藾

藾

藾 U+85FE, 藾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85FE ← 藽 [U+85FD] CJK Unified Ideographs 藿 → [U+85FF]

Translingual

Han character

藾 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+16, 22 strokes, cangjie input 廿木中金 (TDLC), four-corner 4498₆, composition ⿱艹賴)

1. a kind of artemisia
2. shade

References

• KangXi: page 1067, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32405
• Dae Jaweon: page 1533, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3324, character 10
• Unihan data for U+85FE

---

Chinese

trad.		藾
simp.		𰱾

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
賴	*raːds
籟	*raːds
癩	*raːds, *raːd
瀨	*raːds
藾	*raːds
攋	*raːds, *reːdʔ, *raːd
懶	*raːnʔ
嬾	*raːnʔ
獺	*r̥ʰaːd, *hr'aːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *raːds) : semantic 艹 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 賴 (OC *raːds).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lài (lai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laai⁶

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lài
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lài
    • Wade–Giles: lai⁴
    • Yale: lài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lay
    • Palladius: лай (laj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: laai⁶
    • Yale: laaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːi̯²²/

---

• Middle Chinese: /lɑi^H/

Rime
Character	藾
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	落蓋切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑiH/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑiH/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lajH/
Li Rong	/lɑiH/
Wang Li	/lɑiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/lɑiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	laai6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*raːds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	藾
Reading #	1/1
No.	7635
Phonetic component	賴
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	賴
Old Chinese	/*raːds/
Notes	見爾雅

Definitions

藾

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

   • 南伯子綦遊乎商之丘，見大木焉有異，結駟千乘，將隱芘其所藾。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     南伯子綦游乎商之丘，见大木焉有异，结驷千乘，将隐芘其所𰱾。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Nánbó Zǐqí yóu hū Shāng zhī qiū, jiàn dà mù yān yǒuyì, jié sì qiān chéng, jiāng yǐnbì qí suǒ lài. [Pinyin]

     Sir Motley of Southunc made an excursion to the Hillock of Shang. There he saw an unusual tree so big that a thousand four-horse chariots could be shaded by its leaves.[1]

References

1. Mair, Victor (1994) Wandering on the Way: Early Taoist Tales and Parables of Chaung Tzu, page 38

---

Japanese

Kanji

藾

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Readings

• Go-on: らい (rai)
• Kan-on: らい (rai)
• Kun: おおう (oou)