# 蔗

| 蔗 | U+8517, &#34071; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8517 |
| ← 蔖 [U+8516] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蔘 → [U+8518] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蔗 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿戈廿火 (TITF), four-corner 4423$_1$, composition ⿱艹庶)

#### Derived characters

* 𣞢

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1054, character 16
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31794
* Dae Jaweon: page 1517, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3283, character 3
* Unihan data for U+8517

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 蔗
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 褯 | *zljaːɡs |
| 遮 | *tjaː |
| 蔗 | *tjaːɡs |
| 鷓 | *tjaːɡs |
| 樜 | *tjaːɡs, *hljaɡs |
| 蟅 | *tjaːɡs, *tjaːɡ |
| 嗻 | *tjaːɡs |
| 鍍 | *daː, *daːɡs |
| 度 | *daːɡs, *daːɡ |
| 渡 | *daːɡs |
| 庶 | *hljaɡs |
| 剫 | *daːɡ |
| 踱 | *daːɡ |
| 喥 | *daːɡ |
| 謶 | *tjaɡ |
| 席 | *ljaːɡ |
| 蓆 | *ljaːɡ |
| 墌 | *tjaːɡ |
| 摭 | *tjaːɡ |
| 蹠 | *tjaːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tjaːɡs) : semantic 艹 + phonetic 庶 (OC *hljaɡs).

### Etymology

See 藷蔗／薯蔗 (zhūzhè).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): zhè (zhe$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄓㄜˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ze$^4$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ze$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): zie$^4$ / zie$^{4*}$
* Gan (Wiktionary): za$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): cha
    (Hailu, HRS): zha$^ˇ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ca$^4$
* Northern Min (KCR): cia̿
* Eastern Min (BUC): ciá
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zia$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chià / chà
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zia$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$tso
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zha$^4$ / zhe$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhè
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhè
*** Wade–Giles: chê$^4$
*** Yale: jè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeh
*** Palladius: чжэ (čžɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ze$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ze
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɛ²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ze$^3$
*** Yale: je
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dze$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zé$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɛː³³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: zie$^4$ / zie$^{4*}$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siɛ²¹/, /t͡siɛ²¹⁻²¹⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: za$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sa³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: cha
*** Hakka Romanization System: za
*** Hagfa Pinyim: za$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sa⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: zha$^ˇ$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃa¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ca$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰa⁵³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cia̿
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sia³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ciá
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siɑ²¹³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zia$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sia⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chià
*** Tâi-lô: tsià
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ciax
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sia⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sia¹¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /t͡sia²¹/
** (Hokkien: Longyan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chà
*** Tâi-lô: tsà
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zax
*** IPA (Longyan): /t͡sa²¹³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zia$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsià
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sia²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$tso
*** MiniDict: tso$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$tso
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡so³⁴/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: zha$^4$ / zhe$^4$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ʈ͡ʂa̠⁴⁵/, /ʈ͡ʂɤ̞⁴⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (new-style): /t͡sa̠⁴⁵/, /t͡sɤ̞⁴⁵/
* Middle Chinese: tsyaeH
Rime :
| Character | 蔗 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 麻 (100) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 之夜切 |
| Baxter | tsyaeH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕia$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕia$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕia$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cia$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕia$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕĭa$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡ɕi̯a$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhè |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ze$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*tAk-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*tjaːɡs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 蔗 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhè |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsyæ$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*tAk-s/ |
| English | sugarcane |
| 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 | 蔗 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11896 |
| Phonetic component | 庶 |
| Rime group | 暮 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 柘 |
| Old Chinese | /*tjaːɡs/ |
| Notes | 招魂作柘 |

