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蔚

蔚

Translingual

Han character

蔚 (radical 140 艸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿尸火戈 (TSFI), four-corner 44240)

  1. luxuriant, thick
  2. ornamental

References

  • KangXi: page 1054, character 27
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31805
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1517, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3285, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+851A

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 蔚

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (尉) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
尉 *quds, *qud
熨 *quds, *quns, *qud
慰 *quds
罻 *quds
犚 *quds
蔚 *quds, *qud
螱 *quds
褽 *quds
鳚 *quds

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 蔚 蔚
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 影 (34) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 微 (21) 物 (60)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 於胃切 紆物切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔʉiH/ /ʔɨut̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔʷɨiH/ /ʔiut̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔiuəiH/ /ʔiuət̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔujH/ /ʔut̚/
Li
Rong		 /ʔiuəiH/ /ʔiuət̚/
Wang
Li		 /ĭwəiH/ /ĭuət̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʔwe̯iH/ /ʔi̯uət̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 wèi yu
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 蔚 蔚
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 wèi yù
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ʔjwɨjH › ‹ ʔjut ›
Old
Chinese		 /*ʔut-s/ /*ʔut/
English Artemisia Artemisia

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 蔚 蔚
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 12956 12963
Phonetic
component		 尉 尉
Rime
group		 隊 物
Rime
subdivision		 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 尉 鬱
Old
Chinese		 /*quds/ /*qud/
Notes 見張衡賦

Definitions

蔚

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Compounds

  • 岑蔚
  • 岪蔚
  • 彪蔚
  • 彬蔚
  • 柏文蔚
  • 炳蔚
  • 茺蔚
  • 蔚成
  • 蔚映
  • 蔚為大觀／蔚为大观
  • 蔚為奇觀／蔚为奇观
  • 蔚然
  • 蔚然成風／蔚然成风
  • 蔚蔚
  • 蔚藍／蔚蓝 (wèilán)
  • 蔚起
  • 薈蔚／荟蔚
  • 豐蔚／丰蔚
  • 離離蔚蔚／离离蔚蔚
  • 雲興霞蔚／云兴霞蔚
  • 雲蒸霞蔚／云蒸霞蔚

References

Japanese

Kanji

蔚

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

蔚 • ‎(ul, wi) (hangeul 울, 위, revised ul, wi, McCune-Reischauer ul, wi, Yale wul, wi)

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