蕈

蕈

蕈 U+8548, 蕈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8548 ← 蕇 [U+8547] CJK Unified Ideographs 蕉 → [U+8549]

Translingual

Han character

蕈 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿一田十 (TMWJ), four-corner 4440₆, composition ⿱艹覃)

1. mushrooms, fungus
2. mildew, mold

References

• KangXi: page 1057, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31928
• Dae Jaweon: page 1520, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3289, character 2
• Unihan data for U+8548

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Chinese

trad.		蕈
simp. #		蕈

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 蕈
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
鷣	*luː, *lɯm
撢	*l̥ʰɯːm, *l'ɯːms, *lɯm, *ʔl'aːnʔ
憛	*l̥ʰɯːms
潭	*l'ɯːm, *lɯmʔ
譚	*l'ɯːm, *l'ɯːmʔ
覃	*l'ɯːm
鐔	*l'ɯːm, *ljɯm, *lɯm
藫	*l'ɯːm
橝	*l'ɯːm, *l'ɯːmʔ
蟫	*l'ɯːm, *lɯm
燂	*l'ɯːm, *zlom, *ljum
醰	*l'ɯːm, *l'ɯːmʔ, *l'ɯːms
禫	*l'ɯːmʔ
嘾	*l'ɯːmʔ
贉	*l'ɯːmʔ, *l'ɯːms
瞫	*l'ɯːms, *hljɯmʔ
蕈	*zlɯmʔ
鱏	*ljɯm, *lɯm
簟	*l'ɯːmʔ
驔	*l'ɯːmʔ
磹	*l'ɯːms

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xùn (xun⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cam⁵, seon³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syùn
    • Wade–Giles: hsün⁴
    • Yale: syùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiunn
    • Palladius: сюнь (sjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cam⁵, seon³
    • Yale: cháhm, seun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsam⁵, soen³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cem⁵, sên³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm¹³/, /sɵn³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /d͡ziɪm^X/

Rime
Character	蕈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	侵 (139)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	慈荏切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziɪmX/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zimX/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zjemX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zimX/
Li Rong	/d͡ziəmX/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭĕmX/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯əmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jìn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zam6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zlɯmʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蕈
Reading #	1/1
No.	12336
Phonetic component	覃
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	蕈
Old Chinese	/*zlɯmʔ/

Definitions

蕈

1. mushroom; toadstool

Compounds

松蕈 (sōngxùn) 毒蕈 (dúxùn) 羊肚蕈

蕈螂 香蕈 (xiāngxùn) 蕈樹／蕈树

蕈狀雲／蕈状云 蕈蠅／蕈蝇

References

• “蕈”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

蕈

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: じん (jin)^{←じむ (zimu, historical)}; たん (tan)
• Kan-on: しん (shin)^{←しむ (simu, historical)}
• On: きん (kin)
• Kun: きのこ (kinoko, 蕈)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蕈: Hán Nôm readings: khuẩn, nấm, tẩm

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