薏 - Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 140, +13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜廿心 (TYTP), four-corner 44336, composition)

Derived characters

  • 𫻟

薏 - Chinese

trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin

Old Chinese
*qrɯːɡs, *qɯ
*qɯ, *qɯʔ, *qɯl
*qɯʔ, *qɯɡ
*qɯɡs
*qɯɡs
*qɯɡ
*qɯɡ
*qɯɡ
*qɯɡ
*qɯɡ
*qɯɡ
*qɯɡ
*qɯɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qɯɡ) : semantic (grass) + phonetic (OC *qɯɡs).

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    • (Pinyin): (yi4)
    • (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): ji3
  • Middle Chinese: /ʔɨk̚/
  • Old Chinese
    • (Zhengzhang): /*qɯɡ/

Definitions

  1. center of a lotus seed
  2. Job's tears

Compounds

  • 薏苡明珠
  • 薏苡之謗薏苡之谤

薏 - Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. seed of job's tears
  2. lotus seed

Readings

薏 - Korean

Hanja

(ui) (hangeul , revised ui, McCuneReischauer ŭi, Yale uy)

  1. the heart of a lotus seed

薏 - Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: ý, é

Meaning and Definition of 薏
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