# 蕘

| 蕘 | U+8558, &#34136; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8558 |
| ← 蕗 [U+8557] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蕙 → [U+8559] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 蕘 |
| Shinjitai (extended) | 𮏔 |
| Simplified | 荛 |

### Han character

蕘 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿土土山 (TGGU), four-corner 4421$_1$, composition ⿱艹堯)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1058, character 3
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31965
* Dae Jaweon: page 1520, character 31
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3287, character 10
* Unihan data for U+8558

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 撓 | *hŋaːw, *rŋaːw, *rnaːwʔ |
| 鐃 | *rŋaːw |
| 譊 | *rŋaːw |
| 橈 | *rŋaːws, *ŋjew |
| 磽 | *ŋ̊ʰreːw, *ŋreːws, *ŋ̊ʰeːwʔ |
| 墝 | *ŋ̊ʰreːw |
| 穘 | *hŋreːw |
| 顤 | *hŋreːw, *ŋeːws |
| 燒 | *hŋjew, *hŋjaws |
| 饒 | *ŋjew, *ŋjaws |
| 蟯 | *ŋjew, *ʔŋew |
| 蕘 | *ŋjew |
| 襓 | *ŋjew |
| 繞 | *ŋjewʔ, *ŋjaws |
| 遶 | *ŋjewʔ |
| 嬈 | *njewʔ, *neːwʔ, *hŋeːws |
| 趬 | *ŋ̊ʰew, *ŋ̊ʰews |
| 蹺 | *ŋ̊ʰew |
| 翹 | *ɡew, *ɡews |
| 澆 | *ŋkeːw, *ŋeːws |
| 驍 | *ŋkeːw |
| 僥 | *kŋeːwʔ, *ŋeːw |
| 堯 | *ŋeːw |
| 垚 | *ŋeːw |
| 嶢 | *ŋeːw |
| 獟 | *ŋeːws |
| 膮 | *hŋeːw, *hŋeːwʔ |
| 嘵 | *hŋeːw |
| 憢 | *hŋeːw |
| 曉 | *hŋeːwʔ |
| 皢 | *hŋeːwʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋjew): semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 堯 (OC *ŋeːw).

### Etymology

Of unclear origin. 燒 (OC *hŋjew, *hŋjaws, “to burn”) is a causative formation (Schuessler, 2007).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ráo (rao$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄖㄠˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): giô
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ngieu$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ráo
*** Zhuyin: ㄖㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ráo
*** Wade–Giles: jao$^2$
*** Yale: ráu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rau
*** Palladius: жао (žao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐɑʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jiu$^4$
*** Yale: yìuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jiu$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yiu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːu̯²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giô
*** Tâi-lô: giô
*** Phofsit Daibuun: giooi
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ɡio²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡio²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡio¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ɡio²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiɤ²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ngieu$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngiṳ̂u
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋiɯu⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: nyew
Rime :
| Character | 蕘 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 日 (38) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (91) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 如招切 |
| Baxter | nyew |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ȵiᴇu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ȵiɛu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȵʑjæu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ȵiaw/ |
| Li Rong | /ȵiɛu/ |
| Wang Li | /ȵʑĭɛu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȵʑi̯ɛu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ráo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jiu$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋjew/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蕘 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 14671 |
| Phonetic component | 垚 |
| Rime group | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 饒 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋjew/ |

### Definitions

蕘
* grass used as fuel

#### Compounds

* 芻蕘 / 刍荛
* 苕蕘 / 苕荛
* 蕘子 / 荛子
* 蕘牧 / 荛牧
* 蕘花 / 荛花
* 蕘豎 / 荛竖
* 薪蕘 / 薪荛
* 詢于芻蕘 / 询于刍荛
* 詢於芻蕘 / 询于刍荛
* 詢蕘 / 询荛

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: にょう (nyō)
* Kan-on: じょう (jō)
* Kun: たきぎ (takigi, 蕘)、きこり (kikori, 蕘)

## Korean
### Hanja

蕘 • (yo) (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune–Reischauer yo, Yale yo)
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