薹

薹	U+85B9, 薹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85B9

← 薸
[U+85B8]

CJK Unified Ideographs

薺 →
[U+85BA]

Translingual

Han character

薹 (radical 140, 艸+14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 廿土口土 (TGRG), four-corner 4410₄, composition ⿱艹臺)

References

KangXi: page 1063, character 4
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32204
Dae Jaweon: page 1527, character 33
Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3310, character 4
Unihan data for U+85B9

Chinese

trad.		薹
simp. ^#		薹
variant forms		臺／台 “sedge”

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (臺) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
懛	*tɯː
儓	tʰɯːs, dɯː
臺	*dɯː
擡	*dɯː
薹	*dɯː
嬯	*dɯː
檯	*dɯː
籉	*dɯː

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *dɯː) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 臺 (OC *dɯː).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tái (tai²)

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): toi⁴
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): tâi

(Teochew, Peng'im): dai⁵ / tai⁵
Wu (Wiktionary): de (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tái
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˊ
  - Wade–Giles: t'ai²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tair
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: toi⁴
  - Yale: tòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: toi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: toi⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːy̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâi
  - Tâi-lô: tâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /taɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /taɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /taɪ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /taɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /taɪ²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dai⁵ / tai⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tâi / thâi
  - IPA ^(key): /tai⁵⁵/, /tʰai⁵⁵/

Note:

dai5 - vernacular;
tai5 - literary.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: de (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /d̻e̞²³/

Middle Chinese: /dʌi/▼

Rime
Character	薹
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	徒哀切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/dəi/
Shao Rongfen	/dɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəj/
Li Rong	/dᴀi/
Wang Li	/dɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tái

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*dɯː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	薹
Reading #	1/1
No.	12308
Phonetic component	臺
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	臺
Old Chinese	/*dɯː/

Definitions

薹

sedge (Carex)
Brassica rapa
rachis of an inflorescence (of garlics, garlic chives, rapeseeds, etc.)

Compounds

菜薹
蒜薹 (suàntái)

蕓薹 (yúntái)
薹笠

薹草
薹菜

Usage notes

Note that 薹 is not simplified to 苔 in mainland China.

Japanese

Kanji

薹

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): たい (tai), だい (dai)

Kun: あぶらな (aburana), とう (tou)

Vietnamese

Han character

薹 (đài)

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