# 薙

| 薙 | U+8599, &#34201; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8599 |
| ← 薘 [U+8598] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 薚 → [U+859A] |

## Translingual
### Han character

薙 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿人大土 (TOKG), four-corner 4441$_4$, composition ⿱艹雉)
* to weed
* to shave

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1061, character 20
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32121
* Dae Jaweon: page 1525, character 15
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3302, character 7
* Unihan data for U+8599

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 彘 | *l'eds |
| 璏 | *l'eds, *ɢʷleds, *ɢʷled |
| 薙 | *l̥ʰiːs, *ljiʔ, *l'iʔ |
| 知 | *ʔl'e |
| 蜘 | *te |
| 智 | *ʔl'es |
| 鼅 | *te |
| 潪 | *teɡs, *deɡ |
| 踟 | *de |
| 雉 | *l'iʔ |
| 矢 | *hliʔ |
| 痴 | *l̥ʰɯ |

### Etymology 1

* For pronunciation and definitions of 薙 – see 剃 (“to shave”). (This character is a variant form of 剃).

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tì (ti$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tai$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tì
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tì
*** Wade–Giles: tʻi$^4$
*** Yale: tì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tih
*** Palladius: ти (ti)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰi⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tai$^3$
*** Yale: tai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tai$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tei$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɐi̯³³/
* Middle Chinese: zijX, drijX, thejH
Rime :
| Character | 薙 | 薙 | 薙 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 邪 (17) | 澄 (11) | 透 (6) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (17) | 脂 (17) | 齊 (39) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III | IV |
| Fanqie | 徐姊切 | 直几切 | 他計切 |
| Baxter | zijX | drijX | thejH |
| Reconstructions ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /zˠiɪ$^X$/ | /ɖˠiɪ$^X$/ | /tʰei$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /zᵚi$^X$/ | /ɖᵚi$^X$/ | /tʰei$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ziɪ$^X$/ | /ȡiɪ$^X$/ | /tʰɛi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /zji$^X$/ | /ɖji$^X$/ | /tʰɛj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /zji$^X$/ | /ȡji$^X$/ | /tʰei$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /zi$^X$/ | /ȡi$^X$/ | /tʰiei$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /zi$^X$/ | /ȡʱi$^X$/ | /tʰiei$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | sì | zhì | tì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zi$^6$ | zi$^6$ | tai$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ˤij-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰiːs/, /*ljiʔ/, /*l'iʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 薙 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | tì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ thej$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*l̥ˁij-s/ |
| English | clear weeds |
| 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 | 薙 | 薙 | 薙 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 11494 | 11501 | 11503 |
| Phonetic component | 矢 | 矢 | 矢 |
| Rime group | 脂 | 脂 | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 替 | 兕 | 雉 |
| Old Chinese | /*l̥ʰiːs/ | /*ljiʔ/ | /*l'iʔ/ |
| Notes | | | 通作夷 |

#### Definitions

薙
* (archaic) to weed; to cut grass
* (obsolete) to cut down; to delete

##### Compounds

* 刊薙／刊剃
* 芟薙／芟剃
* 草薙禽獮／草剃禽狝
* 薙髮／剃发 (tìfà)
* 薙髮令／剃发令

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: たい (tai)、じ (ji)
* Kan-on: てい (tei)、ち (chi)
* Kun: かる (karu, 薙る)、なぐ (nagu, 薙ぐ)

## Korean
### Hanja

薙 (eum 치 (chi))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

薙: Hán Nôm readings: thế
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#### References

* Nom Foundation