一葦

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	reed; rush; Phragmites communis
trad. (一葦)		一	葦
simp. (一苇)		一	苇
Literally: “a bundle of reeds”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīwěi

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ wai⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīwěi [Phonetic: yìwěi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yiwěi
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-wei³
    • Yale: yī-wěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iwoei
    • Palladius: ивэй (ivɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ wai⁵
    • Yale: yāt wáih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ wai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ wei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ wɐi̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jit hjw+jX

Rime
Character	一	葦
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	質 (48)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於悉切	于鬼切
Baxter	'jit	hjw+jX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔiɪt̚/	/ɦʉiX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔit̚/	/ɦʷɨiX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔjet̚/	/ɣiuəiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔit̚/	/ɦujX/
Li Rong	/ʔiĕt̚/	/ɣiuəiX/
Wang Li	/ĭĕt̚/	/ɣĭwəiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ĕt̚/	/we̯iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yi	wěi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jat1	wai5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qliɡ  ɢʷɯlʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	一
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yī
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjit ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔi[t]/
English	one
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	一	葦
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	14833	12827
Phonetic component	一	韋
Rime group	質	微
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	一	韙
Old Chinese	/*qliɡ/	/*ɢʷɯlʔ/

Noun

一葦

1. (literary) small boat

Derived terms

• 一葦可航／一苇可航
• 一葦渡江／一苇渡江

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一	葦
いち Grade: 1	い Jinmeiyō
goon

Etymology

Middle Chinese 一葦 (ʔiɪt̚ ɦʉi^X)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いち​い [ìchíꜜì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [it͡ɕii]

Noun

一(いち)葦(い) • (ichii) ^{←いちゐ (itiwi)?}

1. one boat