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萎
萎
See also: 荽
Translingual
Han character
萎 (radical 140 艸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹木女 (THDV), four-corner 44404, composition ⿱艹委)
References
- KangXi: page 1041, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31269
- Dae Jaweon: page 1500, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3235, character 5
- Unihan data for U+840E
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
萎 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (委) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 矮 | *qraːlʔ |
| 躷 | *qraːlʔ |
| 捼 | *noːl, *nuːl, *njul |
| 倭 | *qoːl, *qoːlʔ, *qrol |
| 涹 | *qoːl |
| 踒 | *qoːl |
| 餧 | *nuːlʔ, *qrols |
| 諉 | *nols, *qrolʔ |
| 痿 | *njol, *qrol |
| 萎 | *qrol, *qrols |
| 逶 | *qrol |
| 覣 | *qrol |
| 蜲 | *qrol, *qrolʔ |
| 委 | *qrol, *qrolʔ |
| 緌 | *njul |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ
- Wade-Giles: wei3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woei
- IPA (key): /u̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ
- Wade-Giles: wei1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uei
- IPA (key): /u̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: wai2, wai1, wai3
- Yale: wái, wāi, wai
- Cantonese Pinyin: wai2, wai1, wai3
- IPA (key): /wɐi̯³⁵/, /wɐi̯⁵⁵/, /wɐi̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 萎 | 萎 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (14) | 支 (14) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | Chongniu III | Chongniu III |
| Fanqie | 於爲切 | 於僞切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ʔˠiuᴇ/ | /ʔˠiuᴇH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʔʷᵚiɛ/ | /ʔʷᵚiɛH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ʔiuɛ/ | /ʔiuɛH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʔjwiə̆/ | /ʔjwiə̆H/ |
| Li Rong |
/ʔjue/ | /ʔjueH/ |
| Wang Li |
/ǐwe/ | /ǐweH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ʔwie̯/ | /ʔwie̯H/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
wēi | wèi |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 萎 | 萎 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 12896 | 12907 |
| Phonetic component |
委 | 委 |
| Rime group |
歌 | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision |
3 | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
逶 | 餧 |
| Old Chinese |
/*qrol/ | /*qrols/ |
| Notes | 說文作歹委 | 後作餧今作喂 |
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萎
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Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
萎
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
萎 • (wi) (hangeul 위, revised wi, McCune-Reischauer wi, Yale wi)
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Vietnamese
Han character
萎 (nuy, uỳ)
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