苬

苬 U+82EC, 苬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-82EC ← 苫 [U+82EB] CJK Unified Ideographs 苭 → [U+82ED]

Translingual

Han character

苬 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿田人 (TWO), four-corner 4460₀, composition ⿱艹囚)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1024, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30803
• Dae Jaweon: page 1483, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3192, character 7
• Unihan data for U+82EC

Chinese

trad.		苬
simp. #		苬

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
鮂	*ʔslu, *lju
囚	*lju
泅	*lju
苬	*lju

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

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	苬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	似尤切
Baxter	zjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/zɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ziu/
Shao Rongfen	/ziəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zuw/
Li Rong	/ziu/
Wang Li	/zĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/zi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cau4

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	苬
Reading #	1/1
No.	10556
Phonetic component	囚
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*lju/
Notes	見爾雅

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiú (xiu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sióu
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu²
    • Yale: syóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyou
    • Palladius: сю (sju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cau⁴
    • Yale: chàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: zjuw

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*lju/

Definitions

苬

1. ^† artist's bracket, Ganoderma applanatum