茜

茜 U+831C, 茜
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-831C
← 茛
[U+831B] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 茝 →
[U+831D]

Translingual

Han character

茜 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 10 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 9 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿一金田 (TMCW), four-corner 44601, composition ⿱艹西)

Derived characters
  • 𣺋

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1027, character 28
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30871
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1486, character 24
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3200, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+831C

Chinese
trad. 茜
simp. # 茜
alternative forms 蒨
𦵻
𦴛
𦻤

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (西) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
粞 *sɯːl, *sɯːl
洒 *sraːls, *sɯːlʔ
西 *sɯːl
卤 *sɯːl
卥 *sɯːl
栖 *sɯːl, *sɯːls
茜 *sʰɯːns
哂 *hjɯnʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰɯːns) : semantic 艸 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 西 (OC *sɯːl).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 茜
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 清 (14)
Final (韻) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 倉甸切
Baxter tshenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡sʰenH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡sʰenH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡sʰɛnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /t͡sʰɛnH/
Li
Rong		 /t͡sʰenH/
Wang
Li		 /t͡sʰienH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡sʰienH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 qiàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 cin3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 茜
Reading # 1/1
No. 13243
Phonetic
component		 西
Rime
group		 文
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 蒨
Old
Chinese		 /*sʰɯːns/

Definitions

茜

  1. (～草) madder (Rubia cordifolia)
    Synonyms: 蒐 (sōu), 韎 (mèi)
  2. (literary) dark red
  3. to dye red

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation from modern pronunciation of its phonetic part 西 (xī).

Pronunciation

Definitions

茜

  1. Used in personal names and transcription.
    茜蒂·諾哈麗莎 [MSC, trad.]
    茜蒂·诺哈丽莎 [MSC, simp.]
    Xīdì Nuòhālìshā [Pinyin]
    Siti Nurhaliza

Etymology 3

Variant of 荽.

Pronunciation

Definitions

茜

  1. Only used in 芫茜.

Japanese

Kanji
茜

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. madder

Readings

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
茜
あかね
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese.

Originally a compound of 赤 (aka, “red”) +‎ 根 (ne, “root”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) あかね [àkáné] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [a̠ka̠ne̞]

Noun

茜(あかね) or 茜(アカネ) • (akane) 

  1. a madder plant of the genus Rubia, especially the Japanese madder, Rubia argyi
  2. a dye made from the roots of a madder plant
  3. Short for 茜色 (akane-iro): madder red
  4. a red dragonfly
    Synonym: 赤とんぼ (aka tonbo)

Usage notes

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 茜(あかね)色(いろ) (akane-iro)
  • 茜(アカネ)葛(カズラ) (akane kazura)
  • 茜(あかね)雲(ぐも) (akane-gumo)
  • 茜(あかね)さす (akane sasu, pillow word)
  • 茜(アカネ)菫(スミレ) (akane sumire)
  • 茜(あかね)染(ぞめ), 茜(あかね)染(ぞ)め (akanezome)
  • 茜(あかね)蜻蛉(とんぼ) (akane tonbo)
  • 茜(あかね)掘(ほ)る (akane horu)
  • 西洋(セイヨウ)茜(アカネ) (seiyō akane, “Rubia tinctorum”)
  • 秋(アキ)茜(アカネ) (aki akane)
  • 夏(ナツ)茜(アカネ) (natsu akane)
  • 初(はつ)茜(あかね) (hatsu akane)
  • 春(はる)茜(あかね) (haru akane)
  • 眉立(マユタテ)茜(アカネ) (mayutate akane)
  • 深(ミ)山(ヤマ)茜(アカネ) (miyama akane)

See also
  • ガランス (garansu)

Proper noun

茜(あかね) • (Akane) 

  1. a female given name
  2. a surname

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
茜
せん
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 茜 (MC tshenH).

Proper noun

茜(せん) • (Sen) 

  1. a female given name
  2. a surname

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Vietnamese

Han character

茜: Hán Nôm readings: thiến

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