# 萑

| 萑 | U+8411, &#33809; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8411 |
| ← 萐 [U+8410] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 萒 → [U+8412] |

## Translingual
### Han character

萑 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿人土 (TOG), four-corner 4421$_4$, composition ⿱艹隹)

#### Derived characters

* 𠿅, 𭬈, 𨬶, 𬞓, 𦼉, 蒦, 𬞄, 𱚡, 𰲃, 𦾔, 舊, 雚, 𬥱, 𭬷
* 蒦 (and its derived characters)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1041, character 13
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31272
* Dae Jaweon: page 1500, character 15
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3235, character 16
* Unihan data for U+8411

## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 蜼 | *lus, *rulʔ, *luls |
| 堆 | *tuːl |
| 嵟 | *tuːl |
| 碓 | *tuːls |
| 推 | *tʰuːl, *tʰjul |
| 蓷 | *tʰuːl, *tʰjul |
| 陮 | *duːlʔ |
| 魋 | *duːl |
| 嶊 | *stuːlʔ |
| 崔 | *zluːl, *sʰluːl |
| 猚 | *ŋreːl, *rulʔ |
| 椎 | *dul |
| 顀 | *dul |
| 隹 | *tjul |
| 錐 | *tjul |
| 萑 | *kljul |
| 騅 | *tjul |
| 鵻 | *sɢʷinʔ, *tjul |
| 誰 | *djul |
| 脽 | *djul |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kljul) : semantic 艸 + phonetic 隹 (OC *tjul).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhuī (zhui$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄟ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhuī
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄟ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhuei
*** Wade–Giles: chui$^1$
*** Yale: jwēi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juei
*** Palladius: чжуй (čžuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: tsywij
Rime :
| Character | 萑 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (16) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 職追切 |
| Baxter | tsywij |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕiuɪ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕʷi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕjuɪ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cwi/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕui/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕwi/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡ɕwi/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhuī |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zeoi$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kljul/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 萑 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 17720 |
| Phonetic component | 隹 |
| Rime group | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 錐 |
| Old Chinese | /*kljul/ |

#### Definitions

萑
* lush
* motherwort
    Synonyms: 益母草 (yìmǔcǎo), 茺蔚 (chōngwèi)

##### Compounds

* 萑蔰

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): huán (huan$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˊ
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): huang$^2$ / huong$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huán
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huán
*** Wade–Giles: huan$^2$
*** Yale: hwán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwan
*** Palladius: хуань (xuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯än³⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: huang$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /huaŋ¹³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: huong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /huoŋ¹³/
* Middle Chinese: hwan
Rime :
| Character | 萑 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 桓 (62) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 胡官切 |
| Baxter | hwan |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦuɑn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦʷɑn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣuɑn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦwan/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣuɑn/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣuɑn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɣuɑn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | huán |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wun$^4$ |

#### Definitions

萑
* a kind of reed-like plant

### Etymology 3

Corrupted form.

#### Definitions

* For pronunciation and definitions of 萑 – see 雈 (“a kind of owl”). (This character is a variant form of 雈).

### References

* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “萑”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 93.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* reed

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): かん (kan)、すい (sui)
* Kun: おぎ (ogi)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

萑: Hán Nôm readings: hoàn, chuy
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