蘖

蘖 · niè

stump, sprout

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
niè
Cantonese
jit6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

stump, sprout

Dictionary definitions & readings

蘖 niè · new shoot growing from cut branch or stump

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53331.150:niè,bò Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0085.071:bò 0834.110:niè Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
268.030:niè Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
niè粵jit6,jip6 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ゲツ ひこばえ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
얼:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
五割 魚列 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
THJD Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4490.4 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1069.070 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8616
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
20
Residual strokes
17
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6423

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

20 strokes
蘖
Strokes
20
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

20 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

櫱 · 蘖

Unihan variant assertions; context determines usage.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
ngat · 五割 · 山開一入寒疑 · #3399
Middle Chinese
ngjet · 魚列 · 山開三入仙疑 · #3497

PHONO-ML, source line 17626; 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
1179.601
kDaeJaweon
1535.320
kHanYu
53331.150
kIRGDaeJaweon
1535.320
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53331.150
kIRGKangXi
1069.070
kKangXi
1069.070
kMatthews
4702
kMorohashi
32478:E0102
kNelson
4099
kSMSZD2003Index
606.03 339.03
kCangjie
THJD
kFourCornerCode
4490.4
kMojiJoho
MJ023178 MJ023178:E0101 MJ023179:E0102 MJ060149:E0103
kPhonetic
1215
kUnihanCore2020
GHJK
kIICore
AGK
kIRG_GSource
G0-5E41
kIRG_HSource
H-8F7E
kIRG_JSource
J0-5D31
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-7096
kIRG_KSource
K0-656E
kIRG_TSource
T3-5E5A
kRSUnicode
140.17
kTotalStrokes
20
kCCCII
232828
kCNS1986
E-5E5A
kCNS1992
3-5E5A
kEACC
51563F
kGB0
6233
kGB1
6233
kJis0
6117
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
5649
kTGH
2013:6423
kTaiwanTelegraph
5649
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+5328+140.3.17
kCantonese
jit6
kDefinition
stump, sprout
kFanqie
五割 魚列
kHangul
얼:0N
kHanyuPinyin
53331.150:niè,bò
kJapanese
ゲツ ひこばえ
kJapaneseKun
HIKOBAE
kJapaneseOn
GETSU
kKorean
EL
kMandarin
niè
kSMSZD2003Readings
niè粵jit6,jip6
kTGHZ2013
268.030:niè
kXHC1983
0085.071:bò 0834.110:niè
kSemanticVariant
U+6AF1<kMatthews
kSimplifiedVariant
U+8616
kTraditionalVariant
U+6AF1 U+8616

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
3dictionary records using 蘖0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱薛木$(GHTJKP)

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