薒

薒 U+8592, 薒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8592 ← 薑 [U+8591] CJK Unified Ideographs 薓 → [U+8593]

Translingual

Han character

薒 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜水木 (TYED), composition ⿱艹粲)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1061, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32111
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3301, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8592

Chinese

simp. and trad.		薒

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
餐	*sʰaːn
湌	*sʰaːn
粲	*sʰaːns
燦	*sʰaːns
璨	*sʰaːns
薒	*sʰaːns
殩	*sʰoːns

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): càn (can⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: càn
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: càn
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻan⁴
    • Yale: tsàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsann
    • Palladius: цань (canʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tshanH

Rime
Character	薒
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蒼案切
Baxter	tshanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɑnH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰɑnH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɑnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰanH/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰɑnH/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰɑnH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰɑnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	càn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caan3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰaːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	薒
Reading #	1/1
No.	1122
Phonetic component	粲
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	粲
Old Chinese	/*sʰaːns/

Definitions

薒

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a kind of grass which can be woven into mats