薏苡

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (薏苡)		薏	苡
simp. #(薏苡)		薏	苡
alternative forms		薏苢

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìyǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji³ ji⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ì-í

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìyǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìyǐ
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-i³
    • Yale: yì-yǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihyii
    • Palladius: ии (ii)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji³ ji⁵
    • Yale: yi yíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji³ ji⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi³ yi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː³³ jiː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ì-í
    • Tâi-lô: ì-í
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ie'ie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /i²¹⁻⁵³ i⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /i⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ i⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i²¹⁻⁵³ i⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /i¹¹⁻⁵³ i⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²¹⁻⁴¹ i⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: 'ik yiX

Rime
Character	薏	苡
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	職 (134)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於力切	羊己切
Baxter	'ik	yiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨk̚/	/jɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɨk̚/	/jɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiek̚/	/ieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔik̚/	/jɨX/
Li Rong	/ʔiək̚/	/iəX/
Wang Li	/ĭək̚/	/jĭəX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ək̚/	/iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yi	yǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jik1	ji5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qɯɡ  lɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	苡
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ yiX ›
Old Chinese	/*ləʔ/
English	Plantago
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	薏	苡
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	15162	14930
Phonetic component	意	以
Rime group	職	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	憶	以
Old Chinese	/*qɯɡ/	/*lɯʔ/
Notes		說文作苢

Noun

薏苡

1. Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi)

Derived terms

• 薏苡之嫌
• 薏苡之疑
• 薏苡之謗 / 薏苡之谤
• 薏苡之讒 / 薏苡之谗
• 薏苡仁 (yìyǐrén)
• 薏苡明珠
• 薏苡興謗 / 薏苡兴谤
• 薏苡蒙謗 / 薏苡蒙谤
• 薏苡謗 / 薏苡谤

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
薏	苡
よく Hyōgai	い Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jo̞kɯ̟i]

Noun

薏(よく)苡(い) • (yokui) 

1. Synonym of 数珠玉 (juzudama, “Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi)”)
2. Synonym of 鳩麦 (hatomugi, “an edible variety of Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi var. ma-yuen”)

Derived terms

• 薏苡仁(よくいにん) (yokuinin)