# 薤

| 薤 | U+85A4, &#34212; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85A4 |
| ← 薣 [U+85A3] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 薥 → [U+85A5] |

## Translingual
### Han character

薤 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿一弓一 (TMNM), four-corner 4421$_1$, composition ⿱艹𩐁)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1061, character 40
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32141
* Dae Jaweon: page 1526, character 7
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3300, character 15
* Unihan data for U+85A4

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 瀣 | *ɡɯːds, *ɡrɯːds |
| 韰 | *ɡrɯːds |
| 薤 | *ɡrɯːds |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiè (xie$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): haai$^6$
* Eastern Min (BUC): hâi
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): hai$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiè
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siè
*** Wade–Giles: hsieh$^4$
*** Yale: syè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieh
*** Palladius: се (se)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: haai$^6$
*** Yale: haaih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: haai$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hai$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /haːi̯²²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hâi
*** Sinological IPA : /hɑi²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hai$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hăi
*** Sinological IPA : /hai³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: heajH
Rime :
| Character | 薤 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 皆 (33) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 胡介切 |
| Baxter | heajH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦˠɛi$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦᵚæi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣɐi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦəɨj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣɛi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣɐi$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɣăi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xiè |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | haai$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡrɯːds/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 薤 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13796 |
| Phonetic component | 韰 |
| Rime group | 隊 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 械 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡrɯːds/ |
| Notes | 俗體見禮記 |

### Definitions

薤
* Chinese onion (Allium chinense)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 薤 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 薤 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 薤 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 藠頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 蕗蕎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 藠頭, 三白 dated |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 藠頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 藠頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 藠頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 藠頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 藠頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 藠頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 藠 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 藠 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 藠頭 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 藠頭 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 藠頭 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 藠頭 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 藠頭 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 藠頭 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 藠頭 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 藠仔 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 藠牯 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 藠頭, 藠仔 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 藠哩 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 藠頭 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 藠頭 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 藠頭 |
| Hakka | Changting | 藠子 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 藠子 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 藠子 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 藠頭 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 藠子 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 藠子, 懶屍菜 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 藠子 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 藠 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 藠子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 藠頭, 藠仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 藠頭, 藠仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 藠頭, 藠仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 藠頭, 藠 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 藠頭, 藠仔, 藠 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 蘆藠 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 藠頭 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 藠頭 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 藠仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 蓼藠 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 蕗蕎 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 蕗蕎 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 蕗蕎 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 蕗蕎 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 蕗蕎 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 蕗蕎 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 蕗蕎 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 蕗蕎 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 蕗蕎 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 蕗蕎 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 蕗蕎 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 蕗蕎 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 蕗蕎 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 蕗蕎 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 六藠 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 六藠 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 六藠 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Houzhai) | 六藠 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Yun'ao) | 六藠 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 六藠, 六藠頭 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 六藠 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 六藠 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 六藠 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 藠頭 |
| Wu | Linhai | 藠菙 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 藠蒜 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 蓼藠 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 老藠 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 藠頭, 藠頭骨, 藠子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 藠頭 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 藠崽腦 |

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* scallion, shallot

#### Readings

* Go-on: げ (ge)
* Kan-on: かい (kai)
* On: けい (kei)
* Kun: らっきょう (rakkyō, 薤)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 薤
* らっきょう Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 薤 – see the following entry. :
| 【辣韮らっきょう】 | [noun] Chinese scallion, Allium chinense Alternative spellings 辣韭, ラッキョウ |
(This term, 薤, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Hanja

薤 • (hae) (hangeul 해, revised hae, McCune–Reischauer hae, Yale hay)
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