菾

菾 U+83FE, 菾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-83FE ← 菽 [U+83FD] CJK Unified Ideographs 菿 → [U+83FF]

Translingual

Han character

菾 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹大心 (THKP) or 廿一大心 (TMKP), four-corner 4433₃, composition ⿱艹忝)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1040, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31242
• Dae Jaweon: page 1499, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3227, character 8
• Unihan data for U+83FE

Chinese

trad.		菾
simp. #		菾

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
添	*tʰiːm
忝	*l̥ʰiːmʔ, *l̥ʰiːms
悿	*tʰiːmʔ
舔	*l̥ʰiːmʔ
菾	*diːm
天	*qʰl'iːn
吞	*qʰl'iːn, *qʰl'ɯːn
祆	*qʰliːn
蚕	*zluːm, *hl'iːnʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tián (tian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tim⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tián
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tián
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien²
    • Yale: tyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyan
    • Palladius: тянь (tjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tim⁴
    • Yale: tìhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tim⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tim⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːm²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dem

Rime
Character	菾
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	添 (157)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	徒兼切
Baxter	dem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dem/
Pan Wuyun	/dem/
Shao Rongfen	/dɛm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛm/
Li Rong	/dem/
Wang Li	/diem/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱiem/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tim4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*diːm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	菾
Reading #	1/1
No.	12386
Phonetic component	天
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	甜
Old Chinese	/*diːm/

Definitions

菾

1. Only used in 菾菜 (“beet”).