薊

薊 U+858A, 薊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-858A ← 薉 [U+8589] CJK Unified Ideographs 薋 → [U+858B]

薊 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓火弓 (TNFN), four-corner 4432₀, composition ⿱艹魝)

1. Cirsium or Carduus (generic), thistles
2. a surname

• 𧾯

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1060, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32095
• Dae Jaweon: page 1524, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3304, character 11
• Unihan data for U+858A

trad.		薊
simp.		蓟

薊

1. thistle

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. Cirsum; thistle.

• On (unclassified): けい (kei)
• Kun: あざみ (azami, 薊)

Kanji in this term
薊
あざみ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

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• (Tokyo) あざみ [àzámí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [a̠za̠mʲi]

薊(あざみ) • (azami) 

1. thistle; various species of the tribe Cardueae

薊 • (gye) (hangeul 계, revised gye, McCune–Reischauer kye, Yale kyey)

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薊: Hán Nôm readings: kế

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