# 薁

| 薁 | U+8581, &#34177; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8581 |
| ← 薀 [U+8580] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 薂 → [U+8582] |

## Translingual
### Han character

薁 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹月大 (THBK), four-corner 4443$_0$, composition ⿱艹奧)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1060, character 1
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32072
* Dae Jaweon: page 1523, character 33
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3303, character 10
* Unihan data for U+8581

## Chinese

* 薁

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yù (yu$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): juk$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yù
*** Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yù
*** Wade–Giles: yü$^4$
*** Yale: yù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
*** Palladius: юй (juj)
*** Sinological IPA : /y⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: juk$^1$
*** Yale: yūk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: juk$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yug$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /jʊk̚⁵/
* Middle Chinese: 'juwk
Rime :
| Character | 薁 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 屋 (4) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 於六切 |
| Baxter | 'juwk |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔɨuk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔiuk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔiuk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔuwk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔiuk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ĭuk̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʔi̯uk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | juk$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔ(r)uk/
    (Zhengzhang): /*quɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 薁 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yù |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ʔjuwk › |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔ(r)uk/ |
| English | wild vine |
| 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 | 薁 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 81 |
| Phonetic component | 奧 |
| Rime group | 覺 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 郁 |
| Old Chinese | /*quɡ/ |

#### Definitions

薁
* vine

##### Compounds

* 櫻薁／樱薁
* 薁蕘／薁荛 (ò-giô) (Hokkien)
* 蘡薁／𮐨薁 (yīngyù)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English azulene.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ào (ao$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄠˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ou$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ào
*** Zhuyin: ㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ào
*** Wade–Giles: ao$^4$
*** Yale: àu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aw
*** Palladius: ао (ao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ou$^3$
*** Yale: ou
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ou$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ou$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ou̯³³/

#### Definitions

薁
* (organic chemistry) azulene

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* vine

#### Readings

* Go-on: いく (iku)
* Kan-on: いく (iku)
* Kun: にわうめ (niwaume)

#### Compounds

* 蘡薁(えびづる) (ebizuru)
* 蘡薁虫(えびづるむし) (ebizurumushi)