葷

See also: 荤
葷 U+8477, 葷
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8477
← 葶
[U+8476]
CJK Unified Ideographs 葸 →
[U+8478]

Translingual

Han character

葷 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿月十十 (TBJJ), four-corner 44506, composition ⿱艹軍 or ⿱𫇦車)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1046, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31461
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1508, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3257, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+8477

Chinese

trad. 葷
simp. 荤

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 葷
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Pronunciation 1



Rime
Character 葷
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 文 (59)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 許云切
Baxter xjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hɨun/
Pan
Wuyun
/hiun/
Shao
Rongfen
/xiuən/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/hun/
Li
Rong
/xiuən/
Wang
Li
/xĭuən/
Bernard
Karlgren
/xi̯uən/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xūn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fan1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 葷
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xūn
Middle
Chinese
‹ xjun ›
Old
Chinese
/*qʰu[n]/
English Allium

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 葷
Reading # 1/1
No. 7338
Phonetic
component
軍
Rime
group
文
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
薰
Old
Chinese
/*qʰun/

Definitions

葷

  1. (Buddhism) strong-smelling vegetables, such as spring onion, garlic and garlic chives
  2. meat or fish dishes (as opposed to vegetarian dishes)
  3. (figurative) low-class; obscene; vulgar; dirty

Compounds

  • 七葷八素/七荤八素
  • 不葷不素/不荤不素
  • 二葷鋪/二荤铺
  • 五葷/五荤 (wǔhūn)
  • 冷葷/冷荤 (lěnghūn)
  • 吃葷飯/吃荤饭
  • 戒葷/戒荤
  • 托葷鹹食/托荤咸食
  • 茹葷/茹荤 (rúhūn)
  • 葷允/荤允
  • 葷湯臘水/荤汤腊水
  • 葷笑話/荤笑话
  • 葷粥/荤粥
  • 葷素不忌/荤素不忌
  • 葷腥/荤腥 (hūnxīng)
  • 葷菜/荤菜 (hūncài)
  • 葷辛/荤辛
  • 葷食/荤食
  • 開洋葷/开洋荤
  • 開葷/开荤 (kāihūn)

Pronunciation 2


Definitions

葷

  1. Only used in 葷粥/荤粥 and 葷鬻/荤鬻.

Japanese

Kanji

葷

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. strong smelling
  2. strong smelling vegetable, esp. garlic, onion, Chinese chives (Allium tuberosum), Chinese scallion (Allium chinense), Allium macrostemon (Japanese garlic)
  3. meat diet

Readings

  • On (unclassified): くん (kun); ぐん (gun)
  • Kun: なまぐさ (namagusa)

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

葷 • (hun) (hangeul 훈, McCune–Reischauer hun, Yale hwun)

  1. meat diet
  2. strong smelling

Vietnamese

Han character

葷: Hán Nôm readings: huân, hôi

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