虋

虋	U+864B, 虋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-864B

← 虊
[U+864A]

CJK Unified Ideographs

虌 →
[U+864C]

Translingual

Han character

虋 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+25, 31 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹月竹 (THBH), four-corner 4422₇, composition ⿱艹釁)

asparagus
a variety of red-stalked millet

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1072, character 56
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32664
Dae Jaweon: page 1539, character 14
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3340, character 9
Unihan data for U+864B

Chinese

trad.		虋
simp. ^#		虋
alternative forms		𥡹穈𧄸𧅾

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
釁	*hmrɯns
舋	*hmrɯns
亹	mɯlʔ, mɯːn
斖	*mɯlʔ
虋	*mɯːn
璺	*mɯns

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mén (men²)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mun⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mén
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mén
  - Wade–Giles: mên²
  - Yale: mén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: men
  - Palladius: мэнь (mɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: mun⁴
  - Yale: mùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mun⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːn²¹/

Middle Chinese: mwon

Rime
Character	虋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	莫奔切
Baxter	mwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muən/
Pan Wuyun	/muon/
Shao Rongfen	/muən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwən/
Li Rong	/muən/
Wang Li	/muən/
Bernhard Karlgren	/muən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mun⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*mɯːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	虋
Reading #	1/1
No.	13855
Phonetic component	釁
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	門
Old Chinese	/*mɯːn/

Definitions

虋

(obsolete) red-stalked millet