一葦

Chinese

one; single; a
one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
 
 reed; rush; Phragmites communis
trad. (一葦) 一 葦
simp. (一苇) 一 苇
Literally: “a bundle of reeds”.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 一 葦
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34) 云 (35)
Final (韻) 質 (48) 微 (21)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 於悉切 于鬼切
Baxter 'jit hjw+jX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔiɪt̚/ /ɦʉiX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔit̚/ /ɦʷɨiX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔjet̚/ /ɣiuəiX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔit̚/ /ɦujX/
Li
Rong 		/ʔiĕt̚/ /ɣiuəiX/
Wang
Li 		/ĭĕt̚/ /ɣĭwəiX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ʔi̯ĕt̚/ /we̯iX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yi wěi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jat1 wai5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 一
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yī
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ʔjit ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔi[t]/
English one

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 一 葦
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 14833 12827
Phonetic
component 		一 韋
Rime
group 		質 微
Rime
subdivision 		2 2
Corresponding
MC rime 		一 韙
Old
Chinese 		/*qliɡ/ /*ɢʷɯlʔ/

Noun

一葦

  1. (literary) small boat

Derived terms

  • 一葦可航 / 一苇可航
  • 一葦渡江 / 一苇渡江

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一 葦
いち
Grade: 1 		い
Jinmeiyō
goon

Etymology

Middle Chinese 一葦 ('jit hjw+jX)

Pronunciation

Noun

一(いち)葦(い) • (ichii) ←いちゐ (itiwi)?

  1. one boat

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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