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)

luxuriant, flourishing
used for various plants

Derived characters

𭺶

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

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

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/

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/
Bernhard 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

葳

used in 葳蕤 (wēiruí)

Compounds

紫葳
葳蕤 (wēiruí)

Japanese

Kanji

葳

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): い (i)

Korean

Hanja

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

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