葳

葳 U+8473, 葳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8473 ← 葲 [U+8472] CJK Unified Ideographs 葴 → [U+8474]

Translingual

Han character

葳 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿戈竹女 (TIHV), four-corner 4425₃, composition ⿱艹威)

1. luxuriant, flourishing
2. used for various plants

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1046, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31456
• Dae Jaweon: page 1507, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3245, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8473

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Chinese

trad.		葳
simp. #		葳

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
崴	*qruːl
威	*qul
葳	*qul
隇	*qul
蝛	*qul
鰄	*qul
楲	*qul

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēi (wei¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wei
    • Wade–Giles: wei¹
    • Yale: wēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uei
    • Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wai¹
    • Yale: wāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jw+j

Rime
Character	葳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於非切
Baxter	'jw+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʉi/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuj/
Li Rong	/ʔiuəi/
Wang Li	/ĭwəi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔwe̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wēi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qul/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	葳
Reading #	1/1
No.	12790
Phonetic component	威
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	威
Old Chinese	/*qul/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 葳

1. Used in 葳蕤 (wēiruí).

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Japanese

Kanji

葳

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): い (i)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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