萱

萱 U+8431, 萱
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8431
← 萰
[U+8430] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 萲 →
[U+8432]

Translingual

Han character

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

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

Note:
  • suang1 - Shantou;
  • suêng1 - Chaozhou.
    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
    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

    1. † daylily (Hemerocallis flava)
    2. † mother

    Usage notes

    Now usually used in personal names.

    Compounds
    • 堂萱
    • 椿萱 (chūnxuān)
    • 椿萱並茂／椿萱并茂
    • 萱堂
    • 萱堂日永
    • 萱花
    • 萱花椿樹／萱花椿树
    • 萱草 (xuāncǎo)
    • 萱萎北堂

    Japanese

    Kanji
    萱

    (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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    Readings
    • On (unclassified): けん (ken)
    • Kun: かや (kaya, 萱)

    Korean

    Hanja

    萱 (eum 훤 (hwon))

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    萱: Hán Nôm readings: hiên, huyên

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