# 蕢

| 蕢 | U+8562, &#34146; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8562 |
| ← 蕡 [U+8561] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蕣 → [U+8563] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蕢 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿中一金 (TLMC), four-corner 4480$_6$, composition ⿱艹貴)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1058, character 28
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31989
* Dae Jaweon: page 1521, character 15
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3291, character 1
* Unihan data for U+8562

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 蕢 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 藬 | *l'uːl |
| 僓 | *l̥ʰuːlʔ, *ɡluːds |
| 頹 | *l'uːl |
| 穨 | *l'uːl |
| 蘈 | *l'uːl |
| 隤 | *l'uːl |
| 墤 | *l'uːl, *kʰruːds |
| 尵 | *l'uːl, *r'uːl |
| 蹪 | *l'uːl |
| 瀢 | *l'uːlʔ, *lulʔ |
| 鞼 | *kluːl, *ɡruls |
| 膭 | *kluːl, *ɡluːls |
| 憒 | *kluːds |
| 靧 | *ɡluːds |
| 潰 | *ɡluːls |
| 繢 | *ɡluːds |
| 嬇 | *ɡluːds, *kʰruːds |
| 殨 | *ɡluːds |
| 闠 | *ɡluːds |
| 簣 | *kʰruːds, *ɡruds |
| 嘳 | *kʰruːds, *kʰruds |
| 蕢 | *kʰruːds, *ɡruds |
| 聵 | *ŋɡruːds |
| 樻 | *kʰruds, *ɡruds |
| 䙡 | *kʰruds, *kʰluds |
| 匱 | *ɡruds |
| 臾 | *ɡruds, *lo |
| 饋 | *ɡruls |
| 櫃 | *ɡruds |
| 遺 | *lul, *luls |
| 壝 | *lul, *lulʔ |
| 瞶 | *luls, *kluls |
| 貴 | *kluds |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰruːds, *ɡruds): semantic 艹 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 貴 (OC *kluds).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kuì (kui$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kuì
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kuèi
*** Wade–Giles: kʻuei$^4$
*** Yale: kwèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuey
*** Palladius: куй (kuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gwai$^6$
*** Yale: gwaih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gwai$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: guei$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷɐi̯²²/
* Middle Chinese: gwijH
Rime :
| Character | 蕢 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 群 (30) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (18) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 求位切 |
| Baxter | gwijH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɡˠiuɪ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɡʷᵚi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɡiuɪ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /gjwi$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɡjui$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɡwi$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /gwi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | guì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gwai$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ruj-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡruds/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 蕢 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | kuì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ gwij$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɡ]ruj-s/ |
| English | basket |
| 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 | 蕢 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 4734 |
| Phonetic component | 貴 |
| Rime group | 隊 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 匱 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡruds/ |
| Notes | 古作臾 |

#### Definitions

蕢
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) straw basket

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kuài (kuai$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄞˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kuài
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄞˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kuài
*** Wade–Giles: kʻuai$^4$
*** Yale: kwài
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuay
*** Palladius: куай (kuaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
* Middle Chinese: khweajH
Rime :
| Character | 蕢 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 皆 (34) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 苦怪切 |
| Baxter | khweajH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʰˠuɛi$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰʷᵚæi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰuɐi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰwəɨj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰuɛi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰwɐi$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kʰwăi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | kuài |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | faai$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʰruːds/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蕢 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 4727 |
| Phonetic component | 貴 |
| Rime group | 隊 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 蒯 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰruːds/ |

#### Definitions

蕢
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) edible amaranth
* a surname

### Etymology 3

* For pronunciation and definitions of 蕢 – see 塊 (“soil block”). (This character is an obsolete form of 塊).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* edible amaranth
* straw basket

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): かい (kai)、き (ki)、け (ke)、ぎ (gi)
* Kun: あじか (ajika)、つちくれ (tsuchikure, 蕢)