蔠

蔠	U+8520, 蔠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8520

← 蔟
[U+851F]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蔡 →
[U+8521]

Translingual

Han character

蔠 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿女火卜 (TVFY), four-corner 4493₃, composition ⿱艹終)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1055, character 1
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31816
Dae Jaweon: page 1517, character 15
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3287, character 4
Unihan data for U+8520

Chinese

trad.		蔠
simp.		𰱛

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
疼	dɯːŋ, duːŋ
冬	*tuːŋ
苳	*tuːŋ
笗	*tuːŋ
炵	tʰuːŋ, duːŋ
佟	*duːŋ
鼕	*duːŋ
鉖	*duːŋ
終	*tjuŋ
螽	*tjuŋ
鼨	*tjuŋ
柊	*tjuŋ
鴤	*tjuŋ
泈	*tjuŋ
蔠	*tjuŋ

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhōng (zhong¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhong
  - Wade–Giles: chung¹
  - Yale: jūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jong
  - Palladius: чжун (čžun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zung¹
  - Yale: jūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: tsyuwng

Rime
Character	蔠
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	東 (2)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	職戎切
Baxter	tsyuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕiuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cuwŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiuŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭuŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯uŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zung¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*tjuŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蔠
Reading #	1/1
No.	2434
Phonetic component	冬
Rime group	終
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	終
Old Chinese	/*tjuŋ/
Notes	見爾雅

Definitions

蔠

only used in 蔠葵／𰱛葵 (zhōngkuí)

Vietnamese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 艹 (“grass”) + phonetic 終 (chung).

Han character

蔠: Nôm readings: chông^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6], chong^[2], giong^[7]

chữ Nôm form of chông (“spike”)

References

^ Nguyễn (2014).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
^ Hồ (1976).
^ Génibrel (1898).
^ Bonet (1899).
^ Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).
^ Trần (2004).