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薇
薇
Translingual
Han character
薇 (radical 140 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹人大 (THOK), four-corner 44248, composition ⿱艹微)
References
- KangXi: page 1060, character 21
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32092
- Dae Jaweon: page 1524, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3303, character 12
- Unihan data for U+8587
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
薇 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (微) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 矀 | *mrɯl, *mɯl |
| 覹 | *mrɯl |
| 黴 | *mrɯl, *mɯːls |
| 薇 | *mrɯl, *mɯl |
| 媺 | *mrɯlʔ |
| 微 | *mɯl |
| 溦 | *mɯl |
| 癓 | *mɯl |
| 徽 | *hmɯl |
| 幑 | *hmɯl |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ
- Wade-Giles: wei1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uei
- IPA (key): /u̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ
- Wade-Giles: wei2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wei
- IPA (key): /u̯eɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: mei4
- Yale: mèih
- Cantonese Pinyin: mei4
- IPA (key): /mei̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 薇 | 薇 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (17) | 微 (21) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | Chongniu III | III |
| Fanqie | 武悲切 | 無非切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/mˠiɪ/ | /mʉi/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/mᵚi/ | /mʷɨi/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/miɪ/ | /miuəi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/mji/ | /muj/ |
| Li Rong |
/mji/ | /miuəi/ |
| Wang Li |
/mi/ | /mĭwəi/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/mi/ | /mwe̯i/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
mí | wéi |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 薇 | 薇 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 12798 | 12803 |
| Phonetic component |
微 | 微 |
| Rime group |
微 | 微 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
眉 | 微 |
| Old Chinese |
/*mrɯl/ | /*mɯl/ |
Noun
薇
- Osmunda regalis, a species of fern (also known as royal fern or flowering fern)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
薇
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Readings
Compounds
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 薇 |
|
ぜんまい Hyōgaiji |
| kun'yomi |
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
薇 (hiragana ぜんまい, katakana ゼンマイ, romaji zenmai)
Korean
Hanja
薇 • (mi) (hangeul 미, revised mi, McCune-Reischauer mi, Yale mi)
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Vietnamese
Han character
薇 (vi)
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