蔗

蔗 U+8517, 蔗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8517 ← 蔖 [U+8516] CJK Unified Ideographs 蔘 → [U+8518]

Translingual

Han character

蔗 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿戈廿火 (TITF), four-corner 4423₁, composition ⿱艹庶)

Derived characters

• 𣞢

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1054, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31794
• Dae Jaweon: page 1517, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3283, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8517

Chinese

trad.		蔗
simp. #		蔗
alternative forms		柘

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 蔗
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

	Old Chinese
褯	*zljaːɡs
遮	*tjaː
蔗	*tjaːɡs
鷓	*tjaːɡs
樜	*tjaːɡs, *hljaɡs
蟅	*tjaːɡs, *tjaːɡ
嗻	*tjaːɡs
鍍	*daː, *daːɡs
度	*daːɡs, *daːɡ
渡	*daːɡs
庶	*hljaɡs
剫	*daːɡ
踱	*daːɡ
喥	*daːɡ
謶	*tjaɡ
席	*ljaːɡ
蓆	*ljaːɡ
墌	*tjaːɡ
摭	*tjaːɡ
蹠	*tjaːɡ

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tjaːɡs): semantic 艹 + phonetic 庶 (OC *hljaɡs).

Etymology

See 藷蔗／薯蔗 (zhūzhè).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	蔗
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	之夜切
Baxter	tsyaeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiaH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiaH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕiaH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ciaH/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiaH/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭaH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯aH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ze3

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蔗
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhè
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyæH ›
Old Chinese	/*tAk-s/
English	sugarcane
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	蔗
Reading #	1/1
No.	11896
Phonetic component	庶
Rime group	暮
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	柘
Old Chinese	/*tjaːɡs/
Notes	招魂作柘

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zhè (zhe⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄜˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ze⁴

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ze³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): zie⁴ / zie^4*

• Gan (Wiktionary): za⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): cha

  (Hailu, HRS): zha^ˇ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ca⁴

• Northern Min (KCR): cia̿
• Eastern Min (BUC): ciá
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zia⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chià / chà

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zia³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tso
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zha⁴ / zhe⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhè
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhè
    • Wade–Giles: chê⁴
    • Yale: jè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeh
    • Palladius: чжэ (čžɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ze⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ze
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛ²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ze³
    • Yale: je
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dze³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zé³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: zie⁴ / zie^4*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siɛ²¹/, /t͡siɛ²¹⁻²¹⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: za⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sa³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: cha
    • Hakka Romanization System: za
    • Hagfa Pinyim: za⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sa⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: zha^ˇ
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃa¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ca⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰa⁵³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cia̿
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sia³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ciá
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siɑ²¹³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zia⁴
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cia̍
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sia⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chià
    • Tâi-lô: tsià
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciax
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sia⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sia¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /t͡sia²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Longyan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chà
    • Tâi-lô: tsà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zax
    • IPA (Longyan): /t͡sa²¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zia³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsià
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sia²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tso
    • MiniDict: tso^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tso
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡so³⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: zha⁴ / zhe⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʈ͡ʂa̠⁴⁵/, /ʈ͡ʂɤ̞⁴⁵/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡sa̠⁴⁵/, /t͡sɤ̞⁴⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyaeH

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tAk-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjaːɡs/

Definitions

蔗

1. sugar cane (Classifier: 轆／辘 c)

