䔺

䔺	U+453A, 䔺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-453A

← 䔹
[U+4539]

CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A

䔻 →
[U+453B]

Translingual

Han character

䔺 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓中月 (TNLB), four-corner 4422₇, composition ⿱艹隋)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1057, character 37
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3285, character 16
Unihan data for U+453A

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 艸 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 隋 (OC *l̥ʰoːlʔ, *l'oːlʔ, *ljol).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		䔺
alternative forms		𦳉

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wéi (wei²)

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ

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/

Middle Chinese: ywe

Rime
Character	䔺
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	支 (12)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	悅吹切
Baxter	ywe
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiuᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/jʷiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/juɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jwiə̆/
Li Rong	/iue/
Wang Li	/jǐwe/
Bernhard Karlgren	/wie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wéi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai⁴

Definitions

䔺

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, of smartweed) to ear and blossom

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		䔺

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wěi (wei³)

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ

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/

Middle Chinese: yweX

Rime
Character	䔺
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	支 (12)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	羊捶切
Baxter	yweX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiuᴇ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/jʷiɛ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/juɛ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jwiə̆^X/
Li Rong	/iue^X/
Wang Li	/jǐwe^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/wie̯^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wěi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai⁵

Definitions

䔺

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) footstalk (of a flower or fruit)
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, of leaves) newly budding

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		䔺
alternative forms		𧁼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wéi, suí (wei², sui²)

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ, ㄙㄨㄟˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wéi
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wéi
  - Wade–Giles: wei²
  - Yale: wéi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wei
  - Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: suí
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: suéi
  - Wade–Giles: sui²
  - Yale: swéi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: swei
  - Palladius: суй (suj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯eɪ̯³⁵/

Definitions

䔺

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) sedge

Synonyms

莎草 (suōcǎo)

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C11880