# 薌

| 薌 | U+858C, &#34188; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-858C |
| ← 薋 [U+858B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 薍 → [U+858D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

薌 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿女竹中 (TVHL), four-corner 4422$_7$, composition ⿱艹鄉 or ⿱艹鄕)
* fragrant smell of grain
* aromatic

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1060, character 29
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32100
* Dae Jaweon: page 1524, character 17
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3287, character 1
* Unihan data for U+858C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 薌
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 曏 | *qʰjaŋʔ, *qʰjaŋs, *qʰaŋʔ, *qʰaŋs |
| 鄉 | *qʰaŋ |
| 薌 | *qʰaŋ |
| 膷 | *qʰaŋ |
| 響 | *qʰaŋʔ |
| 饗 | *qʰaŋʔ |
| 蠁 | *qʰaŋʔ, *qʰaŋs |
| 嚮 | *qʰaŋʔ, *qʰaŋs |
| 卿 | *kʰraŋ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiāng (xiang$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiāng
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siang
*** Wade–Giles: hsiang$^1$
*** Yale: syāng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiang
*** Palladius: сян (sjan)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hoeng$^1$
*** Yale: hēung
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hêng$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hœːŋ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: xjang
Rime :
| Character | 薌 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (105) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 許良切 |
| Baxter | xjang |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /hɨɐŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /hiɐŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /xiɑŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /hɨaŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /xiaŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /xĭaŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /xi̯aŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xiāng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hoeng$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰaŋ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʰaŋ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 薌 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xiāng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ xjang › |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰaŋ/ |
| English | fragrance |
| 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 | 薌 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13597 |
| Phonetic component | 鄉 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 香 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰaŋ/ |

### Definitions

薌
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#### Compounds

* 薌劇／芗剧 (xiāngjù)
* 薌澤／芗泽
* 薌萁／芗萁

### References

* “薌”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): きょう (kyō)、こう (kō)
* Kun: こくもつ (kokumotsu)

## Korean
### Hanja

薌 • (hyang) (hangeul 향, revised hyang, McCune–Reischauer hyang, Yale hyang)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

薌: Hán Nôm readings: hương
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