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蔗, 藷蔗, 甘蔗, 竿蔗
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		甘蔗
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	甘蔗
	Taiwan	甘蔗
	Chifeng	甘蔗
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	甘蔗
	Harbin	甘蔗
	Shenyang	甘蔗
	Singapore	甘蔗
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	甘蔗
	Tangshan	甘蔗
	Cangzhou	甘蔗
	Baoding	甘蔗
	Shijiazhuang	甘蔗, 甜秫秸
	Jinan	甘蔗, 甜甘蔗
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	甘蔗
	Qingdao	甘蔗, 甜杆
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	甘蔗, 甜蜜稈兒, 甜稈兒
	Wanrong	甘蔗
	Zhengzhou	甘蔗
	Xi'an	甘蔗
	Xining	甘蔗
	Xuzhou	甜甘截子, 甘截子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	甘蔗
	Lanzhou	甘蔗
	Ürümqi	甘蔗
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	甘蔗
	Chongqing	甘蔗
	Wuhan	甘蔗
	Guiyang	蔗稈
	Kunming	甘蔗
	Guilin	甘蔗
	Liuzhou	甘蔗, 蔗
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	甘蔗
	Yangzhou	甘蔗
	Nantong	甘蔗
	Hefei	甘蔗
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蔗
	Hong Kong	蔗
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	蔗
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	蔗
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	蠟蔗
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	蔗
	Macau	蔗
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	蔗
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	蔗
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	蔗
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	蔗
	Foshan	蔗
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	蔗
	Foshan (Shunde)	蔗
	Foshan (Sanshui)	蔗
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	蔗
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	蔗
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	蔗
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	蔗
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	蔗
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	蔗
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	蔗
	Taishan	蔗
	Kaiping (Chikan)	蔗
	Enping (Niujiang)	蔗
	Heshan (Yayao)	蔗
	Dongguan	蔗
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	蔗
	Qingyuan	蔗
	Fogang	蔗
	Yingde (Hanguang)	蔗
	Yangshan	蔗
	Lianshan (Butian)	甘蔗
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	甘蔗
	Shaoguan	蔗
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	蔗
	Renhua	甘蔗
	Lechang	蔗
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	蔗
	Sihui	蔗
	Guangning	蔗
	Deqing	蔗
	Huaiji	蔗
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	蔗
	Yunfu	蔗
	Xinxing	蔗
	Luoding	蔗
	Yunan (Pingtai)	蔗
	Yangjiang	蔗
	Xinyi	蔗
	Lianjiang	蔗
	Nanning	蔗, 甘蔗
	Wuzhou	蔗
	Yulin	甘蔗
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	甘蔗
	Hepu (Shatian)	甘蔗
	Guiping	蔗
	Mengshan (Xihe)	甘蔗
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	蔗
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	蔗
	Baise	甘蔗
	Bobai	蔗
	Lingshan	甘蔗
	Pubei	甘蔗
Qinzhou	甘蔗
Beihai	蔗
Beihai (Nankang)	甘蔗
Beihai (Yingpan)	甘蔗
Ningming	甘蔗
Hengzhou	甘蔗
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)	蔗
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	甘蔗
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	蔗
Móng Cái	甘蔗
Gan	Nanchang	甘蔗
	Lichuan	甘蔗, 蔗
	Pingxiang	蔗梗
Hakka	Meixian	蔗, 蠟蔗
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	蔗
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	蔗
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	蔗
	Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng)	蔗
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	蔗
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	蔗
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	蔗
	Yudu	甘蔗, 蔗
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	甘蔗
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	甘蔗
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	甘蔗
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	甘蔗
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	甘蔗
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蔗
	Hong Kong	蔗
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	甘蔗
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	蔗
	Mashan (Pianlian)	甘蔗
	Senai (Huiyang)	蔗
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	甘蔗
	Singkawang	蔗
Huizhou	Jixi	甘蔗
	Shexian	甘蔗
Jin	Taiyuan	甘蔗, 甜棒
	Xinzhou	甘蔗, 甜棒
	Linhe	甘蔗
	Jining	甘蔗
	Hohhot	甘蔗, 甜棒
	Zhangjiakou	甘蔗
	Handan	甘蔗, 甜杆
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蔗
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蔗, 甘蔗
	Fuqing	甘蔗
Southern Min	Xiamen	甘蔗
	Quanzhou	甘蔗
	Jinjiang	甘蔗
	Zhangzhou	甘蔗
	Taipei	甘蔗
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	甘蔗
	Kaohsiung	甘蔗
	Tainan	甘蔗
	Kinmen	甘蔗
	Penghu (Magong)	甘蔗
	Penang (Hokkien)	甘蔗
	Singapore (Hokkien)	甘蔗
	Manila (Hokkien)	甘蔗
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	甘蔗
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	甘蔗
	Shantou	蔗
	Jieyang	蔗
	Bangkok (Teochew)	蔗
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	甘蔗
	Penang (Teochew)	竹蔗
	Leizhou	蔗
	Wenchang	甘蔗
	Haikou	甘蔗
	Qionghai	甘蔗
Puxian Min	Putian	蔗
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	蔗
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	蔗
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	甘蔗
	Xianyou	蔗
	Xianyou (Fengting)	蔗
	Xianyou (Youyang)	蔗
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	蔗
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	蔗
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	甘蔗
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	甘蔗
Shehua	Fu'an	蔗
	Fuding	蔗
	Luoyuan	蔗
	Sanming	蔗
	Shunchang	蔗
	Hua'an	甘蔗
	Guixi (Zhangping)	蔗
	Cangnan	蔗
	Jingning (Hexi)	蔗
	Lishui	蔗
	Longyou	蔗
	Chaozhou	蔗
	Fengshun	蔗
Wu	Shanghai	甘蔗
	Shanghai (Chongming)	甘蔗
	Suzhou	甘蔗
	Danyang	甘蔗
	Hangzhou	甘蔗
	Ningbo	甘蔗
	Wenzhou	甘蔗, 糖蔗
	Jinhua	甘蔗
Xiang	Changsha	甘蔗
	Loudi	蔗梗子
	Quanzhou	甘蔗

Dialectal synonyms of 甘蔗 (“sugar cane”) [map]

Compounds

• 啖蔗
• 甘蔗
• 蔗園 / 蔗园 (zhèyuán)
• 蔗境
• 蔗尾
• 蔗汁 (zhèzhī)
• 蔗渣 (zhèzhā)
• 蔗漿 / 蔗浆
• 蔗田 (zhètián)
• 蔗箬
• 蔗糖 (zhètáng)
• 蔗農 / 蔗农
• 蔗酒
• 蔗霜
• 藷蔗 / 𫉄蔗 (zhūzhè)
• 諸蔗 / 诸蔗 (zhūzhè)
• 都蔗

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 蔗

蔗

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. sugar cane

Readings

• Go-on: しゃ (sha)
• Kan-on: しゃ (sha)
• Kan’yō-on: しょ (sho)
• Kun: さとうきび (satōkibi)

Korean

Hanja

蔗 • (ja) (hangeul 자, revised ja, McCune–Reischauer cha, Yale ca)

1. sugar cane

Vietnamese

Han character

蔗: Hán Nôm readings: giá

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References

• Nom Foundation