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葦

葦

See also: 苇

Translingual

Han character

葦 (radical 140 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿木一手 (TDMQ), four-corner 44506, composition ⿱艹韋)

  1. reed

References

  • KangXi: page 1045, character 28
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31437
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1507, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3258, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+8466

Chinese

trad. 葦
simp. 苇

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (韋) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
禕 *qral
郼 *qʷɯl
褘 *qʰʷɯl
諱 *qʰʷɯls
媁 *qʷɯl, *ɢʷɯlʔ
幃 *ɢʷɯl
違 *ɢʷɯl
圍 *ɢʷɯl, *ɢʷɯls
韋 *ɢʷɯl
闈 *ɢʷɯl
湋 *ɢʷɯl
鍏 *ɢʷɯl, *ɢʷɯlʔ
潿 *ɢɯl
韙 *ɢʷɯlʔ
煒 *ɢʷɯlʔ
暐 *ɢʷɯlʔ
偉 *ɢʷɯlʔ
瑋 *ɢʷɯlʔ
葦 *ɢʷɯlʔ
椲 *ɢʷɯlʔ
韡 *ɢʷɯlʔ
愇 *ɢʷɯlʔ
緯 *ɢʷɯls

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 葦
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 云 (35)
Final (韻) 微 (21)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 于鬼切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦʉiX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦʷɨiX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣiuəiX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦujX/
Li
Rong		 /ɣiuəiX/
Wang
Li		 /ɣĭwəiX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /we̯iX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 wěi
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 葦
Reading # 1/1
No. 12827
Phonetic
component		 韋
Rime
group		 微
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 韙
Old
Chinese		 /*ɢʷɯlʔ/

Definitions

葦

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Japanese

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Kanji

葦

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

Noun

葦 ‎(hiragana よし, katakana ヨシ, romaji yoshi)

  1. common reed, Phragmites australis

Alternative forms

Korean

Hanja

葦 • ‎(wi) (hangeul 위, revised wi, McCune-Reischauer wi, Yale wi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

葦 (vi)

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