蕂

蕂 U+8542, 蕂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8542 ← 蕁 [U+8541] CJK Unified Ideographs 蕃 → [U+8543]

Translingual

Han character

蕂 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿月火尸 (TBFS), composition ⿱艹勝)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1056, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31904
• Dae Jaweon: page 1519, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3294, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8542

Chinese

trad.		蕂
simp. #		蕂

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
黱	*l'ɯːs
朕	*l'ɯmʔ
鰧	*l'ɯmʔ, *l'ɯːŋ
螣	*l'ɯmʔ, *l'ɯːŋ, *l'ɯːɡ
栚	*l'ɯmʔ
眹	*l'ɯnʔ
騰	*l'ɯːŋ
滕	*l'ɯːŋ
縢	*l'ɯːŋ
儯	*l'ɯːŋ
幐	*l'ɯːŋ, *l'ɯːŋs
藤	*l'ɯːŋ
謄	*l'ɯːŋ
膡	*l'ɯːŋ, *hljɯŋs, *lɯŋs
籐	*l'ɯːŋ
勝	*hljɯŋ, *hljɯŋs
蕂	*hljɯŋs
榺	*hljɯŋs
塍	*ɦljɯŋ
媵	*ljɯŋs, *lɯŋs
賸	*ɦljɯŋs, *lɯŋs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shèng (sheng⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shèng
    • Wade–Giles: shêng⁴
    • Yale: shèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenq
    • Palladius: шэн (šɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: syingH

Rime
Character	蕂
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	蒸 (133)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	詩證切
Baxter	syingH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕɨŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕieŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiŋH/
Li Rong	/ɕiəŋH/
Wang Li	/ɕĭəŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯əŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shèng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sing3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljɯŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蕂
Reading #	1/1
No.	17130
Phonetic component	朕
Rime group	蒸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	勝
Old Chinese	/*hljɯŋs/

Definitions

蕂

1. Only used in 苣蕂.

Japanese

Kanji

蕂

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. (rare) sesame

Readings

• On (unclassified): しょう (shō)^{←しよう (syou, historical)}

References

• “蕂”, in 漢字辞典オンライン‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2012—
• “仁藤夢乃さん、いつの間にか藤ではなく胡麻になっていた”, in Togetter‎^[2], 2023 January 28

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 蕂 (MC syingH).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰɯŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [승]

Hanja

Wikisource

蕂 (eumhun 참깨 승 (chamkkae seung))

1. sesame

Compounds

• 거승 (苣蕂, geoseung)

References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 蕂