藪

See also: 籔 and 薮

藪	U+85EA, 藪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85EA

← 藩
[U+85E9]

CJK Unified Ideographs

藫 →
[U+85EB]

Translingual

Han character

藪 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+15, 21 strokes, cangjie input 廿中女大 (TLVK), four-corner 4444₈, composition ⿱艹數)

marsh, swamp
wild country
clump of trees or bushes

Derived characters

𭬼

References

KangXi: page 1066, character 7

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32348

Dae Jaweon: page 1531, character 6

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3319, character 5

Unihan data for U+85EA

Chinese

trad.		藪
simp.		薮

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
樓	*ɡ·roː
摟	roː, ro
耬	*roː
僂	ɡ·roː, ɡ·roːs, *ɡ·roʔ
婁	ɡ·roː, ɡ·ro
螻	*roː
髏	*roː
蔞	roː, ro, *roʔ
鞻	*roː
艛	*ɡ·roː
膢	roː, ro
廔	*roː
嘍	roː, roːʔ
瞜	roː, ro
簍	roː, roːʔ, *roʔ
慺	roː, ro, *roʔ
鷜	roː, ro
褸	roː, roʔ
遱	*roː
謱	roː, roːʔ, *roʔ
嶁	roːʔ, roʔ
甊	*roːʔ
塿	*roːʔ
漊	roːʔ, roʔ
鏤	roːs, ro
瘻	roːs, ro
擻	*sloːʔ
藪	*sloːʔ
籔	sloːʔ, sroʔ
氀	*ro
縷	*roʔ
屢	*ros
數	sroʔ, sros, *sroːɡ
屨	*klos
窶	*ɡloʔ
貗	*ɡloʔ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sǒu (sou³)
(Zhuyin): ㄙㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau²
Min Nan (POJ): só͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sǒu
  - Wade–Giles: sou³
  - Yale: sǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: soou
  - Palladius: соу (sou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /soʊ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau²
  - Yale: sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: só͘
  - Tâi-lô: sóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sor
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔ⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: /səu^X/

Rime
Character	藪
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蘇后切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/səu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/səu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/səu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/səw^X/
Li Rong	/su^X/
Wang Li	/səu^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/sə̯u^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sau²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*sloːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	藪
Reading #	1/1
No.	8484
Phonetic component	婁
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	叜
Old Chinese	/*sloːʔ/

Definitions

藪

shallow lake overgrown with wild plants
gathering place

Compounds

利藪／利薮
斗藪／斗薮
林藪／林薮
淵藪／渊薮

盜藪／盗薮
藪幽／薮幽
藪澤／薮泽 (sǒuzé)
藪貓／薮猫 (sǒumāo)

藪鳥／薮鸟
言談林藪／言谈林薮
逋逃藪／逋逃薮 (būtáosǒu)

Japanese

Shinjitai	薮
Kyūjitai	藪

Alternative forms

藪 (yabu): a thicket of silver birch.

Kanji in this term
藪
やぶ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

薮, 籔

Kanji

藪

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

thicket, grove, copse
collection

Readings

Go-on: す (su)
Kan-on: そう (sō)
Kun: やぶ (yabu, 藪)

Compounds

Derived terms

藪沢(そうたく) (sōtaku)
淵藪(えんそう) (ensō)
談藪(だんそう) (dansō)
斗藪(とそう) (tosō)
林藪(りんそう) (rinsō)

Etymology

From Old Japanese. Found in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE).[1]

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi

(Tokyo) やぶ [yàbú] (Heiban – [0])[2][3][4]
IPA^(key): [ja̠bɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

藪(やぶ) • (yabu)

a thicket, grove, copse (as of trees, shrubs, or bamboo)
Synonym: (thick growth) 茂み (shigemi)
Short for 藪医者 (yabu isha): a poor doctor
Short for 藪入り (yabuiri): a holiday granted to servants on the 16th day of the first and seventh months
Short for 藪睨み (yabunirami): a squint; a misguided thinking or view
Short for 藪蕎麦 (yabusoba): a type of soba made from green buckwheat without the endocarp removed; a shop selling soba in this method

