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Translingual
Han character
葦 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿木一手 (TDMQ), four-corner 44506, composition ⿱艹韋)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1045, character 28
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31437
- Dae Jaweon: page 1507, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3258, character 4
- Unihan data for U+8466
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 禕
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*qral
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| 郼
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*qʷɯl
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| 褘
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*qʰʷɯl
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| 諱
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*qʰʷɯls
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| 媁
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*qʷɯl, *ɢʷɯlʔ
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| 幃
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*ɢʷɯl
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| 違
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*ɢʷɯl
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| 圍
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*ɢʷɯl, *ɢʷɯls
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| 韋
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*ɢʷɯl
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| 闈
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*ɢʷɯl
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| 湋
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*ɢʷɯl
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| 鍏
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*ɢʷɯl, *ɢʷɯlʔ
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| 潿
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*ɢɯl
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| 韙
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*ɢʷɯlʔ
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| 煒
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*ɢʷɯlʔ
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| 暐
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*ɢʷɯlʔ
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| 偉
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*ɢʷɯlʔ
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| 瑋
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*ɢʷɯlʔ
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| 葦
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*ɢʷɯlʔ
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| 椲
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*ɢʷɯlʔ
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| 韡
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*ɢʷɯlʔ
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| 愇
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*ɢʷɯlʔ
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| 緯
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*ɢʷɯls
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷɯlʔ) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 韋 (OC *ɢʷɯl)
Pronunciation 1
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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葦
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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12827
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Phonetic
component
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韋
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Rime
group
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微
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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韙
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɢʷɯlʔ/
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Definitions
葦
- ⁜ reed; rush
- Synonym: 蘆葦／芦苇 (lúwěi)
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Definitions
葦
- † Alternative form of 緯／纬 (wěi, “to weave”)
Japanese
Wikispecies
Kanji
葦
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
Readings
Etymology 1
| For pronunciation and definitions of 葦 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 葦, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 葦 – see the following entry.
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| 【よし】
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- ヨシ, 葦, 蘆, 葭: Alternative form of あし (ashi)
Alternative spellingsヨシ, 蘆, 葭
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| (This term, 葦, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Korean
Hanja
葦 • (wi) (hangeul 위, revised wi, McCune–Reischauer wi, Yale wi)
- reed
Vietnamese
Han character
葦: Hán Việt readings: vy, vĩ
葦: Nôm readings: vi
- chữ Hán form of vy (“reed”).
References
