蕪

蕪

See also: 芜

蕪 U+856A, 蕪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-856A ← 蕩 [U+8569] CJK Unified Ideographs 蕫 → [U+856B]

Translingual

Han character

蕪 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿人廿火 (TOTF), four-corner 4433₁, composition ⿱艹無)

Derived characters

• 𦢲

References

• KangXi: page 1059, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32004
• Dae Jaweon: page 1522, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3291, character 8
• Unihan data for U+856A

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Chinese

trad.		蕪
simp.		芜

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 蕪
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
墲	*m̥ʰaː, *maː, *ma
橅	*maː
膴	*hmaː, *ma, *maʔ
幠	*hmaː
鄦	*hmaʔ
撫	*m̥ʰaʔ
無	*ma
瞴	*ma, *maʔ
蕪	*ma
璑	*ma
鷡	*ma
譕	*ma
憮	*ma, *maʔ
舞	*maʔ
廡	*maʔ
嫵	*maʔ
甒	*maʔ
潕	*maʔ
儛	*maʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wú (wu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): bû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wú
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wú
    • Wade–Giles: wu²
    • Yale: wú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wu
    • Palladius: у (u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴
    • Yale: mòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû
    • Tâi-lô: bû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: buu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /mɨo/

Rime
Character	蕪
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	武夫切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/mio/
Shao Rongfen	/mio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muə̆/
Li Rong	/mio/
Wang Li	/mĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mou4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m(r)a/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ma/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蕪
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wú
Middle Chinese	‹ mju ›
Old Chinese	/*m(r)a/
English	overgrown with weeds
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	蕪
Reading #	1/1
No.	13120
Phonetic component	無
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	無
Old Chinese	/*ma/

Definitions

蕪

1. disused cropland
2. thickly-grown grass

Compounds

刪蕪就簡／删芜就简 去蕪存菁／去芜存菁 (qùwúcúnjīng) 平蕪／平芜 榛蕪／榛芜 疏蕪／疏芜 綠蕪／绿芜 繁蕪／繁芜 舉要刪蕪／举要删芜

荒蕪／荒芜 (huāngwú) 蕃蕪／蕃芜 蕪俚／芜俚 蕪劣／芜劣 蕪淺／芜浅 蕪湖／芜湖 (Wúhú) 蕪穢／芜秽 (wúhuì) 蕪累／芜累

蕪菁／芜菁 (wújīng) 蕪雜／芜杂 (wúzá) 蕪駁／芜驳 薞蕪／薞芜 蘅蕪／蘅芜 蘼蕪／蘼芜 (míwú) 青蕪／青芜

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Japanese

Kanji

蕪

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. turnip

Readings

• Go-on: む (mu)
• Kan-on: ぶ (bu)
• Kun: かぶ (kabu, 蕪); かぶら (kabura, 蕪); あれる (areru, 蕪れる)

Compounds

Compounds

• 赤蕪(あかかぶ) (akakabu)
• 蕪菁(かぶら) (kabura): turnip
• 蕪菜(かぶな) (kabuna), 蕪菜(かぶらな) (kaburana): turnip
• 蕪鮨(かぶらずし) (kaburazushi)
• 蕪菜(かぶらな) (kaburana)
• 蕪無(かぶらなし) (kaburanashi)
• 蕪引(かぶらひ)き (kaburahiki)
• 蕪骨(かぶらぼね) (kaburabone)
• 蕪蒸(かぶらむ)し (kaburamushi)
• 菊花蕪(きくかかぶ) (kikukakabu)
• 荒蕪(こうぶ) (kōbu)
• 小蕪(こかぶ) (kokabu), 小蕪菁(こかぶ) (kokabu)
• 聖護院蕪菁(しょうごいんかぶら) (shōgoinkabura)
• スウェーデン蕪(かぶ) (suwēdenkabu)
• 天王寺蕪(てんのうじかぶら) (tennōjikabura)
• 繁蕪(はんぶ) (hanbu)
• 蕪穢(ぶあい) (buai)
• 蕪稿(ぶこう) (bukō)
• 蕪雑(ぶざつ) (buzatsu)
• 蕪辞(ぶじ) (buji)
• 蕪陋(ぶろう) (burō)
• 平蕪(へいぶ) (heibu)
• 和布蕪(めかぶ) (mekabu)
• 和布蕪(めかぶら) (mekabura)
• 緑蕪(りょくぶ) (ryokubu): lush green grass or weeds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
蕪
かぶ Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) かぶ [kàbú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠bɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

蕪(かぶ) • (kabu) 

1. turnip

Synonyms

• 蕪菜(かぶな) (kabuna), 菘(すずな) (suzuna)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
蕪
かぶら Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

• 蕪菁

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) かぶら [kàbúrá] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠bɯ̟ᵝɾa̠]

Noun

蕪(かぶら) • (kabura) 

1. turnip

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja

蕪 • (mu) (hangeul 무, revised mu, McCune–Reischauer mu, Yale mu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蕪: Hán Nôm readings: vu

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