蘅

蘅	U+8605, 蘅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8605

← 蘄
[U+8604]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蘆 →
[U+8606]

Translingual

Han character

蘅 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+16, 22 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹人弓 (THON) or 難廿竹人弓 (XTHON), four-corner 4422₁, composition ⿱艹衡)

a fragrant plant the root is medicinal
Asarum blumei

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1068, character 2

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32422

Dae Jaweon: page 1533, character 26

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3326, character 12

Unihan data for U+8605

Chinese

trad.		蘅
simp. ^#		蘅

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
筕	ɡaːŋ, ɡraːŋ
桁	ɡaːŋ, ɡraːŋ
行	ɡaːŋ, ɡaːŋs, ɡraːŋ, ɡraːŋs
胻	ɡaːŋ, ɡraːŋ, *ɡraːŋs
衡	*ɡraːŋ
蘅	*ɡraːŋ
珩	*ɡraːŋ
洐	*ɡraːŋ
荇	*ɡraːŋʔ
絎	*ɡraːŋs

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): héng (heng²)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hang⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: héng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: héng
  - Wade–Giles: hêng²
  - Yale: héng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herng
  - Palladius: хэн (xɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hang⁴
  - Yale: hàhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hang⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: heng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ²¹/

Middle Chinese: haeng

Rime
Character	蘅
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	庚 (109)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	戸庚切
Baxter	haeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/ɣɐŋ/
Wang Li	/ɣɐŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	héng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hang⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡraːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蘅
Reading #	1/1
No.	13869
Phonetic component	行
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	行
Old Chinese	/*ɡraːŋ/

Definitions

蘅

Short for 杜蘅 (Asarum forbesii).
Short for 微蘅 (“a type of grass”).

References

“蘅”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

蘅

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): こう (kō); ぎょう (gyō)

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