# 薸

| 薸 | U+85B8, &#34232; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85B8 |
| ← 薷 [U+85B7] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 薹 → [U+85B9] |

## Translingual
### Han character

薸 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 廿水一火 (TEMF), four-corner 4419$_1$, composition ⿱艹漂)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1063, character 3
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32203
* Dae Jaweon: page 1527, character 32
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3316, character 3
* Unihan data for U+85B8

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 標 | *pew, *pewʔ |
| 鏢 | *pew, *pʰew |
| 瘭 | *pew |
| 幖 | *pew |
| 熛 | *pew |
| 蔈 | *pew |
| 膘 | *prew, *pʰewʔ, *bewʔ, *spewʔ |
| 褾 | *pewʔ |
| 票 | *pʰew |
| 飄 | *pʰew, *bew |
| 漂 | *pʰew, *pʰews |
| 螵 | *pʰew, *bew |
| 瞟 | *pʰew, *pʰewʔ |
| 嫖 | *pʰew, *pʰews |
| 旚 | *pʰew |
| 僄 | *pʰew, *pʰews |
| 慓 | *pʰew, *pʰews, *bewʔ |
| 彯 | *pʰew, *pʰews |
| 摽 | *pʰew, *pʰews, *bewʔ |
| 翲 | *pʰew, *pʰews |
| 嘌 | *pʰew |
| 縹 | *pʰewʔ |
| 醥 | *pʰewʔ |
| 顠 | *pʰewʔ, *bewʔ |
| 篻 | *pʰewʔ, *mbew |
| 剽 | *pʰews, *bew |
| 勡 | *pʰews |
| 薸 | *bew |
| 瓢 | *bew |
| 鰾 | *bewʔ |
| 驃 | *bews |

### Etymology

Possibly related to 漂 (OC *pʰew, “to float; to drift”) (Liu, 1999).
Norman and Mei (1976) suggest instead that this word is of Austroasiatic origin, comparing it to Vietnamese bèo (“duckweed”), which they further relate to Mon ဗေဝ် (“to ride low in the water”) (< Proto-Mon-Khmer *ber (“to float”)). However, Sagart (2008) counts it among "either East Asian areal words if not Chinese words in disguise".

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): piáo (piao$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄠˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): piao$^1$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): piu$^4$ / piu$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): phèu
    (Meixian, Guangdong): piau$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): piâu
* Eastern Min (BUC): pièu
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): pieo$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): phiô
    (Teochew, Peng'im): pio$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: piáo
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: piáo
*** Wade–Giles: pʻiao$^2$
*** Yale: pyáu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyau
*** Palladius: пяо (pjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: piao$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: piao
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰiau⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: piu$^4$ / piu$^1$
*** Yale: pìuh / pīu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: piu$^4$ / piu$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: piu$^4$ / piu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰiːu̯²¹/, /pʰiːu̯⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phèu
*** Hakka Romanization System: peu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: peu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰeu̯¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: piau$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰiau¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: piâu
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰiau³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: pièu
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰieu⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: pieo$^2$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: pá̤u
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰieu¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Hsinchu, Kinmen, Lukang, Magong, Sanxia, Tainan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiô
*** Tâi-lô: phiô
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phiooi
*** IPA (Tainan): /pʰiɤ²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Kinmen, Lukang): /pʰio²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰio¹³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: pio$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phiô
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰio⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: bjiew
Rime :
| Character | 薸 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (91) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 符霄切 |
| Baxter | bjiew |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /biᴇu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /biɛu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /bjæu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /biaw/ |
| Li Rong | /biɛu/ |
| Wang Li | /bĭɛu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱi̯ɛu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | piáo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | piu$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-[p]ew/
    (Zhengzhang): /*bew/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 薸 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | piáo |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ bjiew › |
| Old Chinese | /*m-[p]ew/ |
| English | duckweed |
| 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 | 薸 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9780 |
| Phonetic component | 票 |
| Rime group | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 瓢 |
| Old Chinese | /*bew/ |
| Notes | 見方言 |

