薧

薧	U+85A7, 薧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85A7

← 薦
[U+85A6]

CJK Unified Ideographs

薨 →
[U+85A8]

Translingual

Han character

薧 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜口心 (TYRP), four-corner 4421₁, composition ⿱艹𣨻)

dried food

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1062, character 6
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32146
Dae Jaweon: page 1526, character 11
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3305, character 6
Unihan data for U+85A7

Chinese

trad.		薧
simp. ^#		薧
alternative forms		𧂎𣨻

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
高	*kaːw
膏	kaːw, kaːws
篙	*kaːw
稿	*kaːwʔ
稾	kaːwʔ, kʰaːws
槁	kaːwʔ, kʰaːwʔ
縞	kaːwʔ, kaːws
暠	*kaːwʔ
槀	*kaːwʔ
藁	*kaːwʔ
燺	*kʰaːwʔ
薧	kʰaːwʔ, kʰaːws, *qʰaːw
犒	*kʰaːws
蒿	*qʰaːw
藃	qʰaːws, qʰraːw, *qʰraw
豪	*ɡaːw
毫	*ɡaːw
壕	*ɡaːw
濠	*ɡaːw
鎬	*ɡaːwʔ
滈	ɡaːwʔ, qʰraːwɢ
鄗	ɡaːwʔ, kʰraːw, *qʰaːwɢ
鰝	ɡaːwʔ, qʰaːwɢ
薃	*ɡaːwʔ
搞	*kruːʔ
敲	kʰraːw, kʰraːws
髇	*qʰraːw
嗃	qʰraːw, qʰraːws, *qʰaːwɢ
巐	*kʰl'awʔ
歊	qʰraw, qʰoːwɢ
謞	qʰaːwɢ, qʰraːwɢ
熇	qʰaːwɢ, qʰoːwɢ, *qʰoːɡ
碻	*kʰraːwɢ
塙	*kʰraːwɢ
毃	*kʰraːwɢ
翯	qʰraːwɢ, ɡraːwɢ, *ɡoːwɢ
瀥	*qʰraːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰaːwʔ, *kʰaːws, *qʰaːw): abbreviated phonetic 蒿 (OC *qʰaːw) + semantic 死 (“to die”).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kǎo (kao³)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kǎo
  - Wade–Giles: kʻao³
  - Yale: kǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kao
  - Palladius: као (kao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: haau²
  - Yale: háau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hao²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːu̯³⁵/

Middle Chinese: khawX

Rime
Character	薧
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦浩切
Baxter	khawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɑu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰɑu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɑu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰaw^X/
Li Rong	/kʰɑu^X/
Wang Li	/kʰɑu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰɑu^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hou²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰaːwʔ/, /*kʰaːws/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	薧	薧
Reading #	1/3	2/3
No.	3740	3743
Phonetic component	高	高
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	考	𩝝
Old Chinese	/*kʰaːwʔ/	/*kʰaːws/
Notes	亦作槁

Definitions

薧

(obsolete) dried food
(obsolete) withered

Compounds

鮮薧 / 鲜薧

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hāo (hao¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hou¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hao
  - Wade–Giles: hao¹
  - Yale: hāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hau
  - Palladius: хао (xao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hou¹
  - Yale: hōu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hou¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hou¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: xaw

Rime
Character	薧
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	呼毛切
Baxter	xaw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/hɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/xɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/haw/
Li Rong	/xɑu/
Wang Li	/xɑu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hou¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qʰaːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	薧
Reading #	3/3
No.	3745
Phonetic component	高
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	蒿
Old Chinese	/*qʰaːw/

Definitions

薧

(obsolete) graveyard

Compounds

薧里

Japanese

Kanji

薧

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): こう (kō)
Kun: はかば (hakaba)