葦

See also: 苇

Translingual

Han character

葦 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿木一手 (TDMQ), four-corner 4450₆, composition ⿱艹韋)

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

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Chinese

trad.		葦
simp.		苇

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
禕	*qral
郼	*qʷɯl
褘	*qʰʷɯl
諱	*qʰʷɯls
媁	*qʷɯl, *ɢʷɯlʔ
幃	*ɢʷɯl
違	*ɢʷɯl
圍	*ɢʷɯl, *ɢʷɯls
韋	*ɢʷɯl
闈	*ɢʷɯl
湋	*ɢʷɯl
鍏	*ɢʷɯl, *ɢʷɯlʔ
潿	*ɢɯl
韙	*ɢʷɯlʔ
煒	*ɢʷɯlʔ
暐	*ɢʷɯlʔ
偉	*ɢʷɯlʔ
瑋	*ɢʷɯlʔ
葦	*ɢʷɯlʔ
椲	*ɢʷɯlʔ
韡	*ɢʷɯlʔ
愇	*ɢʷɯlʔ
緯	*ɢʷɯls

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěi (wei³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁵

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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: wai⁵
    • Yale: wáih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: hjw+jX

Rime
Character	葦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	于鬼切
Baxter	hjw+jX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦʉiX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɨiX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuəiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦujX/
Li Rong	/ɣiuəiX/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwəiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/we̯iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wěi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷɯlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	葦
Reading #	1/1
No.	12827
Phonetic component	韋
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	韙
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷɯlʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 葦

1. ^⁜ reed; rush

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Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěi (wei³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ

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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/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 葦

1. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 緯／纬 (wěi, “to weave”).

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Japanese

Wikispecies

Kanji

葦

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• Go-on: い (i)^{←ゐ (wi, historical)}
• Kan-on: い (i)^{←ゐ (wi, historical)}
• Kun: あし (ashi, 葦); よし (yoshi, 葦)

Noun

葦(よし) or 葦(ヨシ) • (yoshi) 

1. common reed, Phragmites australis

Alternative forms

• あし (ashi)

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Korean

Hanja

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

1. reed

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Vietnamese

Han character

葦 (vi)

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