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Translingual
Han character
萎 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+8, 12 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 11 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿竹木女 (THDV), four-corner 44404, composition ⿱艹委)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1041, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31269
- Dae Jaweon: page 1500, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3235, character 5
- Unihan data for U+840E
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 矮
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*qraːlʔ
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| 躷
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*qraːlʔ
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| 捼
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*noːl, *nuːl, *njul
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| 倭
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*qoːl, *qoːlʔ, *qrol
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| 涹
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*qoːl
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| 踒
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*qoːl
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| 餧
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*nuːlʔ, *qrols
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| 諉
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*nols, *qrolʔ
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| 痿
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*njol, *qrol
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| 萎
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*qrol, *qrols
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| 逶
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*qrol
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| 覣
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*qrol
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| 蜲
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*qrol, *qrolʔ
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| 委
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*qrol, *qrolʔ
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| 緌
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*njul
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Etymology 1
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *hwaːj (“to wither; to fade”) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
Note: wěi - only used in 萎蕤 in Taiwan.
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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萎
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| Reading #
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1/2
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| No.
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12896
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Phonetic
component
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委
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Rime
group
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歌
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Rime
subdivision
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3
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Corresponding
MC rime
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逶
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Old
Chinese
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/*qrol/
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| Notes
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說文作歹委
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Definitions
萎
- to wither; to wilt
- to decline; to weaken
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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萎
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| Reading #
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2/2
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| No.
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12907
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Phonetic
component
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委
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Rime
group
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歌
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Rime
subdivision
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3
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Corresponding
MC rime
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餧
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Old
Chinese
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/*qrols/
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| Notes
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後作餧今作喂
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Definitions
萎
- (literary) to feed (oxen, horses, etc.)
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Definitions
萎
- (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, Teochew) to wear; to erode
Japanese
Kanji
萎
(Jōyō kanji)
Readings
- Go-on: い (i, Jōyō)←ゐ (wi, historical)
- Kan-on: い (i, Jōyō)←ゐ (wi, historical)
- Kun: なえる (naeru, 萎える, Jōyō)、しぼむ (shibomu, 萎む)、しおれる (shioreru, 萎れる)←しをれる (siworeru, 萎れる, historical)
Etymology 1
/wi/ → /i/
From Middle Chinese 萎 (MC 'jwe).
Affix
萎 • (i) ←ゐ (wi)?
- wither; droop
Derived terms
Etymology 2
(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
| For pronunciation and definitions of 萎 – see the following entry: しおり
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(The following entry is uncreated: しおり.)
Korean
Hanja
萎 • (wi) (hangeul 위, revised wi, McCune–Reischauer wi, Yale wi)
- to wither; to wilt
Vietnamese
Han character
萎: Hán Nôm readings: nuy, ùy/uỳ
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References