穄

穄 U+7A44, 穄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A44 ← 穃 [U+7A43] CJK Unified Ideographs 穅 → [U+7A45]

Translingual

Han character

穄 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+11, 16 strokes, cangjie input 竹木月人火 (HDBOF), four-corner 2799₁, composition ⿰禾祭)

1. millet

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 858, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25248
• Dae Jaweon: page 1284, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2630, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7A44

Chinese

trad.		穄
simp. #		穄

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
蔡	*sʰlaːds
瘵	*ʔsreːds
祭	*ʔsreːds, *ʔsleds
際	*ʔsleds
穄	*ʔsleds
鰶	*ʔsleds
傺	*hr'eds
摖	*sʰleːds
擦	*sʰlaːd
攃	*sʰlaːd, *saːd
礤	*sʰlaːd
察	*sʰreːd
詧	*sʰreːd, *sʰeːd

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsleds) : semantic 禾 + phonetic 祭 (OC *ʔsreːds, *ʔsleds).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	穄
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	祭 (35)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	子例切
Baxter	tsjejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siᴇiH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛiH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjæiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡siajH/
Li Rong	/t͡siɛiH/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭɛiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ɛiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zai3

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	穄
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jì
Middle Chinese	‹ tsjejH ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts][a][t]-s/
English	de-husked grains of Panicum m., non-glutinous.
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	穄
Reading #	1/1
No.	5841
Phonetic component	祭
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	祭
Old Chinese	/*ʔsleds/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jì (ji⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zai³
• Eastern Min (BUC): cié

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jì
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴
    • Yale: jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jih
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zai³
    • Yale: jai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐi̯³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cié
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siɛ²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsjejH

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts][a][t]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsleds/

Definitions

穄

1. non-glutinous variety of Panicum miliaceum, proso millet
2. (dialectal Eastern Min) sorghum

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		高粱, 蜀黍
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	高粱
	Taiwan	高粱
	Ulanhot	高粱
	Tongliao	高粱
	Chifeng	高粱
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	高粱
	Harbin	高粱
	Shenyang	高粱
	Singapore	高粱
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	高粱, 秫秫
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	胡秫
	Qingdao	胡秫
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	高粱, 秫秫, 紅秫秫
	Wanrong	䵚黍
	Zhengzhou	黑秫秫, 秫秫
	Xi'an	䵚黍
	Xining	高粱
	Xuzhou	秫秫, 小秫秫
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	䵚黍, 高粱
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	秫秫
	Bayanhot	高粱, 秫秫
	Lanzhou	秫秫, 高粱
	Ürümqi	高粱
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	高粱
	Wuhan	高粱
	Guiyang	高粱
	Kunming	高粱
	Liuzhou	高粱
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	高粱
	Yangzhou	高粱, 蘆書
	Nantong	高粱
	Hefei	秫秫
	Huanggang	榴粟
Cantonese	Guangzhou	高粱粟, 高粱
	Hong Kong	高粱粟, 高粱
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	高粱
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	高粱
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	高粱
	Yangjiang	高粱粟, 枝勾粟
	Danzhou	麥
Gan	Nanchang	高粱
	Lichuan	高粱
	Pingxiang	高粱
Hakka	Meixian	高粱粟, 蘆粟, 蘆粟仔
	Xingning	羅粟
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	高粱粟
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	高粱
	Wengyuan	高粱粟
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	高粱粟
	Liannan	高粱粟
	Jiexi	粟
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	高粱粟
	Changting	高粱粟
	Wuping	高粱粟
	Wuping (Yanqian)	蘆粟
	Wuping (Pingyu)	高粱粟
	Liancheng	高粱粟
	Ninghua	禾媽, 粟仔
	Yudu	高粱粟, 粟子
	Ningdu	粟子
	Ruijin	粟子
	Shicheng	高粱粟
	Shangyou (Shexi)	粟子
	Tonggu (Sandu)	蘆粟
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	粟子
	Dayu	粟哩
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	高粱
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	高粱
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	高粱
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	高粱
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	高粱
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	高粟
	Hong Kong	高粱粟
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	高粱
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	高粱粟
	Xinyi (Sihe)	高粱粟
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	高粱粟
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	禾仔
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	高粱
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	高粱
	Mengshan (Xihe)	高粱
	Luchuan	高粱
	Senai (Huiyang)	高粱粟, 高粱
Huizhou	Jixi	蘿穄
	Shexian	蘆穄
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	蘆穄
	Xiuning	蘆穄
	Yixian	蘆穄
	Qimen	蘆穄
	Wuyuan	穄粟
	Jingde	蘆穄
	Shitai (Xianyu)	蘆穄
Jin	Taiyuan	茭子
	Pingyao	䵚黍
	Xinzhou	茭子
	Taibus (Baochang)	高粱
	Linhe	高粱
	Jining	高粱
	Hohhot	茭子
	Baotou	高粱
	Dongsheng	高粱
	Haibowan	高粱
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蘆粟, 高粱
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	觀音粟
	Songxi	粟仔
	Zhenghe	高粱粟
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	黍仔
	Jianyang	蘆粟
	Wuyishan	龍黍
	Pucheng (Shibei)	蘆粟
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	穄, 穄黍
	Fuzhou (Changle)	穄
	Fuqing	穄黍
	Yongtai	黍
	Gutian	黍
	Fu'an	扣頭子
	Ningde	高粱
	Shouning	黍
	Zhouning	黍
	Fuding	黍
	Matsu	穄米
Southern Min	Xiamen	蘆黍, 番黍
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	蘆黍
	Quanzhou	番黍
	Jinjiang	番黍
	Yongchun	狗尾拖
	Zhangzhou	黍仔
	Taipei	番黍, 高粱
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	番黍
	Kaohsiung	蘆黍, 番黍, 高粱
	Yilan	番黍
	Kinmen	番黍, 蘆黍, 高粱
	Kinmen (Jinsha)	蘆黍
	Penghu (Magong)	蘆黍
	Chaozhou	高粱
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	高粱
	Wenchang	牛黍
	Haikou	高粱
Puxian Min	Putian	黍
	Xianyou	懸跤黍
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	高粱
Wu	Shanghai	高粱
	Shanghai (Chongming)	高粱
	Suzhou	粟子, 高粱
	Wuxi	高粱
	Danyang	高粱
	Ningbo	蘆穄
	Wenzhou	高粱粟, 蓬頭粟
	Jinhua	蘆穄
Xiang	Changsha	高粱
	Loudi	高粱
	Shuangfeng	高粱

Dialectal synonyms of 高粱 (“sorghum”) [map]

Compounds

• 穄子
• 穄米
• 穄黍
• 蘆穄／芦穄

 

Japanese

Kanji

穄

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せい (sei)、さい (sai)
• Kun: くろきび (kurokibi)