萩

萩	U+8429, 萩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8429

Translingual

Han character

萩 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 13 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 12 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿竹木火 (THDF), four-corner 4498₉, composition ⿱艹秋)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1042, character 27
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31333
Dae Jaweon: page 1500, character 37
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3249, character 20
Unihan data for U+8429

Chinese

trad.		萩
simp. ^#		萩

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
鍫	*sʰew
篍	sʰiw, sʰiws, *sʰɯw
愀	sʰiwʔ, zɯwʔ
湫	ʔsliwʔ, ʔsɯw, sʰɯw, zɯwʔ
揪	*ʔsɯw
揫	*ʔsɯw
啾	*ʔsɯw
鬏	*ʔsɯw
秋	*sʰɯw
鰍	*sʰɯw
楸	*sʰɯw
秌	*sʰɯw
鞦	*sʰɯw
鶖	*sʰɯw
萩	*sʰɯw
甃	*ʔsrɯws
醔	*sʰrɯw
愁	*zrɯw
僽	*zrɯws

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiū, jiāo (qiu¹, jiao¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡ, ㄐㄧㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cau¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiū
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciou
  - Wade–Giles: chʻiu¹
  - Yale: chyōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiou
  - Palladius: цю (cju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiao
  - Wade–Giles: chiao¹
  - Yale: jyāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiau
  - Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: cau¹
  - Yale: chāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ceo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: tshjuw

Rime
Character	萩
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	七由切
Baxter	tshjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰiu/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰuw/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiu/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cau¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*sʰɯw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	萩
Reading #	1/1
No.	10544
Phonetic component	秋
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	秋
Old Chinese	/*sʰɯw/

Definitions

萩

wormwood
Synonym of 梓 (zǐ, “Chinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata)”)
firewood
shrubby bush clover (Lespedeza bicolor)

Compounds

萩餅／萩饼 (qiūbǐng)
高萩 (Gāoqiū)

Japanese

Kanji

萩

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Readings

Go-on: しゅ (shu)
Kan-on: しゅう (shū)^{←しう (siu, historical)}
Kun: はぎ (hagi, 萩)
Nanori: は (ha)

Usage notes

Not to be confused with 荻(おぎ) (ogi).

Etymology

Kanji in this term
萩
はぎ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

ハギ on Wikipedia

Noun

萩(はぎ) or 萩(ハギ) • (hagi)

bush clover, general term for plants of genus Lespedeza. Culturally important as one of the seven flowers of autumn.
Hypernym: 秋の七草

Coordinate terms: 萩, 尾花, 葛, 撫子, 女郎花, 藤袴, 桔梗
(especially) Synonym of 山萩 (yamahagi, “Lespedeza bicolor”)
a 家紋 (“crest”) pattern of bush clover
(card games) a suit in 花札 (hanafuda), representing the month of July
Coordinate terms: 松, 梅, 桜, 藤, 菖蒲, 牡丹, 萩, 芒, 菊, 紅葉, 柳, 桐

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Derived terms

Proper noun

萩(はぎ) • (Hagi)

Hagi (a city in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan)
a female given name

Korean

Hanja

萩 (eum 추 (chu))

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Vietnamese

Han character

萩: Hán Nôm readings: thèm

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