him1 / tsim1
- Guangdong Romanization: him1 / qim1
- Sinological IPA (key): /hiːm⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰiːm⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiam
- Tâi-lô: hiam
- Phofsit Daibuun: hiafm
- IPA (Xiamen): /hiam⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hiam³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiam⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /hiam⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiam⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: hiam1 / hiang1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiam / hiang
- Sinological IPA (key): /hiam³³/, /hiaŋ³³/
- (Hokkien)
Note:
- hiam1 - Chaozhou, Shantou, Chaoyang, Jieyang, Raoping, Pontianak;
- hiang1 - Chenghai.
Definitions
薟
- (Taiwanese, Malaysian and Singapore Hokkien; Teochew; Zhao'an Hakka) spicy
- (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) pungent
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 辣 (“spicy”) [map]
Compounds
Descendants
- → English: hiam
References
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C11965
- “薟”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
- “薟”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Kanji
薟
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