薢

薢 · xiè

woody climbing plant

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
xiè
Cantonese
haai6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

woody climbing plant

Dictionary definitions & readings

薢 xiào · woody climbing plant

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53305.040:xiè Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1278.050:xiè Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
406.140:xiè Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
xiè粵haai6,gaai2 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
カイ ゲ ケ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
古諧 佳買 古隘 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
TNBQ Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4425.2 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1061.380 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
094.16 271.10 383.36 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+85A2
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
13
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7843

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
keaj · 古諧 · 蟹開二平皆見 · #340
Middle Chinese
keaX · 佳買 · 蟹開二上佳見 · #1417
Middle Chinese
keaH · 古隘 · 蟹開二去佳見 · #2453

PHONO-ML, source line 3101; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1171.201
kDaeJaweon
1526.050
kHanYu
53305.040
kIRGDaeJaweon
1526.050
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53305.040
kIRGKangXi
1061.380
kKangXi
1061.380
kMorohashi
32139:E0102
kSBGY
094.16 271.10 383.36
kSMSZD2003Index
602.01
kCangjie
TNBQ
kFourCornerCode
4425.2
kMojiJoho
MJ022952 MJ022952:E0101 MJ022953:E0102
kPhonetic
538
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G3-6B33
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EE4E
kIRG_JSource
J13-7B3F
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-6FEC
kIRG_KSource
K2-5A2A
kIRG_TSource
T2-5E7A
kRSUnicode
140.13
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
EE4E
kCCCII
232652
kCNS1986
2-5E7A
kCNS1992
2-5E7A
kEACC
232652
kGB3
7519
kGB8
9447
kJIS0213
1,91,31
kJis1
5768
kMainlandTelegraph
5630
kTGH
2013:7843
kTaiwanTelegraph
5630
kXerox
313:274
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+17096+140.3.13
kCantonese
haai6
kDefinition
woody climbing plant
kFanqie
古諧 佳買 古隘
kHanyuPinyin
53305.040:xiè
kJapanese
カイ ゲ ケ
kJapaneseOn
KAI GE KE
kMandarin
xiè
kSMSZD2003Readings
xiè粵haai6,gaai2
kTGHZ2013
406.140:xiè
kXHC1983
1278.050:xiè

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 薢0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
艹 above 解 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿱艹解$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹解$(GHTJKP)

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