萋

萋	U+840B, 萋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-840B

← 萊
[U+840A]

CJK Unified Ideographs

萌 →
[U+840C]

Translingual

Han character

萋 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿十中女 (TJLV), four-corner 4440₄, composition ⿱艹妻)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1041, character 4

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31264

Dae Jaweon: page 1499, character 24

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3232, character 1

Unihan data for U+840B

Chinese

trad.		萋
simp. ^#		萋

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
妻	sʰiːl, sʰiːls
萋	*sʰiːl
淒	*sʰiːl
凄	*sʰiːl
悽	*sʰiːl
鶈	*sʰiːl
郪	sʰiːl, sʰil
緀	sʰiːl, sʰiːlʔ
霋	*sʰiːl
棲	*siːl

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qī (qi¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cai¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qī
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ci
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi¹
  - Yale: chī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chi
  - Palladius: ци (ci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cai¹
  - Yale: chāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐi̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: tshej

Rime
Character	萋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	七稽切
Baxter	tshej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰei/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰei/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɛj/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰei/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰiei/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cai¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[tsʰ]ˤəj/

(Zhengzhang): /*sʰiːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	萋
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qī
Middle Chinese	‹ tshej ›
Old Chinese	/*[tsʰ]ˁəj/
English	ample, rich, luxuriant
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	萋
Reading #	1/1
No.	9914
Phonetic component	妻
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	妻
Old Chinese	/*sʰiːl/

Definitions

萋

(of vegetation) luxuriant; lush; abundant
Used in 萋斐.

Compounds

萋斐
萋斐貝錦／萋斐贝锦
菶萋
萋菶
萋萋 (qīqī)
萋萋綽綽／萋萋绰绰
萋迷
貝錦萋菲／贝锦萋菲

Japanese

Kanji

萋

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): せい (sei); さい (sai); し (shi)

Korean

Hanja

萋 • (cheo) (hangeul 처, revised cheo, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏ, Yale che)

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