# 萱

| 萱 | U+8431, &#33841; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8431 |
| ← 萰 [U+8430] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 萲 → [U+8432] |

## Translingual
### Han character

萱 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿十一一 (TJMM), four-corner 4410$_6$, composition ⿱艹宣)

#### Derived characters

* 𫫻, 𫱽, 𫻊, 𬁙, 𣜯

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1042, character 41
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31345
* Dae Jaweon: page 1503, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3256, character 3
* Unihan data for U+8431

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 烜 | *qʰrolʔ, *qʰonʔ |
| 貆 | *qʰoːn, *ɡoːn, *qʰon |
| 峘 | *ɡoːn, *ɡɯːŋ |
| 狟 | *ɡoːn |
| 絙 | *ɡoːn, *kɯːŋ |
| 荁 | *ɡoːn |
| 宣 | *sqʰon |
| 咺 | *qʰonʔ |
| 暅 | *qʰonʔ |
| 桓 | *ɡʷaːn |
| 洹 | *ɡʷaːn, *ɢʷan |
| 揎 | *sqʰʷan |
| 愃 | *sqʰʷan, *qʰʷanʔ |
| 瑄 | *sqʰʷan |
| 渲 | *sqʰʷans |
| 喧 | *qʰʷan |
| 萱 | *qʰʷan |
| 暄 | *qʰʷan |
| 諠 | *qʰʷan |
| 翧 | *qʰʷan |
| 蝖 | *qʰʷan |
| 垣 | *ɢʷan |
| 楦 | *qʰʷans |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qʰʷan): semantic 艹 (“grass”) + phonetic 宣 (OC *sqʰon).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xuān (xuan$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hyun$^1$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): soeng$^1$ / syeng$^1$
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): suang$^1$ / suêng$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xuān
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syuan
*** Wade–Giles: hsüan$^1$
*** Yale: sywān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuan
*** Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hyun$^1$
*** Yale: hyūn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hyn$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hün$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hyːn⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: soeng$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬœŋ⁵³³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: syeng$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬyøŋ⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: suang$^1$ / suêng$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: suang / sueng
*** Sinological IPA : /suaŋ³³/, /sueŋ³³/
* suang1 - Shantou;
* suêng1 - Chaozhou.
* Middle Chinese: xjwon
Rime :
| Character | 萱 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 元 (66) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 況袁切 |
| Baxter | xjwon |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /hʉɐn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /hʷiɐn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /xiuɐn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /huan/ |
| Li Rong | /xiuɐn/ |
| Wang Li | /xĭwɐn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /xi̯wɐn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xuān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hyun$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷan/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 萱 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 14011 |
| Phonetic component | 亘 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 暄 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰʷan/ |

### Definitions

萱
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) daylily (Hemerocallis flava)
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) mother

#### Usage notes

Now usually used in personal names.

### Compounds

* 堂萱
* 椿萱 (chūnxuān)
* 椿萱並茂 / 椿萱并茂
* 萱堂
* 萱堂日永
* 萱花
* 萱花椿樹 / 萱花椿树
* 萱草 (xuāncǎo)
* 萱萎北堂

### References

* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “萱”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 269.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): けん (ken)
* Kun: かや (kaya, 萱)

#### Compounds

* 萱草(カンゾウ) (kanzō)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 萱
* かや Jinmeiyō
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 茅

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) かや [káꜜyà] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ka̠ja̠]

### Noun

萱(かや) • (kaya)
* Alternative spelling of 茅 (kaya, “thatching grass, thatching sedge”)

#### Derived terms

* 萱昇(カヤノボリ) (kayanobori)
* 畔萱(あぜがや) (azegaya)
* 糸萱(いとがや) (itogaya)
* 雀萱(すずめがや) (suzumegaya)
* 鼠萱(ねずみがや) (nezumigaya)
* 羽萱(はねがや) (hanegaya)

## Korean
### Hanja

萱 (eum 훤 (hwon))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

萱: Hán Nôm readings: hiên, huyên
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