### Definitions

薸
* duckweed

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 浮萍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 浮萍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 浮萍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 浮萍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 浮萍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 浮萍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 浮萍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 浮萍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 浮萍草 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 浮萍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 浮萍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 浮萍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 浮萍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 浮萍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 浮萍 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 浮萍 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 浮萍 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 浮萍 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 浮萍 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 蛤蟆衣, 綠不稜得 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 水萍, 苲草 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 浮萍 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 浮萍 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 浮萍 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 浮萍兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 浮萍 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 浮萍 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 水葫蘆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 浮萍 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 水花 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 浮萍 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 胡冰草 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 浮薸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 浮萍 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 浮萍, 浮萍草 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 浮萍 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 浮萍 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 浮萍 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 浮浮草 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 浮萍, 浮萍草 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 浮萍 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 浮萍 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 浮萍 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 浮萍 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 浮萍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 浮薸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 浮薸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 浮薸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 浮薸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 浮萍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 浮薸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 浮薸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 浮萍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 浮萍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 浮萍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 浮萍, 浮行子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 浮薸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 浮萍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 浮萍, 浮薸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 浮萍, 泡頸草 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 浮薸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 浮萍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 浮萍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 浮萍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 浮萍, 浮薸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 浮萍, 浮薸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 薸, 浮薸, 浮萍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 浮萍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 浮萍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 浮萍 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 浮萍 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 浮萍, 浮萍草 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 浮萍, 浮萍草 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 綠萍 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 浮萍草 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 浮萍 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 浮萍 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 浮萍 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 浮薸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 浮薸, 浮蕎 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 浮萍 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 浮仔, 浮薸 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 浮蕎 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 薸, 浮薸 |
| Cantonese | Nanning (Tanka) | 水浮薸 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 浮薸 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 浮水蓮 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 水鬼皮, 浮萍, 水浮蓮 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 浮萍, 浮蓮 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 浮萍 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Mule) | 水葫蘆 |
| Cantonese | Pingnan | 薸 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Gangcheng) | 薸 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Pingdong) | 薸 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 浮蕎 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 水浮蓮 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 蓮萍 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 浮萍 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 浮萍 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 浮薸 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 浮蕎 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 浮萍, 浮蕎 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 浮薸 |
| Gan | Pengze | 湖薸 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 薸 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 薸仔 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 薸, 薸哩 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 薸仔 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 水浮蓮 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 薸哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 薸哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 薸哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 薸哩 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 薸子 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 浮薸 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 薸 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 薸仔 |
| Hakka | Changting | 薸子 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Yongding) | 薸子 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) | 薸子 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding) | 薸子 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 薸子 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Zhongshan) | 薸 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 薸子 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 薸 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Peitian) | 薸 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Juxi) | 薸 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Zhongbao) | 薸 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Laiyuan) | 浮萍 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 薸 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 薸子 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 薸子 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 薸子 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 薸子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 薸仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 浮冇草 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 水披 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 薸仔 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 水薸 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 薸仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 薸 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 薸仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 薸子 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 薸仔 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 浮萍 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 浮萍 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 薸 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 薸 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 浮萍 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Fengshun) | 浮草 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 薸, 浮薸 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 薸 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 青薸 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang (Ehu) | 薸 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 浮萍 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 浮萍 |
| Jin | Datong | 浮萍 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 浮萍 |
| Jin | Jining | 浮萍 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 浮萍 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 浮萍 |
| Jin | Handan | 浮萍 |
| Jin | Suide | 浮萍 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 薸 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 薸 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 薸 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 薸 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 薸 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 薸 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 薸 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 薸 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 薸 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 薸, 水薸, 浮薸 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 薸, 水薸 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 薸 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 薸, 水薸, 浮薸 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 薸 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 薸 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 薸, 水薸 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 薸 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 薸 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 水薸 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 水薸 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 薸, 水薸 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 薸, 水薸 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 薸 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 水薸 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 薸仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 薸 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 薸仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 薸 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 水薸 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 薸 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 薸 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 薸 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 水薸 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 水薸 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 水薸 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 薸 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 薸 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 水薸 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 薸 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 薸 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 薸 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 薸, 水薸 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 薸 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 薸 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 田薸 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 薸 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 薸 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 薸, 浮薸 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 浮萍 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 浮萍 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 薸 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 薸 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 浮皮 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 浮皮 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang) | 薸 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang) | 薸 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang) | 薸 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Zhoutian) | 薸哩 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Shitang) | 薸 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou) | 薸 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Changlai) | 薸 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Beixiang) | 薸 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Huangpu) | 薸 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi) | 薸 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Sanxi) | 薸 |

### Compounds

* 推薸
* 水薸
* 浮薸
* 田薸
* 竹葉薸 / 竹叶薸
* 薸仔
* 薸囝
* 薸子
* 薸母

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): ひょう (hyō)、びょう (byō)
* Kun: うきぐさ (ukigusa)