萎

See also: 荽

萎	U+840E, 萎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-840E

← 萍
[U+840D]

CJK Unified Ideographs

萏 →
[U+840F]

Translingual

Han character

萎 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+8, 12 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 11 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿竹木女 (THDV), four-corner 4440₄, composition ⿱艹委)

Derived characters

𠾭, 𮟋, 𰹇

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1041, character 10
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31269
Dae Jaweon: page 1500, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3235, character 5
Unihan data for U+840E

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
矮	*qraːlʔ
躷	*qraːlʔ
捼	noːl, nuːl, *njul
倭	qoːl, qoːlʔ, *qrol
涹	*qoːl
踒	*qoːl
餧	nuːlʔ, qrols
諉	nols, qrolʔ
痿	njol, qrol
萎	qrol, qrols
逶	*qrol
覣	*qrol
蜲	qrol, qrolʔ
委	qrol, qrolʔ
緌	*njul

Etymology 1

trad.		萎
simp. ^#		萎
2nd round simp.		委

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ʔoj (“to wither; to fade”) (Proto-Tibeto-Burman *hwaːy: STEDT; Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wěi, wēi (wei³, wei¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ, ㄨㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai² / wai¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): úi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wěi
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wěi
  - Wade–Giles: wei³
  - Yale: wěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woei
  - Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, colloquial variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wei
  - Wade–Giles: wei¹
  - Yale: wēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uei
  - Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵/

Note: wěi - only used in 萎蕤 in Taiwan.

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: wai² / wai¹
  - Yale: wái / wāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai² / wai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei² / wei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³⁵/, /wɐi̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: úi
  - Tâi-lô: uí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ui⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: 'jwe

Rime
Character	萎
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	支 (14)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於爲切
Baxter	'jwe
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠiuᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷᵚiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔjwiə̆/
Li Rong	/ʔjue/
Wang Li	/ǐwe/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔwie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wēi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qrol/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	萎
Reading #	1/2
No.	12896
Phonetic component	委
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	逶
Old Chinese	/*qrol/
Notes	說文作歹委

Definitions

萎

to wither; to wilt
to decline; to weaken

Compounds

凋萎
哲人其萎
枯萎 (kūwěi)
猗萎
番茄斑萎病毒 (fānqié bān wěi bìngdú)
萎約 / 萎约 (wěiyuē)
萎縮 / 萎缩 (wěisuō)
萎腇
萎蕤 (wěiruí)
萎謝 / 萎谢 (wěixiè)
萎靡
萎靡不振
萎黃病 / 萎黄病
萱萎北堂
陽萎 / 阳萎 (yángwěi)
黃萎病 / 黄萎病

Etymology 2

trad.		萎
simp. ^#		萎

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wèi, wēi (wei⁴, wei¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ, ㄨㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wèi
  - Wade–Giles: wei⁴
  - Yale: wèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wey
  - Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - 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: wai³
  - Yale: wai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³³/

Middle Chinese: 'jweH

Rime
Character	萎
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	支 (14)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於僞切
Baxter	'jweH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠiuᴇ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷᵚiɛ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuɛ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔjwiə̆^H/
Li Rong	/ʔjue^H/
Wang Li	/ǐwe^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔwie̯^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qrols/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	萎
Reading #	2/2
No.	12907
Phonetic component	委
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	餧
Old Chinese	/*qrols/
Notes	後作餧今作喂

Definitions

萎

(literary) to feed (oxen, horses, etc.)

Etymology 3

trad.		萎
simp. ^#		萎
alternative forms		虧／亏唩踒

Pronunciation

Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ui

(Teochew, Peng'im): ui¹

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ui
  - Tâi-lô: ui
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uy
  - IPA (Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ui⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ui¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ui
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui³³/

Definitions

萎

(Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, Teochew) to wear; to erode

Japanese

Kanji

萎

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

Go-on: い (i, Jōyō)^{←ゐ (wi, historical)}
Kan-on: い (i, Jōyō)^{←ゐ (wi, historical)}
Kun: なえる (naeru, 萎える, Jōyō)、しぼむ (shibomu, 萎む)、しおれる (shioreru, 萎れる)^{←しをれる (siworeru, 萎れる, historical)}

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
萎
い Grade: S
on'yomi

/wi/ → /i/

From Middle Chinese 萎 (MC 'jwe).

Affix

萎(い) • (i) ^{←ゐ (wi)^?}

wither; droop

Derived terms

萎(い)縮(しゅく) (ishuku): withering; atrophy
萎(い)靡(び) (ibi): decline; decay

Etymology 2

(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Kanji in this term
萎
しおり Grade: S
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 萎 – see the following entry: しおり

(The following entry does not have a page created for it yet: しおり.)

Korean

Hanja

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

to wither; to wilt

Vietnamese

Han character

萎: Hán Nôm readings: nuy, ùy/uỳ

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References

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