蓶

Translingual

Han character

蓶 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿口人土 (TROG), four-corner 4461₄, composition ⿱艹唯)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1052, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31736
• Dae Jaweon: page 1515, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3279, character 7
• Unihan data for U+84F6

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Chinese

trad.		蓶
simp. #		蓶

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
匯	*ɢʷrɯːlʔ, *kʰʷriːl
擓	*kʰʷriːl
淮	*ɡʷriːl
睢	*qʰʷel, *sqʰʷil, *qʰʷi, *qʰʷils
嶉	*sqʷi
趡	*skʰʷilʔ
踓	*skʰʷilʔ, *ɢʷilʔ
雖	*sqʰʷi
濉	*sqʰʷi
倠	*qʰʷi
婎	*qʰʷil, *qʰʷils
蓶	*ɢʷi, *ɢʷiʔ
維	*ɢʷi
惟	*ɢʷi
唯	*ɢʷi, *ɢʷiʔ
濰	*ɢʷi
琟	*ɢʷil
鷕	*ɢʷiʔ, *ɢʷiʔ
帷	*ɢʷril
鵻	*sɢʷinʔ, *tjul

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wéi (wei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéi
    • Wade–Giles: wei²
    • Yale: wéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wei
    • Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ywij, ywijX

Rime
Character	蓶	蓶
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	脂 (16)	脂 (16)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	以追切	以水切
Baxter	ywij	ywijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiuɪ/	/jiuɪX/
Pan Wuyun	/jʷi/	/jʷiX/
Shao Rongfen	/juɪ/	/juɪX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jwi/	/jwiX/
Li Rong	/ui/	/uiX/
Wang Li	/jwi/	/jwiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/wi/	/wiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wéi	wěi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai4	wai5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷi/, /*ɢʷiʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蓶	蓶
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12851	12857
Phonetic component	唯	唯
Rime group	脂	脂
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	惟	唯
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷi/	/*ɢʷiʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蓶

1. ^† a kind of vegetable