痿

Translingual

Han character

痿 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 大竹木女 (KHDV), four-corner 0014₄, composition ⿸疒委)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 775, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22290
• Dae Jaweon: page 1186, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2681, character 4
• Unihan data for U+75FF

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Chinese

trad.		痿
simp. #		痿

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (委) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
矮	*qraːlʔ
躷	*qraːlʔ
捼	*noːl, *nuːl, *njul
倭	*qoːl, *qoːlʔ, *qrol
涹	*qoːl
踒	*qoːl
餧	*nuːlʔ, *qrols
諉	*nols, *qrolʔ
痿	*njol, *qrol
萎	*qrol, *qrols
逶	*qrol
覣	*qrol
蜲	*qrol, *qrolʔ
委	*qrol, *qrolʔ
緌	*njul

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěi (wei³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai² / wai¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): úi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ui²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wěi
    • Wade–Giles: wei³
    • Yale: wěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woei
    • Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wai² / wai¹
    • Yale: wái / wāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai² / wai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei² / wei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³⁵/, /wɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: úi
    • Tâi-lô: uí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ui²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: úi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jwe, nywe

Rime
Character	痿	痿
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	支 (14)	支 (12)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於爲切	人垂切
Baxter	'jwe	nywe
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠiuᴇ/	/ȵiuᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷᵚiɛ/	/ȵʷiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuɛ/	/ȵʑjuɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔjwiə̆/	/ȵwiə̆/
Li Rong	/ʔjue/	/ȵiue/
Wang Li	/ǐwe/	/ȵʑǐwe/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔwie̯/	/ȵʑwie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wēi	ruí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai1	jeoi4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*njol/, /*qrol/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	痿	痿
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12895	12900
Phonetic component	委	委
Rime group	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	痿	逶
Old Chinese	/*njol/	/*qrol/
Notes	疑本妥聲

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 痿

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) to be paralysed
2. impotent; lacking in sexual power

References

• “痿”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

痿

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ぬい (nui)^{←ぬゐ (nwi, historical)}
• Kan-on: ずい (zui)^{←ずゐ (zwi, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: い (i)^{←ゐ (wi, historical)}
• Kun: なえる (naeru, 痿える)

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Korean

Hanja

痿 • (wi) (hangeul 위, revised wi, McCune–Reischauer wi, Yale wi)

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