# 薔

| 薔 | U+8594, &#34196; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8594 |
| ← 薓 [U+8593] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 薕 → [U+8595] |

## Translingual
### Han character

薔 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿土人田 (TGOW), four-corner 4460$_1$, composition ⿱艹嗇)

### Derived characters

* 𫮽 𡤑 𧃻

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1061, character 12
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32113
* Dae Jaweon: page 1525, character 9
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3300, character 3
* Unihan data for U+8594

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 薔
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 濇 | *srɯb, *srɯɡ |
| 嗇 | *srɯɡ |
| 穡 | *srɯɡ |
| 薔 | *zaŋ, *srɯɡ |
| 轖 | *srɯɡ |
| 繬 | *srɯɡ |
| 嬙 | *zaŋ, *srɯɡ |
| 懎 | *srɯɡ |
| | Old Chinese |
| 薔 | *zaŋ, *srɯɡ |
| 廧 | *zaŋ |
| 蘠 | *zaŋ |
| 嬙 | *zaŋ, *srɯɡ |
| 檣 | *zaŋ |

#### Etymology 1

    Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zaŋ, *srɯɡ) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + abbreviated phonetic 牆 (OC *zaŋ).

#### Etymology 2

    Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zaŋ, *srɯɡ) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 嗇 (OC *srɯɡ).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qiáng (qiang$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄤˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qiáng
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ciáng
*** Wade–Giles: chʻiang$^2$
*** Yale: chyáng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyang
*** Palladius: цян (cjan)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: coeng$^4$
*** Yale: chèuhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cêng$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/
* Middle Chinese: dzjang
Rime :
| Character | 薔 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 從 (15) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (105) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 在良切 |
| Baxter | dzjang |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡zɨɐŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡ziɐŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡ziɑŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡zɨaŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /d͡ziaŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /d͡zĭaŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /d͡zʱi̯aŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qiáng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | coeng$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*zaŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 薔 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 10321 |
| Phonetic component | 牆 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 牆 |
| Old Chinese | /*zaŋ/ |

#### Definitions

薔
* Only used in 薔薇／蔷薇 (qiángwēi).

##### Compounds

* 薔薇 / 蔷薇 (qiángwēi)
* 薔薇戰爭 / 蔷薇战争
* 薔薇硝 / 蔷薇硝
* 薔薇科 / 蔷薇科
* 薔薇露 / 蔷薇露
* 野薔薇 / 野蔷薇

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): sè (se$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄙㄜˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sè
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sè
*** Wade–Giles: sê$^4$
*** Yale: sè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: seh
*** Palladius: сэ (sɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /sɤ⁵¹/
* Middle Chinese: srik
Rime :
| Character | 薔 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 生 (21) |
| Final (韻) | 職 (134) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 所力切 |
| Baxter | srik |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʃɨk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʃɨk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʃiek̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʂik̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ʃiək̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ʃĭək̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʂi̯ək̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | she |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sik$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*srɯɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 薔 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 10994 |
| Phonetic component | 嗇 |
| Rime group | 職 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 色 |
| Old Chinese | /*srɯɡ/ |
| Notes | 見爾雅：蓼 |

#### Definitions

薔
* (obsolete) hydropiper (Persicaria hydropiper)
    Synonym: 水蓼 (shuǐliǎo)
* a surname

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: そう (sō)、ぞう (zō)、しき (shiki)
* Kan-on: しょう (shō)、そく (soku)
* Kan’yō-on: しょく (shoku)
* Kun: みずたで (mizutade, 薔)

#### Compounds

* 薔薇(ばら) (bara): rose

## Korean
### Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 薔 (MC dzjang). Recorded as Middle Korean 쟝 (cyang) (Yale: cyang) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

#### Hanja

Wikisource 薔 (eumhun 장미 장 (jangmi jang))
* hanja form of 장 (“rose”)

#### Compounds

* 장미 (薔薇, jangmi, “rose”)
* 장미색 (薔薇色, jangmisaek)

### Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 薔 (MC srik).

#### Hanja

薔 (eumhun 물여뀌 색 (muryeokkwi saek))
* hanja form of 색 (“hydropiper”)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

薔: Hán Nôm readings: tường, sắc
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