蕼

蕼 U+857C, 蕼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-857C ← 蕻 [U+857B] CJK Unified Ideographs 蕽 → [U+857D]

Translingual

Han character

蕼 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿尸戈手 (TSIQ), four-corner 4475₇, composition ⿱艹肆)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1059, character 43
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32062
• Dae Jaweon: page 1523, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3299, character 7
• Unihan data for U+857C

Chinese

trad.		蕼
simp. #		蕼

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
曃	*l̥ʰɯːds
埭	*l'ɯːds
逮	*l'ɯːds, *l'ɯːds
靆	*l'ɯːds
齂	*hmrɯːds, *hmrɯds, *mrɯːd
棣	*l'ɯːds
隸	*rɯːds
肆	*hljɯds
蕼	*hljɯds
肂	*hljɯds
殔	*lɯds
隶	*lɯds

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sì (si⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sì
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìh
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴
    • Yale: sz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syh
    • Palladius: сы (sy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sei³
    • Yale: sei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: sijH

Rime
Character	蕼
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	息利切
Baxter	sijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/siH/
Shao Rongfen	/sjɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siH/
Li Rong	/siH/
Wang Li	/siH/
Bernard Karlgren	/siH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljɯds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蕼
Reading #	1/1
No.	7962
Phonetic component	隶
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	四
Old Chinese	/*hljɯds/
Notes	引說文赤蕼也

Definitions

蕼

1. happy, carefree
2. soft, fine, newly sprouted grass