萕

萕

萕 U+8415, 萕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8415 ← 萔 [U+8414] CJK Unified Ideographs 萖 → [U+8416]

Translingual

Traditional	薺
Shinjitai (extended)	萕
Simplified	荠

Han character

萕 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜大中 (TYKL) or X廿卜大中 (XTYKL), composition ⿱艹斉)

1. water-chestnuts
2. caltrop

References

• KangXi: page 1042, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31303
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3238, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8415

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Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	萕
Kyūjitai	薺

Kanji

萕

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 薺)

1. Extended shinjitai form of 薺

Readings

• Go-on: ざい (zai)^{←ざい (zai, historical)}; じ (ji)^{←じ (zi, historical)}
• Kan-on: せい (sei)^{←せい (sei, historical)}; し (shi)^{←し (si, historical)}
• Kun: なずな (nazuna, 萕)^{←なづな (naduna, historical)}; ひとしい (hitoshii, 萕しい); ととのえる (totonoeru, 萕える)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

萕 (Pinyin qí (qi2), Wade-Giles ch'i²)

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