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 (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

References
  • KangXi: page 1066, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32348
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1531, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: 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
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
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

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Compounds
  • 利藪／利薮
  • 斗藪／斗薮
  • 林藪／林薮
  • 淵藪／渊薮
  • 盜藪／盗薮
  • 藪幽／薮幽
  • 藪澤／薮泽
  • 藪貓／薮猫 (sǒumāo)
  • 藪鳥／薮鸟
  • 言談林藪／言谈林薮
  • 逋逃藪／逋逃薮

Japanese

Shinjitai

 薮

Kyūjitai

 藪

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 (えん)藪 (そう) (ensō)
  • 談 (だん)藪 (そう) (dansō)
  • 斗 (と)藪 (そう) (tosō)
  • 林 (りん)藪 (そう) (rinsō)

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

藪 (hiragana やぶ, rōmaji yabu)

  1. a thicket, grove, copse (as of trees, shrubs, or bamboo)
    Synonym: 茂み (shigemi) (thick growth)
  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 (い)者 (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 (エ)老 (ビ)根 (ネ) (yabu ebine)
  • 藪 (ヤブ)蚊 (カ), 豹 (ヤ)脚 (ブ)蚊 (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 (キ)蟖 (リ) (yabukiri)
  • 藪 (やぶ)潜 (くぐ)り (yabukuguri)
  • 藪 (やぶ)薬 (くす)師 (し) (yabu kusushi)
  • 藪 (やぶ)華 (け)鬘 (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 (そ)麦 (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 (マ)麻 (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 (の)良 (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 (hiragana やぶ, rōmaji Yabu)

  1. a surname

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

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

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