蓍

蓍

蓍 U+84CD, 蓍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-84CD ← 蓌 [U+84CC] CJK Unified Ideographs 蓎 → [U+84CE]

Translingual

Han character

蓍 (radical 140, 艸+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿十心日 (TJPA), four-corner 4460₁, composition ⿱艹耆)

1. milfoil, plant used in divination

References

• KangXi: page 1051, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31655
• Dae Jaweon: page 1513, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3260, character 9
• Unihan data for U+84CD

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		蓍

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (旨) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
稽	*kiː, *kʰiːʔ
詣	*ŋɡiːs
栺	*ŋɡiːs, *kji
榰	*klje
脂	*kji
鴲	*kji, *kjis
指	*kjiʔ
旨	*kjiʔ
恉	*kjiʔ
嗜	*ɡjis
蓍	*qʰlji
鰭	*ɡri
耆	*ɡri
鮨	*ɡri
鬐	*ɡri

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shī (shi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shī
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ
    • Wade–Giles: shih¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shy
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹
    • Yale: sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹
    • IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɕiɪ/▼

Rime
Character	蓍
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	式之切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕi/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕi/
Li Rong	/ɕi/
Wang Li	/ɕi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shī

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-kij/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰlji/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蓍
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shī
Middle Chinese	‹ syij ›
Old Chinese	/*s-kij/
English	Achillea (?)
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	蓍
Reading #	1/1
No.	17330
Phonetic component	旨
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*qʰlji/

Definitions

蓍

1. yarrow

Compounds

不待蓍龜／不待蓍龟 (bùdàishīguī) 刈蓍遺簪／刈蓍遗簪

揲蓍 蓍簪不忘

蓍蔡 蓍龜／蓍龟

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Japanese

Kanji

蓍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. a variety of bean plant

Readings

• Go-on: し (shi)
• Kan-on: し (shi)
• Kun: めどぎ (medogi, 蓍)

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Korean

Hanja

蓍 • (si) (hangeul 시)

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