萁

萁 U+8401, 萁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8401 ← 萀 [U+8400] CJK Unified Ideographs 萂 → [U+8402]

Translingual

Han character

萁 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿廿一金 (TTMC), four-corner 4480₁, composition ⿱艹其)

1. kind of grass

Derived characters

• 𣾁, 𬄤

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1040, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31244
• Dae Jaweon: page 1499, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3229, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8401

Chinese

trad.		萁
simp. #		萁
alternative forms		稘 𦬟 𧯯

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
基	*kɯ
箕	*kɯ
朞	*kɯ
稘	*kɯ
萁	*kɯ, *ɡɯ
期	*kɯ, *ɡɯ
諅	*kɯ, *ɡɯs
其	*kɯ, *ɡɯ
錤	*kɯ, *ɡɯ
諆	*kɯ, *kʰɯ
欺	*kʰɯ
娸	*kʰɯ
魌	*kʰɯ
僛	*kʰɯ
唭	*kʰɯs
棋	*ɡɯ
旗	*ɡɯ
淇	*ɡɯ
祺	*ɡɯ, *ɡɯ
琪	*ɡɯ
騏	*ɡɯ
綦	*ɡɯ
麒	*ɡɯ
蜞	*ɡɯ
綨	*ɡɯ
蜝	*ɡɯ
棊	*ɡɯ
碁	*ɡɯ
鯕	*ɡɯ
踑	*ɡɯ
藄	*ɡɯ
櫀	*ɡɯ
璂	*ɡɯ
禥	*ɡɯ
惎	*ɡɯs
帺	*ɡɯs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qí (qi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ji

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qí
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cí
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²
    • Yale: chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyi
    • Palladius: ци (ci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kei⁴
    • Yale: kèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ji
    • MiniDict: ji^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³jji
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑi²³/

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• Middle Chinese: gi, ki

Rime
Character	萁	萁
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	渠之切	居之切
Baxter	gi	ki
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨ/	/kɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡɨ/	/kɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡie/	/kie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gɨ/	/kɨ/
Li Rong	/ɡiə/	/kiə/
Wang Li	/ɡĭə/	/kĭə/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi/	/ki/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qí	jī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kei4	gei1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kɯ/, /*ɡɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	萁	萁
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	9934	9950
Phonetic component	其	其
Rime group	之	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	姬	其
Old Chinese	/*kɯ/	/*ɡɯ/

Definitions

萁

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Compounds

• 煮豆燃萁 (zhǔdòuránqí)
• 燃萁煮豆
• 萁服
• 萁豆
• 薌萁 / 芗萁
• 豆萁
• 豆萁之喻
• 豆萁相煎

Japanese

Alternative forms

Kanji in this term
萁
まめがら Hyōgai
kun'yomi

• 豆殻, 豆幹

Kanji

萁

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: き (ki)、ぎ (gi)
• Kan-on: き (ki)
• Kun: まめがら (mamegara, 萁)

Etymology

Compound of 豆 (mame, “bean”) +‎ 殻 (kara, “husk, shell”).

The kara changes to gara as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) まめがら [màmégárá] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) まめがら [màmégáráꜜ] (Odaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ma̠me̞ɡa̠ɾa̠]

Noun

萁(まめがら) • (mamegara) 

1. bean husk

Derived terms

• 豆(まめ)を煮(に)るに萁(まめがら)をたく (mame o niru ni mamegara o taku)