# 萁

| 萁 | U+8401, &#33793; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8401 |
| ← 萀 [U+8400] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 萂 → [U+8402] |

## Translingual
### Han character

萁 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿廿一金 (TTMC), four-corner 4480$_1$, composition ⿱艹其)
* kind of grass

#### Derived characters

* 𣾁, 𬄤

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1040, character 21
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31244
* Dae Jaweon: page 1499, character 13
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3229, character 9
* Unihan data for U+8401

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 萁
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 基 | *kɯ |
| 箕 | *kɯ |
| 朞 | *kɯ |
| 稘 | *kɯ |
| 萁 | *kɯ, *ɡɯ |
| 期 | *kɯ, *ɡɯ |
| 諅 | *kɯ, *ɡɯs |
| 其 | *kɯ, *ɡɯ |
| 錤 | *kɯ, *ɡɯ |
| 諆 | *kɯ, *kʰɯ |
| 欺 | *kʰɯ |
| 娸 | *kʰɯ |
| 魌 | *kʰɯ |
| 僛 | *kʰɯ |
| 唭 | *kʰɯs |
| 棋 | *ɡɯ |
| 旗 | *ɡɯ |
| 淇 | *ɡɯ |
| 祺 | *ɡɯ, *ɡɯ |
| 琪 | *ɡɯ |
| 騏 | *ɡɯ |
| 綦 | *ɡɯ |
| 麒 | *ɡɯ |
| 蜞 | *ɡɯ |
| 綨 | *ɡɯ |
| 蜝 | *ɡɯ |
| 棊 | *ɡɯ |
| 碁 | *ɡɯ |
| 鯕 | *ɡɯ |
| 踑 | *ɡɯ |
| 藄 | *ɡɯ |
| 櫀 | *ɡɯ |
| 璂 | *ɡɯ |
| 禥 | *ɡɯ |
| 惎 | *ɡɯs |
| 帺 | *ɡɯs |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qí (qi$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kei$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$ji
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qí
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cí
*** Wade–Giles: chʻi$^2$
*** Yale: chí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyi
*** Palladius: ци (ci)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kei$^4$
*** Yale: kèih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kei$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kéi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰei̯²¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$ji
*** MiniDict: ji$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$jji
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑi²³/
* Middle Chinese: gi, ki
Rime :
| Character | 萁 | 萁 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 群 (30) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 之 (19) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 渠之切 | 居之切 |
| Baxter | gi | ki |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɡɨ/ | /kɨ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɡɨ/ | /kɨ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɡie/ | /kie/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /gɨ/ | /kɨ/ |
| Li Rong | /ɡiə/ | /kiə/ |
| Wang Li | /ɡĭə/ | /kĭə/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /gi/ | /ki/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qí | jī |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | kei$^4$ | gei$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kɯ/, /*ɡɯ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 萁 | 萁 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 9934 | 9950 |
| Phonetic component | 其 | 其 |
| Rime group | 之 | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 姬 | 其 |
| Old Chinese | /*kɯ/ | /*ɡɯ/ |

### Definitions

萁
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### Compounds

* 煮豆燃萁 (zhǔdòuránqí)
* 燃萁煮豆
* 萁服
* 萁豆
* 薌萁／芗萁
* 豆萁
* 豆萁之喻
* 豆萁相煎

## Japanese
### Alternative forms

* Kanji in this term
* 萁
* まめがら Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
* 豆殻, 豆幹

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: き (ki)、ぎ (gi)
* Kan-on: き (ki)
* Kun: まめがら (mamegara, 萁)

### Etymology

Compound of 豆 (mame, “bean”) +‎ 殻 (kara, “husk, shell”).
The kara changes to gara as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) まめがら [màmégárá] (Heiban – [0])
* (Tokyo) まめがら [màmégáráꜜ] (Odaka – [4])
* IPA: [ma̠me̞ɡa̠ɾa̠]

### Noun

萁(まめがら) • (mamegara)
* bean husk

#### Derived terms

* 豆(まめ)を煮(に)るに萁(まめがら)をたく (mame o niru ni mamegara o taku)

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN