藪

See also: 籔 and 薮
藪 U+85EA, 藪
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85EA
← 藩
[U+85E9] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 藫 →
[U+85EB]

Translingual

Han character

藪 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+15, 21 strokes, cangjie input 廿中女大 (TLVK), four-corner 44448, composition ⿱艹數)

  1. marsh, swamp
  2. wild country
  3. clump of trees or bushes

Derived characters
  • 𭬼

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1066, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32348
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1531, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3319, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+85EA

Chinese
trad. 藪
simp. 薮

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (婁) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
樓 *ɡ·roː
摟 *roː, *ro
耬 *roː
僂 *ɡ·roː, *ɡ·roːs, *ɡ·roʔ
婁 *ɡ·roː, *ɡ·ro
螻 *roː
髏 *roː
蔞 *roː, *ro, *roʔ
鞻 *roː
艛 *ɡ·roː
膢 *roː, *ro
廔 *roː
嘍 *roː, *roːʔ
瞜 *roː, *ro
簍 *roː, *roːʔ, *roʔ
慺 *roː, *ro, *roʔ
鷜 *roː, *ro
褸 *roː, *roʔ
遱 *roː
謱 *roː, *roːʔ, *roʔ
嶁 *roːʔ, *roʔ
甊 *roːʔ
塿 *roːʔ
漊 *roːʔ, *roʔ
鏤 *roːs, *ro
瘻 *roːs, *ro
擻 *sloːʔ
藪 *sloːʔ
籔 *sloːʔ, *sroʔ
氀 *ro
縷 *roʔ
屢 *ros
數 *sroʔ, *sros, *sroːɡ
屨 *klos
窶 *ɡloʔ
貗 *ɡloʔ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 藪
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 侯 (137)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 蘇后切
Baxter suwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /səuX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /səuX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /səuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /səwX/
Li
Rong		 /suX/
Wang
Li		 /səuX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /sə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 sǒu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 sau2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 藪
Reading # 1/1
No. 8484
Phonetic
component		 婁
Rime
group		 侯
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 叜
Old
Chinese		 /*sloːʔ/

Definitions

藪

  1. shallow lake overgrown with wild plants
  2. gathering place
Compounds

Pronunciation

Definitions

藪

  1. (Cantonese, Hakka) Alternative form of 竇／窦 (dòu, “nest; den; home”) (chiefly used in place names.)
    鶴藪／鹤薮 [Cantonese]  ―  hok6 dau3 [Jyutping]  ―  Hok Tau (a place in Hong Kong)

Japanese

Shinjitai
(extended)

 薮

Kyūjitai

 藪

Alternative forms
藪 (yabu): a thicket of silver birch.
Kanji in this term
藪
やぶ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Kanji
藪

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 薮)

  1. thicket, grove, copse
  2. collection

Readings
  • Go-on: す (su)
  • Kan-on: そう (sō)
  • Kun: やぶ (yabu, 藪)

Compounds
Derived terms
  • 藪沢(そうたく) (sōtaku)
  • 淵藪(えんそう) (ensō)
  • 談藪(だんそう) (dansō)
  • 斗藪(とそう) (tosō)
  • 林藪(りんそう) (rinsō)

Etymology

From Old Japanese. Found in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

藪(やぶ) • (yabu) 

  1. a thicket, grove, copse (as of trees, shrubs, or bamboo)
    Synonym: (thick growth) 茂み (shigemi)
  2. Short for 藪医者 (yabu isha): a poor doctor
  3. Short for 藪入り (yabuiri): a holiday granted to servants on the 16th day of the first and seventh months
  4. Short for 藪睨み (yabunirami): a squint; a misguided thinking or view
  5. Short for 藪蕎麦 (yabusoba): a type of soba made from green buckwheat without the endocarp removed; a shop selling soba in this method

