薏苡

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (薏苡)		薏	苡
simp. ^#(薏苡)		薏	苡
alternative forms		薏苢

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yìyǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji³ ji⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ì-í

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yìyǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yìyǐ
  - Wade–Giles: i⁴-i³
  - Yale: yì-yǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihyii
  - Palladius: ии (ii)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji³ ji⁵
  - Yale: yi yíh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji³ ji⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi³ yi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː³³ jiː¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ì-í
  - Tâi-lô: ì-í
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ie'ie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /i²¹⁻⁵³ i⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /i⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ i⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /i²¹⁻⁵³ i⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /i¹¹⁻⁵³ i⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²¹⁻⁴¹ i⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: 'ik yiX

Rime
Character	薏	苡
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	職 (134)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於力切	羊己切
Baxter	'ik	yiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨk̚/	/jɨ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɨk̚/	/jɨ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiek̚/	/ie^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔik̚/	/jɨ^X/
Li Rong	/ʔiək̚/	/iə^X/
Wang Li	/ĭək̚/	/jĭə^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ək̚/	/i^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yi	yǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jik¹	ji⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qɯɡ lɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	苡
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ yi^X ›
Old Chinese	/*ləʔ/
English	Plantago
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	薏	苡
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	15162	14930
Phonetic component	意	以
Rime group	職	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	憶	以
Old Chinese	/*qɯɡ/	/*lɯʔ/
Notes		說文作苢

Noun

薏苡

Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi)

Derived terms

薏苡之嫌
薏苡之疑
薏苡之謗 / 薏苡之谤
薏苡之讒 / 薏苡之谗
薏苡仁 (yìyǐrén)
薏苡明珠
薏苡興謗 / 薏苡兴谤
薏苡蒙謗 / 薏苡蒙谤
薏苡謗 / 薏苡谤

Japanese

Kanji in this term
薏	苡
よく Hyōgai	い Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [jo̞kɯ̟i]

Noun

薏(よく)苡(い) • (yokui)

synonym of 数珠玉 (juzudama, “Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi)”)
synonym of 鳩麦 (hatomugi, “an edible variety of Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi var. ma-yuen”)

Derived terms

薏苡仁(よくいにん) (yokuinin)