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蕤

蕤

Translingual

Han character

蕤 (radical 140 艸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿一人一 (TMOM), four-corner 4423₁)

drooping leaves
fringe soft, delicate

References

KangXi: page 1058, character 35

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31995

Dae Jaweon: page 1521, character 22

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3289, character 12

Unihan data for U+8564

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蕤

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (甤) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
甤	njolʔ, njul, *njulʔ
蕤	*njul

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): ruí (rui²)

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jeoi⁴, jeoi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: ruí
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄟˊ
  - Wade-Giles: jui²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruei
  - IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jeoi⁴, jeoi⁶
  - Yale: yèuih, yeuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: joey⁴, joey⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jɵy̯²¹/, /jɵy̯²²/

Middle Chinese: /ȵiuɪ/▼

Rime
Character	蕤
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	脂 (16)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	儒隹切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiuɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵʷi/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjuɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵwi/
Li Rong	/ȵui/
Wang Li	/ȵʑwi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑwi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ruí

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*njul/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蕤
Reading #	1/1
No.	10916
Phonetic component	甤
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	蕤
Old Chinese	/*njul/

Definitions

蕤

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Compounds

威蕤
翠蕤
芳蕤

萎蕤
葳蕤

蕤賓／蕤宾
蕤賓佳節／蕤宾佳节

Japanese

Kanji

蕤

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On: ずい (zui), に (ni), そう (sō), しょう (shō), すい (sui)

Korean

Hanja

蕤 • ‎(yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune-Reischauer yu, Yale yu)

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