薯

See also: 藷

薯	U+85AF, 薯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85AF

← 薮
[U+85AE]

CJK Unified Ideographs

薰 →
[U+85B0]

Translingual

Han character

薯 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 廿田中日 (TWLA), four-corner 4460₄, composition ⿱艹署)

Derived characters

蠴

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1062, character 45
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32191
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3301, character 18
Unihan data for U+85AF

Chinese

trad.		薯/藷^*
simp.		薯
2nd round simp.		𦬸
alternative forms		茨 Cantonese, Teochew

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 薯
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
觰	rtaːʔ, rtaː
諸	tjaː, tja
者	*tjaːʔ
堵	tjaːʔ, taːʔ
赭	*tjaːʔ
撦	*l̥ʰjaːʔ
扯	*tʰjaːʔ
闍	djaː, taː
奢	*hljaː
鍺	*toːlʔ
都	*taː
醏	*taː
覩	*taːʔ
睹	*taːʔ
暏	*taːʔ
賭	*taːʔ
帾	*taːʔ
楮	taːʔ, tʰaʔ
屠	daː, da
瘏	*daː
廜	*daː
鷵	*daː
緒	*ljaʔ
豬	*ta
猪	*ta
瀦	*ta
藸	ta, da
櫫	*ta
褚	taʔ, tʰaʔ
著	taʔ, tas, da, taɡ, *daɡ
箸	tas, das
儲	*da
躇	*da
櫧	*tja
藷	tja, djas
蠩	*tja
煮	*tjaʔ
渚	*tjaʔ
煑	*tjaʔ
陼	*tjaʔ
翥	*tjas
署	*djas
薯	*djas
曙	*djas
書	*hlja
暑	*hjaʔ
鐯	*taɡ
擆	*taɡ
櫡	*taɡ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǔ (shu³)

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˇ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): syu⁴ / syu⁵ / syu⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): si³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sù

(Hailu, HRS): shu

(Meixian, Guangdong): su²
Northern Min (KCR): ṳ̌
Eastern Min (BUC): sṳ̀
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sy² / su² / si²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chû / chîr / chî

(Teochew, Peng'im): ze⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǔ
  - Wade–Giles: shu³
  - Yale: shǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuu
  - Palladius: шу (šu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: syu⁴ / syu⁵ / syu⁶
  - Yale: syùh / syúh / syuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sy⁴ / sy⁵ / sy⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xu⁴ / xu⁵ / xu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː²¹/, /syː¹³/, /syː²²/

Note: syu5, syu6 - variants.

- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: si³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /si²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sù
  - Hakka Romanization System: su^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: su²
  - Sinological IPA: /su¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: shu
  - Sinological IPA: /ʃu⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: su²
  - Sinological IPA: /su¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ṳ̌
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sṳ̀
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sy⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Jiangkou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sy²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sṳ́
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬy¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sy²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬy²⁴/
- (Youyang)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sy²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /θy²⁴/
- (Nanri)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: su²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬu¹³/
- (Fengting)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: si²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬi²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Tainan, Magong, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chû
  - Tâi-lô: tsû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuu
  - IPA (Penang): /t͡su²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Tainan): /t͡su²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chîr
  - Tâi-lô: tsîr
  - IPA (Lukang): /t͡sɨ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Kinmen): /t͡sɯ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Hsinchu, Yilan, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chî
  - Tâi-lô: tsî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cii
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si²³/
  - IPA (Yilan, Philippines): /t͡si²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si¹³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ze⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ̂
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: dzyoH

Rime
Character	薯
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	常恕切
Baxter	dzyoH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑɨʌ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɔ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑiɔ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑɨə̆^H/
Li Rong	/ʑiɔ^H/
Wang Li	/ʑĭo^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʑi̯wo^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	syu⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*djas/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	薯
Reading #	1/1
No.	17010
Phonetic component	者
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	署
Old Chinese	/*djas/
Notes	俗藷字

Definitions

薯

(originally) only used in 薯蕷／薯蓣 (shǔyù, “Chinese yam”)
General name for crops such as potato, sweet potato and yam.

Compounds

木薯 (mùshǔ)
樹薯 / 树薯 (shùshǔ)
涼薯 / 凉薯 (liángshǔ)
甘薯 (gānshǔ)
甘薯簽 / 甘薯签
甘薯葉 / 甘薯叶
番薯 (fānshǔ)
白薯 (báishǔ)
紅薯 / 红薯 (hóngshǔ)
蕃薯 (Fānshǔ)
薯仔
薯條 / 薯条 (shǔtiáo)
薯片 (shǔpiàn)
薯莨 (shǔliáng)
薯莨綢 / 薯莨绸 (shǔliángchóu)
薯蓉 (shǔróng)
薯蕷 / 薯蓣 (shǔyù)
薯藥 / 薯药
薯頭 / 薯头
薯頭薯腦 / 薯头薯脑
豆薯 (dòushǔ)
馬鈴薯 / 马铃薯 (mǎlíngshǔ)

References

“薯”, 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–
李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “薯”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 140.

Japanese

Kanji

薯

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: じょ (jo)
Kan-on: しょ (sho)
Kun: いも (imo, 薯)

Korean

Hanja

薯 • (seo) (hangeul 서, revised seo, McCune–Reischauer sŏ, Yale se)

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Vietnamese

Han character

薯: Hán Nôm readings: thự

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