苜蓿

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (苜蓿)		苜	蓿
alt. forms		目宿牧宿牧蓿木粟

Etymology

Borrowed from a Central Asian language during the Han Dynasty (Laufer, 1967). Compare Tibetan བུག་སུག (bug sug, “alfalfa; bird's-foot trefoil”), Ladakhi [script needed] (bukhsukh, “Nepeta salviaefolia”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mùxu, mùsù

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ˙ㄒㄩ, ㄇㄨˋ ㄙㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): muk⁶ suk¹
Min Nan (POJ): bo̍k-siok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: mùxu
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ˙ㄒㄩ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muh.shiu
  - IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ ɕy¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, common variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: mùsù
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄙㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhsuh
  - IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ su⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: muk⁶ suk¹
  - Yale: muhk sūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: muk⁹ suk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: mug⁶ sug¹
  - IPA ^(key): /mʊk̚² sʊk̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-siok
  - Tâi-lô: bo̍k-siok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bogsiog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² ɕiɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔk̚²⁴⁻²² ɕiɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ɕiɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² ɕiɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² ɕiɔk̚³²/

Middle Chinese: /mɨuk̚ sɨuk̚/▼

Rime
Character	苜	蓿
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	屋 (4)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	莫六切	息逐切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨuk̚/	/sɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/miuk̚/	/siuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/miuk̚/	/siuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muwk̚/	/suwk̚/
Li Rong	/miuk̚/	/siuk̚/
Wang Li	/mĭuk̚/	/sĭuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯uk̚/	/si̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mù	su

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*muɡ suɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	苜	蓿
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	9334	12106
Phonetic component	目	宿
Rime group	覺	覺
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	目	肅
Old Chinese	/*muɡ/	/*suɡ/
Notes	見史記	見史記，漢書作宿

Noun

苜蓿

Medicago (a genus of flowering plants including alfalfa)

Derived terms

南苜蓿
紫花苜蓿
苜蓿盤空／苜蓿盘空

苜蓿長欄干／苜蓿长栏干
苜蓿風味／苜蓿风味
黃花苜蓿／黄花苜蓿

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (苜蓿):

Japanese: 苜蓿 (もくしゅく) (mokushuku)
Korean: 목숙 (苜蓿, moksuk)
Vietnamese: mục túc (苜蓿)

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