欀

欀 U+6B00, 欀 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B00 ← 櫿 [U+6AFF] CJK Unified Ideographs 欁 → [U+6B01]

Translingual

Han character

欀 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+17, 21 strokes, Cangjie input 木卜口女 (DYRV), four-corner 4093₂, composition ⿰木襄)

1. inner lining of wooden utensils
2. component beam used in building construction
3. (archaic) species of oak tree with medicinal bark

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 562, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15898
• Dae Jaweon: page 951, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1322, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6B00

Chinese

simp. and trad.		欀

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
囊	*naːŋ
蠰	*naːŋ, *sraŋ, *hnjaŋs, *njaŋʔ
曩	*naːŋʔ
灢	*naːŋʔ, *naːŋs
儾	*naːŋs
孃	*naŋ, *njaŋ
瓤	*naŋ, *njaŋ
鑲	*naŋ, *njaŋ
釀	*naŋs
瓖	*snaŋ, *snaŋ
驤	*snaŋ
襄	*snaŋ
纕	*snaŋ
忀	*snaŋ
欀	*snaŋ, *njaŋs
饟	*hnjaŋ, *hnjaŋʔ, *hnjaŋs
攘	*njaŋ, *njaŋʔ, *njaŋs
禳	*njaŋ
穰	*njaŋ, *njaŋʔ
躟	*njaŋ, *njaŋʔ
瀼	*njaŋ
獽	*njaŋ
儴	*njaŋ
蘘	*njaŋ
鬤	*njaŋ, *rnaːŋ
勷	*njaŋ
壤	*njaŋʔ
嚷	*njaŋʔ
讓	*njaŋs
懹	*njaŋs
攮	*rnoːŋʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāng (xiang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siang
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹
    • Yale: syāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiang
    • Palladius: сян (sjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: soeng¹
    • Yale: sēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: sjang, nyangH

Rime
Character	欀	欀
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	息良切	人樣切
Baxter	sjang	nyangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨɐŋ/	/ȵɨɐŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/siɐŋ/	/ȵiɐŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/siɑŋ/	/ȵʑiɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɨaŋ/	/ȵɨaŋH/
Li Rong	/siaŋ/	/ȵiaŋH/
Wang Li	/sĭaŋ/	/ȵʑĭaŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯aŋ/	/ȵʑi̯aŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiāng	ràng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	soeng1	joeng6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*snaŋ/, /*njaŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	欀	欀
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	13624	13650
Phonetic component	襄	襄
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	襄	讓
Old Chinese	/*snaŋ/	/*njaŋs/

Definitions

欀

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) tree whose bark produces an edible starchy substance; sago palm
2. component that props up a roof truss