### Definitions

蔗
* sugar cane (Classifier: 轆／辘 c)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 蔗, 藷蔗, 甘蔗, 竿蔗 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 甘蔗 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 甘蔗 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 甘蔗 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 甘蔗 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 甘蔗 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 甘蔗 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 甘蔗 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 甘蔗 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 甘蔗 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 甘蔗 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 甘蔗 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 甘蔗 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 甘蔗, 甜秫秸 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 甘蔗, 甜甘蔗 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 甘蔗 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 甘蔗, 甜杆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 甘蔗, 甜蜜稈兒, 甜稈兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 甘蔗 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 甘蔗 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 甘蔗 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 甘蔗 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 甜甘截子, 甘截子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 甘蔗 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 甘蔗 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 甘蔗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 甘蔗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 甘蔗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 甘蔗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 蔗稈 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 甘蔗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 甘蔗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 甘蔗, 蔗 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 甘蔗 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 甘蔗 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 甘蔗 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 甘蔗 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 蠟蔗 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 甘蔗 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 甘蔗 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 甘蔗 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 蔗, 甘蔗 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 甘蔗 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 甘蔗 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 甘蔗 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 甘蔗 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 甘蔗 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 甘蔗 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 甘蔗 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 甘蔗 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 甘蔗 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 甘蔗 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 甘蔗 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 甘蔗 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 甘蔗 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 甘蔗 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 甘蔗 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 甘蔗, 蔗 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 蔗梗 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 蔗, 蠟蔗 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 蔗 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 蔗 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 蔗 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) | 蔗 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 蔗 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 蔗 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 蔗 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 甘蔗, 蔗 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 甘蔗 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 甘蔗 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 甘蔗 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 甘蔗 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 甘蔗 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 蔗 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 蔗 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 甘蔗 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 蔗 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 甘蔗 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 蔗 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 甘蔗 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 蔗 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 甘蔗 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 甘蔗 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 甘蔗, 甜棒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 甘蔗, 甜棒 |
| Jin | Linhe | 甘蔗 |
| Jin | Jining | 甘蔗 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 甘蔗, 甜棒 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 甘蔗 |
| Jin | Handan | 甘蔗, 甜杆 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 蔗 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 蔗, 甘蔗 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 甘蔗 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 甘蔗 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 甘蔗 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 甘蔗 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 甘蔗 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 甘蔗 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 甘蔗 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 甘蔗 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 甘蔗 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 甘蔗 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 甘蔗 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 甘蔗 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 甘蔗 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 甘蔗 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 甘蔗 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 蔗 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 蔗 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 蔗 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 甘蔗 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Teochew) | 竹蔗 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 蔗 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 甘蔗 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 甘蔗 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 甘蔗 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 蔗 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 蔗 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 蔗 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 甘蔗 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 蔗 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 蔗 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 蔗 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 蔗 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 蔗 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 甘蔗 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 甘蔗 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 蔗 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 蔗 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 蔗 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 蔗 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 蔗 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 甘蔗 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 蔗 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 蔗 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 蔗 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 蔗 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 蔗 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 蔗 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 蔗 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 甘蔗 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 甘蔗 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 甘蔗 |
| Wu | Danyang | 甘蔗 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 甘蔗 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 甘蔗 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 甘蔗, 糖蔗 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 甘蔗 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 甘蔗 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 蔗梗子 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 甘蔗 |

### Compounds

* 啖蔗
* 甘蔗
* 蔗園 / 蔗园 (zhèyuán)
* 蔗境
* 蔗尾
* 蔗汁 (zhèzhī)
* 蔗渣 (zhèzhā)
* 蔗漿 / 蔗浆
* 蔗田 (zhètián)
* 蔗箬
* 蔗糖 (zhètáng)
* 蔗農 / 蔗农
* 蔗酒
* 蔗霜
* 藷蔗 / 𫉄蔗 (zhūzhè)
* 諸蔗 / 诸蔗 (zhūzhè)
* 都蔗

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* sugar cane

#### Readings

* Go-on: しゃ (sha)
* Kan-on: しゃ (sha)
* Kan’yō-on: しょ (sho)
* Kun: さとうきび (satōkibi)

## Korean
### Hanja

蔗 • (ja) (hangeul 자, revised ja, McCune–Reischauer cha, Yale ca)
* sugar cane

## Vietnamese
### Han character

蔗: Hán Nôm readings: giá
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### References

* Nom Foundation