薤

薤

薤 U+85A4, 薤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85A4 ← 薣 [U+85A3] CJK Unified Ideographs 薥 → [U+85A5]

Translingual

Han character

薤 (radical 140, 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿一弓一 (TMNM), four-corner 4421₁, composition ⿱艹𩐁)

References

• KangXi: page 1061, character 40
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32141
• Dae Jaweon: page 1526, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3300, character 15
• Unihan data for U+85A4

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		薤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiè (xie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˋ
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieh
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: haai⁶
    • Yale: haaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hai⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /häːi̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦˠɛi^H/▼

Rime
Character	薤
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	皆 (33)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	胡介切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠɛiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚæiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɐiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəɨjH/
Li Rong	/ɣɛiH/
Wang Li	/ɣɐiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣăiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiè

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡrɯːds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	薤
Reading #	1/1
No.	13796
Phonetic component	韰
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	械
Old Chinese	/*ɡrɯːds/
Notes	俗體見禮記

Definitions

薤

1. Chinese onion (Allium chinense)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 薤 (“Chinese onion”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		薤
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		薤
Taxonomic name		薤
Mandarin	Taiwan	蕗蕎
	Wuhan	藠頭, 三白 dated
	Guiyang	藠頭
	Liuzhou	藠頭
Cantonese	Guangzhou	藠頭
	Hong Kong	藠頭
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	藠頭
	Dongguan	藠頭
	Kuala Lumpur	藠頭
Gan	Nanchang	藠頭
	Lichuan	藠仔
	Pingxiang	藠牯
Hakka	Meixian	藠頭, 藠仔
	Xingning	藠哩
	Huidong	藠頭
	Qujiang	藠頭
	Xiaosanjiang	藠頭
	Changting	藠子
	Pingyu	藠子
	Wuping	藠子
	Liancheng	藠頭
	Ninghua	藠子
	Yudu	藠子, 懶屍菜
	Ruijin	藠子
	Shicheng	藠
	Shangyou	藠子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	藠頭, 藠仔
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	藠頭, 藠仔
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	藠頭, 藠仔
	Dongshi (Dabu)	藠頭, 藠
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	藠頭, 藠仔, 藠
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	蘆藠
	Hong Kong	藠頭
	Senai	藠頭
Min Bei	Jian'ou	藠仔
Min Dong	Fuzhou	蓼藠
Min Nan	Xiamen	蕗蕎
	Quanzhou	蕗蕎
	Zhangzhou	蕗蕎
	Taipei	蕗蕎
	Kaohsiung	蕗蕎
	Tainan	蕗蕎
	Taichung	蕗蕎
	Hsinchu	蕗蕎
	Lukang	蕗蕎
	Sanxia	蕗蕎
	Yilan	蕗蕎
	Kinmen	蕗蕎
	Magong	蕗蕎
	Chaozhou	六藠
	Shantou	六藠
	Johor Bahru	六藠
Pinghua	Nanning	藠頭
Wu	Wenzhou	藠蒜
	Jinhua	蓼藠
	Tangxi	老藠
Xiang	Changsha	藠頭, 藠頭骨, 藠子
	Loudi	藠頭

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Japanese

Kanji

薤

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): かい (kai); けい (kei)
• Kun: らっきょう (rakkyō, 薤)

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Korean

Hanja

薤 • (hae) (hangeul 해, revised hae, McCune–Reischauer hae, Yale hay)

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