# 蘬

| 蘬 | U+862C, &#34348; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-862C |
| ← 蘫 [U+862B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蘭 → [U+862D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蘬 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+17, 23 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹一月 (THMB), four-corner 4412$_7$, composition ⿱艹歸)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1070, character 8
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32517
* Dae Jaweon: page 1536, character 23
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3335, character 6
* Unihan data for U+862C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 蘬 | *kʰlul, *kʰrul, *kʰrulʔ |
| 磓 | *tuːl |
| 塠 | *tuːl |
| 頧 | *tuːl, *tuːlʔ |
| 鴭 | *tuːl |
| 鎚 | *tuːl, *dul, *duls |
| 搥 | *tuːl |
| 縋 | *dols |
| 膇 | *dols |
| 槌 | *dols, *dul |
| 追 | *tul |
| 桘 | *dul |
| 巋 | *kʰrul, *kʰrulʔ |
| 歸 | *klul |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰlul, *kʰrul, *kʰrulʔ): semantic 艸 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 歸 (OC *klul).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kuī (kui$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai$^1$ / kwai$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kuī
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kuei
*** Wade–Giles: kʻuei$^1$
*** Yale: kwēi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuei
*** Palladius: куй (kuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kwai$^1$ / kwai$^2$
*** Yale: kwāi / kwái
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kwai$^1$ / kwai$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kuei$^1$ / kuei$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵/, /kʷʰɐi̯³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: khwij, khjw+j, khwijX
Rime :
| Character | 蘬 | 蘬 | 蘬 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) | 溪 (29) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (18) | 微 (21) | 脂 (18) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | III | III |
| Fanqie | 丘追切 | 丘韋切 | 丘軌切 |
| Baxter | khwij | khjw+j | khwijX |
| Reconstructions ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʰˠiuɪ/ | /kʰʉi/ | /kʰˠiuɪ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰʷᵚi/ | /kʰʷɨi/ | /kʰʷᵚi$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰiuɪ/ | /kʰiuəi/ | /kʰiuɪ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰjwi/ | /kʰuj/ | /kʰjwi$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰjui/ | /kʰiuəi/ | /kʰjui$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰwi/ | /kʰĭwəi/ | /kʰwi$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kʰwi/ | /kʰwe̯i/ | /kʰwi$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | kuī | kuī | kuǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fai$^1$ | fai$^1$ | fai$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʰlul/, /*kʰrul/, /*kʰrulʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蘬 | 蘬 | 蘬 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 17728 | 17745 | 17747 |
| Phonetic component | 追 | 追 | 追 |
| Rime group | 微 | 微 | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 蘬 | 巋 | 巋 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰlul/ | /*kʰrul/ | /*kʰrulʔ/ |

#### Definitions

蘬
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate; princess-feather (Persicaria orientalis)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): huǐ (hui$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wai$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huěi
*** Wade–Giles: hui$^3$
*** Yale: hwěi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoei
*** Palladius: хуэй (xuej)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wai$^2$
*** Yale: wái
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wai$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wei$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɐi̯³⁵/

#### Definitions

蘬
* Alternative form of 虺, used in personal names.

### Etymology 3

Probably cognate with 葵 (OC *ɡʷil, “mallow”).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): guī (gui$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: guī
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: guei
*** Wade–Giles: kuei$^1$
*** Yale: gwēi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guei
*** Palladius: гуй (guj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

蘬
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) mallow