蓸

蓸 U+84F8, 蓸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-84F8 ← 蓷 [U+84F7] CJK Unified Ideographs 蓹 → [U+84F9]

Translingual

Han character

蓸 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿廿田日 (TTWA), composition ⿱艹曹)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1052, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31738
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3276, character 6
• Unihan data for U+84F8

Chinese

trad.		蓸
simp. #		蓸

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
遭	*ʔsluː
糟	*ʔsluː
醩	*ʔsluːu
傮	*ʔsluː
槽	*ʔsluː, *zluː
曹	*zluː
螬	*zluː
漕	*zluː, *zluːs
嘈	*zluː
艚	*zluː
褿	*zluː
蓸	*zluː
慒	*lju, *zluːŋ

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

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	蓸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	昨勞切
Baxter	dzaw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zaw/
Li Rong	/d͡zɑu/
Wang Li	/d͡zɑu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cou4

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蓸
Reading #	1/1
No.	1161
Phonetic component	曹
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	曹
Old Chinese	/*zluː/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cáo (cao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cáo
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao²
    • Yale: tsáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaur
    • Palladius: цао (cao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: dzaw

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zluː/

Definitions

蓸

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a kind of grass