蔚

Translingual

Han character

蔚 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿尸火戈 (TSFI), four-corner 4424₀, composition ⿱艹尉)

1. luxuriant, thick
2. ornamental

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1054, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31805
• Dae Jaweon: page 1517, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3285, character 12
• Unihan data for U+851A

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Chinese

trad.		蔚
simp. #		蔚

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
尉	*quds, *qud
熨	*quds, *quns, *qud
慰	*quds
罻	*quds
犚	*quds
蔚	*quds, *qud
螱	*quds
褽	*quds
鳚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèi (wei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai³ / wat¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ùi / ùiⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèi
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴
    • Yale: wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wey
    • Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wai³ / wat¹
    • Yale: wai / wāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai³ / wat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei³ / wed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³³/, /wɐt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ùi
    • Tâi-lô: uì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uix
    • IPA (Taipei): /ui¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /ui²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ùiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: uìnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: vuix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /uĩ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jw+jH, 'jut

Rime
Character	蔚	蔚
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	微 (21)	物 (60)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於胃切	紆物切
Baxter	'jw+jH	'jut
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʉiH/	/ʔɨut̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷɨiH/	/ʔiut̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuəiH/	/ʔiuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔujH/	/ʔut̚/
Li Rong	/ʔiuəiH/	/ʔiuət̚/
Wang Li	/ĭwəiH/	/ĭuət̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔwe̯iH/	/ʔi̯uət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wèi	yu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai3	wat1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔut-s/, /*ʔut/

  (Zhengzhang): /*quds/, /*qud/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蔚	蔚
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wèi	yù
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjwɨjH ›	‹ ʔjut ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔut-s/	/*ʔut/
English	Artemisia	Artemisia
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	蔚	蔚
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12956	12963
Phonetic component	尉	尉
Rime group	隊	物
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	尉	鬱
Old Chinese	/*quds/	/*qud/
Notes		見張衡賦

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蔚

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References

• “蔚”, 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

蔚

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): うつ (utsu), い (i)
• Kun: おとこよもき (otokoyomoki)

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Korean

Hanja

蔚 • (ul, wi) (hangeul 울, 위, revised ul, wi, McCune–Reischauer ul, wi, Yale wul, wi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蔚: Hán Việt readings: uất, úy/uý

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