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 藪医(やぶい) (yabui)
  • 藪(やぶ)医者(いしゃ) (yabu isha)
  • 藪犬(ヤブイヌ) (yabuinu)
  • 藪(やぶ)入(い)り (yabuiri)
  • 藪(やぶ)鶯(うぐいす) (yabu uguisu)
  • 藪内(やぶうち) (Yabuuchi)
  • 藪(ヤブ)海老根(エビネ) (yabu ebine)
  • 藪(ヤブ)蚊(カ), 豹脚蚊(ヤブカ) (yabuka)
  • 藪陰(やぶかげ) (yabukage)
  • 藪垣(やぶがき) (yabugaki)
  • 藪(ヤブ)枯(ガラシ) (yabugarashi)
  • 藪(ヤブ)萱草(カンゾウ) (yabu kanzō)
  • 藪(ヤブ)螽蟖(キリ) (yabukiri)
  • 藪(やぶ)潜(くぐ)り (yabukuguri)
  • 藪(やぶ)薬(くす)師(し) (yabu kusushi)
  • 藪(やぶ)華鬘(けまん) (yabu keman)
  • 藪(ヤブ)柑(コウ)子(ジ) (yabu kōji)
  • 藪(やぶ)漕(こ)ぎ (yabukogi)
  • 藪雨(ヤブサメ) (yabusame)
  • 藪(やぶ)虱(じらみ) (yabujirami)
  • 藪(やぶ)雀(すずめ) (yabusuzume)
  • 藪(やぶ)蘇鉄(そてつ) (yabu sotetsu)
  • 藪(やぶ)蕎麦(そば) (yabusoba)
  • 藪(やぶ)畳(だたみ) (yabudatami)
  • 藪(ヤブ)タバコ (yabu tabako)
  • 藪(やぶ)力(ぢから) (yabujikara)
  • 藪(ヤブ)椿(ツバキ) (yabutsubaki)
  • 藪(ヤブ)手(デ)毬(マリ) (yabudemari)
  • 藪(ヤブ)肉桂(ニッケイ) (yabu nikkei)
  • 藪睨(やぶにら)み (yabunirami)
  • 藪(ヤブ)人参(ニンジン) (yabu ninjin)
  • 藪(やぶ)野(の) (Yabuno)
  • 藪(やぶ)の中(なか) (yabu no naka)
  • 藪原(やぶはら) (yabuhara)
  • 藪蛇(やぶへび) (yabuhebi)
  • 藪(ヤブ)苧麻(マオ) (yabu mao)
  • 藪巻(やぶまき), 藪(やぶ)巻(ま)き (yabumaki)
  • 藪豆(ヤブマメ) (yabumame)
  • 藪(ヤブ)茗(ミョウ)荷(ガ) (yabu myōga)
  • 藪(やぶ)紫(むらさき) (yabu-murasaki)
  • 藪蘭(ヤブラン) (yaburan)
  • 草藪(くさやぶ) (kusayabu)
  • 竹藪(たけやぶ) (takeyabu), 竹藪(たかやぶ) (takayabu)
  • 笹藪(ささやぶ) (sasayabu)
  • 野良(のら)藪(やぶ) (norayabu)

Idioms
Idioms
  • 藪(やぶ)から棒(ぼう)に (yabu kara bō ni)
  • 藪(やぶ)で馬(ま)鍬(ぐわ) (yabu de maguwa)
  • 藪(やぶ)に剛(ごう)の者(もの) (yabu ni gō no mono)
  • 藪(やぶ)に馬(ま)鍬(ぐわ) (yabu ni maguwa)
  • 八(や)幡(わた)の藪(やぶ)知(し)らず (Yawata no yabu shirazu)

Proverbs
  • 藪(やぶ)に目(め) (yabu ni me)
  • 藪(やぶ)をつついて蛇(へび)を出(だ)す (yabu o tsutsuite hebi o dasu)
  • 子(こ)を棄(す)つる藪(やぶ)はあれど身(み)を棄(す)つる藪(やぶ)はなし (ko o sutsuru yabu wa aredo mi o sutsuru yabu wa nashi)

Proper noun

藪(やぶ) • (Yabu) 

  1. a surname

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

藪 • (su) (hangeul 수, revised su, McCune–Reischauer su, Yale swu)

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