Derived terms

藪医(やぶい) (yabui)
藪(やぶ)医者(いしゃ) (yabu isha)
藪犬(ヤブイヌ) (yabuinu)
藪(やぶ)入(い)り (yabuiri)
藪(やぶ)鶯(うぐいす) (yabu uguisu)
藪内(やぶうち) (Yabuuchi)
藪(ヤブ)海老根(エビネ) (yabu ebine)
藪(ヤブ)蚊(カ), 豹脚蚊(ヤブカ) (yabuka)
藪陰(やぶかげ) (yabukage)
藪垣(やぶがき) (yabugaki)
藪(ヤブ)枯(ガラシ) (yabugarashi)
藪(ヤブ)萱草(カンゾウ) (yabu kanzō)
藪(ヤブ)螽蟖(キリ) (yabukiri)
藪(やぶ)潜(くぐ)り (yabukuguri)
藪(やぶ)薬(くす)師(し) (yabu kusushi)
藪(やぶ)華鬘(けまん) (yabu keman)
藪(ヤブ)柑(コウ)子(ジ) (yabu kōji)
藪(やぶ)漕(こ)ぎ (yabukogi)
藪雨(ヤブサメ) (yabusame)
藪(やぶ)虱(じらみ) (yabujirami)
藪(やぶ)雀(すずめ) (yabusuzume)
藪(やぶ)蘇鉄(そてつ) (yabu sotetsu)
藪(やぶ)蕎麦(そば) (yabusoba)
藪(やぶ)畳(だたみ) (yabudatami)
藪(ヤブ)タバコ (yabu tabako)
藪(やぶ)力(ぢから) (yabujikara)
藪(ヤブ)椿(ツバキ) (yabutsubaki)
藪(ヤブ)手(デ)毬(マリ) (yabudemari)
藪(ヤブ)肉桂(ニッケイ) (yabu nikkei)
藪睨(やぶにら)み (yabunirami)
藪(ヤブ)人参(ニンジン) (yabu ninjin)
藪(やぶ)野(の) (Yabuno)
藪(やぶ)の中(なか) (yabu no naka)
藪原(やぶはら) (yabuhara)
藪蛇(やぶへび) (yabuhebi)
藪(ヤブ)苧麻(マオ) (yabu mao)
藪巻(やぶまき), 藪(やぶ)巻(ま)き (yabumaki)
藪豆(ヤブマメ) (yabumame)
藪(ヤブ)茗(ミョウ)荷(ガ) (yabu myōga)
藪(やぶ)紫(むらさき) (yabu-murasaki)
藪蘭(ヤブラン) (yaburan)
草藪(くさやぶ) (kusayabu)
竹藪(たけやぶ) (takeyabu), 竹藪(たかやぶ) (takayabu)
笹藪(ささやぶ) (sasayabu)
野良(のら)藪(やぶ) (norayabu)

Idioms

藪(やぶ)から棒(ぼう)に (yabu kara bō ni)
藪(やぶ)で馬(ま)鍬(ぐわ) (yabu de maguwa)
藪(やぶ)に剛(ごう)の者(もの) (yabu ni gō no mono)
藪(やぶ)に馬(ま)鍬(ぐわ) (yabu ni maguwa)
八(や)幡(わた)の藪(やぶ)知(し)らず (Yawata no yabu shirazu)

Proverbs

藪(やぶ)に目(め) (yabu ni me)
藪(やぶ)をつついて蛇(へび)を出(だ)す (yabu o tsutsuite hebi o dasu)
子(こ)を棄(す)つる藪(やぶ)はあれど身(み)を棄(す)つる藪(やぶ)はなし (ko o sutsuru yabu wa aredo mi o sutsuru yabu wa nashi)

Proper noun

藪(やぶ) • (Yabu)

a surname

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

藪 • (su) (hangeul 수, revised su, McCune–Reischauer su, Yale swu)

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[KDJ-1] 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

[DJR-2] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

[SMK5-4] 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN