萱

Translingual

Han character

萱 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿十一一 (TJMM), four-corner 4410₆, 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

trad.		萱
simp. ^#		萱
alternative forms		藼／萱蕿蘐／萱諼／谖萲／萱

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (亘) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	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 (xuan¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hyun¹
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): soeng¹ / syeng¹
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): suang¹ / suêng¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuān
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuan
  - Wade–Giles: hsüan¹
  - Yale: sywān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuan
  - Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hyun¹
  - Yale: hyūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hyn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hün¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːn⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: soeng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬœŋ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: syeng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬyøŋ⁵³³/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: suang¹ / suêng¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: suang / sueng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /suaŋ³³/, /sueŋ³³/

Note:

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/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi̯wɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xuān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hyun¹

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

^† daylily (Hemerocallis flava)
^† mother

Usage notes

Now usually used in personal names.

Compounds

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 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 269.

Japanese

Kanji

萱

(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^(key): [ka̠ja̠]

Noun

萱(かや) • (kaya)

Alternative spelling of 茅 (kaya, “thatching grass, thatching sedge”)

Derived terms

Korean

Hanja

萱 (eum 훤 (hwon))

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Vietnamese

Han character

萱: Hán Nôm readings: hiên, huyên

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