# 蕑

| 蕑 | U+8551, &#34129; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8551 |
| ← 蕐 [U+8550] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蕒 → [U+8552] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蕑 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿日弓月 (TANB), four-corner 4422$_7$, composition ⿱艹閒)

#### Derived characters

* 𡤃, 𣟫, 𧂡

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1057, character 35
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31954
* Dae Jaweon: page 1520, character 22
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3297, character 12
* Unihan data for U+8551

## Chinese

| | Old Chinese |
| 間 | *kreːn, *kreːns |
| 簡 | *kreːnʔ |
| 澗 | *kreːns, *kraːns |
| 鐧 | *kreːns, *kraːns |
| 蕑 | *kreːn |
| 覵 | *kreːn, *kreːns, *pkrenʔ |
| 襉 | *kreːnʔ, *kreːns |
| 僩 | *kreːnʔ, *ɡraːnʔ |
| 鬜 | *kʰreːn, *kʰraːn, *kʰreːd |
| 癇 | *ɡreːn |
| 瞯 | *ɡreːn |
| 憪 | *ɡreːn, *ɡraːnʔ |
| 橌 | *ɡraːnʔ |
| 撊 | *ɡraːnʔ |

### Etymology 1

Variant of 蘭 (OC *ɡ·raːn).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiān (jian$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gaan$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiān
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jian
*** Wade–Giles: chien$^1$
*** Yale: jyān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian
*** Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaan$^1$
*** Yale: gāan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaːn⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: kean
Rime :
| Character | 蕑 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 山 (73) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 古閑切 |
| Baxter | kean |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kˠɛn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kᵚæn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kæn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kəɨn/ |
| Li Rong | /kɛn/ |
| Wang Li | /kæn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kăn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gaan$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*k.rˤan/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kreːn/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 蕑 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jiān |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kɛn › |
| Old Chinese | /*k.rˁan/ (dialect: *k.rˁ- > *kˁr-) |
| English | orchid |
| 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 | 蕑 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6233 |
| Phonetic component | 閒 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 閒 |
| Old Chinese | /*kreːn/ |

#### Definitions

蕑
* (literary) thoroughwort (Eupatorium)
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Shì yǔ nǚ, fāng bǐng jiān xī. [Pinyin]
    Ladies and gentlemen, are carrying thoroughworts.

### Etymology 2

Variant of 蓮 (OC *reːn).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiān (jian$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gaan$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiān
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jian
*** Wade–Giles: chien$^1$
*** Yale: jyān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian
*** Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaan$^1$
*** Yale: gāan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaːn⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: kean
Rime :
| Character | 蕑 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 山 (73) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 古閑切 |
| Baxter | kean |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kˠɛn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kᵚæn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kæn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kəɨn/ |
| Li Rong | /kɛn/ |
| Wang Li | /kæn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kăn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gaan$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*k.rˤe[n]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kreːn/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 蕑 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jiān |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kɛn › |
| Old Chinese | /*k.rˁe[n]/ (dialect: *k.rˁ- > kˁr-) |
| English | lotus fruit (Ode 145.2) |
| 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 | 蕑 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6233 |
| Phonetic component | 閒 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 閒 |
| Old Chinese | /*kreːn/ |

#### Definitions

蕑
* (literary) lotus seed
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Bǐ zé zhī bēi, yǒu pú yǔ jiān. [Pinyin]
    By the shores of that marsh, there are rushes and lotus seeds.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): かん (kan)、げん (gen)
* Kun: ふじばかま (fujibakama)