薴

See also: 苧 and 檸

薴	U+85B4, 薴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85B4

← 薳
[U+85B3]

CJK Unified Ideographs

薵 →
[U+85B5]

Translingual

Han character

薴 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 廿十心弓 (TJPN), four-corner 4420₁, composition ⿱艹寧)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1062, character 50
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32196
Dae Jaweon: page 1527, character 27
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3316, character 13
Unihan data for U+85B4

Chinese

trad.		薴
simp.		苧^*

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
濘	neːs, neːŋʔ, *neːŋs
獰	*rnaːŋ
檸	*rnaːŋʔ
儜	*rneːŋ
薴	*rneːŋ
鬡	*rneːŋ
鑏	*rneːŋ
嬣	*rneːŋ
寍	*neːŋ
寗	*neːŋs
甯	*neːŋs
寧	*neːŋ
鸋	neːŋ, neːŋs
嚀	*neːŋ
聹	neːŋ, neːŋʔ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): níng (ning²)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ning⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: níng
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: níng
  - Wade–Giles: ning²
  - Yale: níng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ning
  - Palladius: нин (nin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /niŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ning⁴
  - Yale: nìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ning⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ning⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɪŋ²¹/

Middle Chinese: nreang

Rime
Character	薴
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	耕 (117)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	女耕切
Baxter	nreang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳˠɛŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳᵚæŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/nɐŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳəɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/nɛŋ/
Wang Li	/næŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/næŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	néng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nang⁴

Definitions

薴

disorderly; messy
Used in 薺薴／荠苧
Used in 薴烯／苧烯 (níngxī, “limonene”)

Compounds

薴烯 / 苧烯 (níngxī)
薺薴 / 荠苧

Japanese

Kanji

薴

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: にょう (nyō)
Kan-on: ねい (nei)
Kun: みだれる (midareru)