# 蒓

| 蒓 | U+8493, &#33939; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8493 |
| ← 蒒 [U+8492] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蒔 → [U+8494] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 蒓 |
| Simplified | 莼 |
| Japanese | 蓴 |
| Korean | 蓴 |

### Han character

蒓 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿女火山 (TVFU) or 難廿女火山 (XTVFU), composition ⿱艹純)
* An edible water plant of species Brasenia screberi; watershield.

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1048, character 4
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31545
* Dae Jaweon: page 1509, character 12
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3274, character 12
* Unihan data for U+8493

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 躉 | *tuːnʔ |
| 窀 | *rduːn, *duːn, *tun |
| 沌 | *donʔ, *duːn, *duːnʔ |
| 盹 | *tuːnʔ, *tjuns |
| 頓 | *tuːns |
| 扽 | *tuːns |
| 黗 | *tʰuːn, *tʰuːnʔ |
| 吨 | *tʰuːnʔ |
| 屯 | *duːn, *tun |
| 飩 | *duːn |
| 豘 | *duːn |
| 軘 | *duːn |
| 坉 | *duːn |
| 邨 | *duːn, *stʰuːn |
| 忳 | *duːn |
| 芚 | *duːn |
| 庉 | *duːn, *duːnʔ |
| 囤 | *duːnʔ |
| 迍 | *tun |
| 杶 | *tʰun |
| 瑃 | *tʰun |
| 椿 | *tʰun |
| 偆 | *tʰunʔ, *tʰjunʔ |
| 肫 | *tjun |
| 訰 | *tjun, *tjuns |
| 純 | *tjunʔ, *djun |
| 春 | *tʰjun |
| 蠢 | *tʰjunʔ |
| 踳 | *tʰjunʔ |
| 惷 | *tʰjunʔ |
| 蒓 | *djun |
| 賰 | *hljunʔ |
| 鬊 | *hljuns |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *djun) : semantic 艸 (“plant”) + phonetic 純 (OC *tjunʔ, *djun)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chún (chun$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄣˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): seon$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zen
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chún
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chún
*** Wade–Giles: chʻun$^2$
*** Yale: chwún
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwen
*** Palladius: чунь (čunʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: seon$^4$
*** Yale: sèuhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: soen$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sên$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɵn²¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$zen
*** MiniDict: zen$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$zen
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zən²³/
* Middle Chinese: dzywin
Rime :
| Character | 蒓 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 常 (25) |
| Final (韻) | 諄 (47) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 常倫切 |
| Baxter | dzywin |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡ʑiuɪn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡ʑʷin/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡ʑjuen/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡ʑwin/ |
| Li Rong | /ʑiuĕn/ |
| Wang Li | /ʑĭuĕn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʑi̯uĕn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chún |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | seon$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*djun/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蒓 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12579 |
| Phonetic component | 屯 |
| Rime group | 文 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 純 |
| Old Chinese | /*djun/ |
| Notes | 本作蓴 |

### Definitions

蒓
* Brasenia schreberi (watershield)
    Synonym: 茆

### Compounds

* 蒓菜／莼菜 (chúncài)

### References

* (Cantonese) 粵音資料集叢

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): じゅん (jun)、しゅん (shun)
* Kun: ぬなわ (nunawa)