薹

薹	U+85B9, 薹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85B9

← 薸
[U+85B8]

CJK Unified Ideographs

薺 →
[U+85BA]

Translingual

Han character

薹 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿土口土 (TGRG), four-corner 4410₄, composition ⿱艹臺)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1063, character 4
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32204
Dae Jaweon: page 1527, character 33
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3310, character 4
Unihan data for U+85B9

Chinese

trad.		薹
simp. ^#		薹
alternative forms		臺／台

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
懛	*tɯː
儓	tʰɯːs, dɯː
臺	*dɯː
擡	*dɯː
薹	*dɯː
嬯	*dɯː
檯	*dɯː
籉	*dɯː

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tái (tai²)

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): toi⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tâi

(Teochew, Peng'im): dai⁵ / tai⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶de

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tái
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tái
  - Wade–Giles: tʻai²
  - Yale: tái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tair
  - Palladius: тай (taj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: toi⁴
  - Yale: tòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: toi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: toi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːi̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâi
  - Tâi-lô: tâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tai²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tai²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tai²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dai⁵ / tai⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tâi / thâi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tai⁵⁵/, /tʰai⁵⁵/

Note:

dai5 - vernacular;
tai5 - literary.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶de
  - MiniDict: de^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³de
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /de²³/

Middle Chinese: doj

Rime
Character	薹
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	徒哀切
Baxter	doj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/dəi/
Shao Rongfen	/dɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəj/
Li Rong	/dᴀi/
Wang Li	/dɒi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tái
Expected Cantonese Reflex	toi⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*dɯː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	薹
Reading #	1/1
No.	12308
Phonetic component	臺
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	臺
Old Chinese	/*dɯː/

Definitions

薹

(～草) sedge (Carex)
(～子) an erect peduncle or shoot of a herbaceous plant, especially when it is tender and edible
菜薹 ― càitái ― flowering shoot of a brassica

蒜薹 ― suàntái ― garlic scape

蔞蒿薹子／蒌蒿薹子 ― lóuhāotáizǐ ― spring shoot of Artemisia selengensis

抽薹 ― chōutái ― to bolt
used in 蕓薹／芸薹 (yúntái)

Usage notes

Note that 薹 is not simplified to 苔 in Mainland China and Japan.

Synonyms

(peduncle or flowering stem): 莛 (tíng), 蕻 (hòng)

Compounds

菜薹 (càitái)
蒜薹 (suàntái)
蕓薹 / 芸薹 (yúntái)
薹笠
薹草
薹菜

References

“薹”, 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

薹

(Hyōgai kanji)

This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Readings

On (unclassified): たい (tai)、だい (dai)
Kun: あぶらな (aburana)、とう (tō)

Vietnamese

Han character

薹: Hán Nôm readings: đài

This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.