蕵蕪

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (蕵蕪)		蕵	蕪
simp. (蕵芜)		蕵	芜
alternative forms		薞蕪／薞芜 𦻂蕪／𦻂芜

Etymology

Cognate with 酸模 (suānmó) (Bencao Gangmu).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sūnwú

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄣ ㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sūnwú
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄣ ㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sunwú
    • Wade–Giles: sun¹-wu²
    • Yale: swūn-wú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suenwu
    • Palladius: суньу (sunʹu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ən⁵⁵ u³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: swon mju

Rime
Character	蕵	蕪
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	思渾切	武夫切
Baxter	swon	mju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/suən/	/mɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/suon/	/mio/
Shao Rongfen	/suən/	/mio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/swən/	/muə̆/
Li Rong	/suən/	/mio/
Wang Li	/suən/	/mĭu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/suən/	/mi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sūn	wú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	syun1	mou4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*suːn  ma/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蕪
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wú
Middle Chinese	‹ mju ›
Old Chinese	/*m(r)a/
English	overgrown with weeds
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蕵	蕪
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	12185	13120
Phonetic component	飧	無
Rime group	文	魚
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	孫	無
Old Chinese	/*suːn/	/*ma/
Notes	見爾雅

Noun

蕵蕪

1. sorrel

Synonyms

• 酸模 (suānmó)