萱

萱 U+8431, 萱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8431 ← 萰 [U+8430] CJK Unified Ideographs 萲 → [U+8432]

Translingual

Han character

萱 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿十一一 (TJMM), four-corner 4410₆, composition ⿱艹宣)

Derived characters

• 𫫻, 𫱽, 𫻊, 𬁙, 𣜯

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1042, character 41
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31345
• Dae Jaweon: page 1503, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3256, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8431

Chinese

trad.		萱
simp. #		萱
alternative forms		藼／萱 蕿 蘐／萱 諼／谖 萲／萱

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
烜	*qʰrolʔ, *qʰonʔ
貆	*qʰoːn, *ɡoːn, *qʰon
峘	*ɡoːn, *ɡɯːŋ
狟	*ɡoːn
絙	*ɡoːn, *kɯːŋ
荁	*ɡoːn
宣	*sqʰon
咺	*qʰonʔ
暅	*qʰonʔ
桓	*ɡʷaːn
洹	*ɡʷaːn, *ɢʷan
揎	*sqʰʷan
愃	*sqʰʷan, *qʰʷanʔ
瑄	*sqʰʷan
渲	*sqʰʷans
喧	*qʰʷan
萱	*qʰʷan
暄	*qʰʷan
諠	*qʰʷan
翧	*qʰʷan
蝖	*qʰʷan
垣	*ɢʷan
楦	*qʰʷans

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuān (xuan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hyun¹
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): soeng¹ / syeng¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): suang¹ / suêng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuan
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan¹
    • Yale: sywān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuan
    • Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hyun¹
    • Yale: hyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hün¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːn⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: soeng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬœŋ⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: syeng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬyøŋ⁵³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: suang¹ / suêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: suang / sueng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /suaŋ³³/, /sueŋ³³/

Note:

• suang1 - Shantou;
• suêng1 - Chaozhou.

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• Middle Chinese: xjwon

Rime
Character	萱
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	況袁切
Baxter	xjwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hʉɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/xiuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/huan/
Li Rong	/xiuɐn/
Wang Li	/xĭwɐn/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi̯wɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xuān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hyun1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷan/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	萱
Reading #	1/1
No.	14011
Phonetic component	亘
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	暄
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷan/

Definitions

萱

1. ^† daylily (Hemerocallis flava)
2. ^† mother

Usage notes

Now usually used in personal names.

Compounds

• 堂萱
• 椿萱 (chūnxuān)
• 椿萱並茂／椿萱并茂
• 萱堂
• 萱堂日永
• 萱花
• 萱花椿樹／萱花椿树
• 萱草 (xuāncǎo)
• 萱萎北堂

 

References

• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “萱”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 269.

Japanese

Kanji

萱

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けん (ken)
• Kun: かや (kaya, 萱)

Compounds

• 萱草(カンゾウ) (kanzō)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
萱
かや Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
茅

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かや [káꜜyà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ja̠]

Noun

萱(かや) • (kaya) 

1. Alternative spelling of 茅 (kaya, “thatching grass, thatching sedge”)

Derived terms

• 畔萱(あぜがや) (azegaya)
• 糸萱(いとがや) (itogaya)
• 雀萱(すずめがや) (suzumegaya)
• 鼠萱(ねずみがや) (nezumigaya)
• 羽萱(はねがや) (hanegaya)

Korean

Hanja

萱 (eum 훤 (hwon))

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Vietnamese

Han character

萱: Hán Nôm readings: hiên, huyên

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