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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)
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
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ
- Wade-Giles: wei3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woei
- IPA (key): /u̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: wai5
- Yale: wáih
- Cantonese Pinyin: wai5
- IPA (key): /wɐi̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| 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
Kanji
葦
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
Readings
Noun
葦 (hiragana よし, katakana ヨシ, romaji yoshi)
- common reed, Phragmites australis
Alternative forms
- あし (ashi)
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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