蔚

蔚	U+851A, 蔚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-851A

← 蔙
[U+8519]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蔛 →
[U+851B]

Translingual

Han character

蔚 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿尸火戈 (TSFI), four-corner 4424₀, composition ⿱艹尉)

Derived characters

𣞨

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1054, character 27
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31805
Dae Jaweon: page 1517, character 7
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3285, character 12
Unihan data for U+851A

Chinese

trad.		蔚
simp. ^#		蔚

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
尉	quds, qud
熨	quds, quns, *qud
慰	*quds
罻	*quds
犚	*quds
蔚	quds, qud
螱	*quds
褽	*quds
鳚

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *quds, *qud): semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 尉 (OC *quds, *qud).

Etymology 1

Probably related to 鬱 (OC *qud, “a kind of fragrant herb”) (Unger, 1992).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wèi (wei⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai³

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

Middle Chinese: 'jw+jH, 'jut

Rime
Character	蔚	蔚
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	微 (21)	物 (60)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於胃切	紆物切
Baxter	'jw+jH	'jut
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʉi^H/	/ʔɨut̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷɨi^H/	/ʔiut̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuəi^H/	/ʔiuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuj^H/	/ʔut̚/
Li Rong	/ʔiuəi^H/	/ʔiuət̚/
Wang Li	/ĭwəi^H/	/ĭuət̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔwe̯i^H/	/ʔi̯uət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wèi	yu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai³	wat¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔut-s/, /*ʔut/

(Zhengzhang): /*quds/, /*qud/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蔚	蔚
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wèi	yù
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjwɨj^H ›	‹ ʔjut ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔut-s/	/*ʔut/
English	Artemisia	Artemisia
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	蔚	蔚
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12956	12963
Phonetic component	尉	尉
Rime group	隊	物
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	尉	鬱
Old Chinese	/*quds/	/*qud/
Notes		見張衡賦

Definitions

蔚

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Artemisia japonica
Synonym: 牡蒿 (mǔhāo)

Compounds

茺蔚 (chōngwèi)

Etymology 2

Cognate with 鬱 (OC *qud, “luxuriant; depressed”), 薈 (OC *qoːbs, “luxuriant”). Compare Thai โอบ (òop, “to cover up; to shut”), อุด (ùt, “to compress; to crowd in together”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wèi (wei⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai³
Eastern Min (BUC): ói
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hui⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ùi / ùiⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): uê³
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶we

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wèi
  - Wade–Giles: wei⁴
  - Yale: wèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wey
  - Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: wai³
  - Yale: wai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ói
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui²¹³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hui⁴
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hu̍i
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ùi
  - Tâi-lô: uì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uix
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /ui²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ui¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ùiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: uìnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: vuix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /uĩ²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: uê³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uè
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ue²¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁶we
  - MiniDict: we^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhue
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦue²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ɦue²³¹/

Middle Chinese: 'jw+jH

Rime
Character	蔚
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於胃切
Baxter	'jw+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʉi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷɨi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuəi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuj^H/
Li Rong	/ʔiuəi^H/
Wang Li	/ĭwəi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔwe̯i^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*quds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蔚
Reading #	1/2
No.	12956
Phonetic component	尉
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	尉
Old Chinese	/*quds/

Definitions

蔚

(literary, of vegetation) exuberant; luxuriant; lush
(literary) grand; magnificent
(literary) ornate; elaborate
(literary, of mist) permeating

Compounds

岑蔚
岪蔚
彬蔚
炳蔚
蔚成
蔚映
蔚為大觀 / 蔚为大观 (wèiwéidàguān)
蔚為奇觀 / 蔚为奇观 (wèiwéiqíguān)
蔚然 (wèirán)
蔚然成風 / 蔚然成风 (wèiránchéngfēng)
蔚藍 / 蔚蓝 (wèilán)
蔚起
薈蔚 / 荟蔚
彪蔚
豐蔚 / 丰蔚
離離蔚蔚 / 离离蔚蔚
雲蒸霞蔚 / 云蒸霞蔚
雲興霞蔚 / 云兴霞蔚

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yù (yu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wat¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yù
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yù
  - Wade–Giles: yü⁴
  - Yale: yù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
  - Palladius: юй (juj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: wat¹
  - Yale: wāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: wed¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐt̚⁵/

Middle Chinese: 'jut

Rime
Character	蔚
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	物 (60)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	紆物切
Baxter	'jut
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨut̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiut̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔut̚/
Li Rong	/ʔiuət̚/
Wang Li	/ĭuət̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯uət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wat¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qud/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蔚
Reading #	2/2
No.	12963
Phonetic component	尉
Rime group	物
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	鬱
Old Chinese	/*qud/
Notes	見張衡賦

Definitions

蔚

alternative form of 鬱 / 郁 (yù, “depressed; pent-up”)
蔚蔚 ― yùyù ― gloomy

Compounds

蔚結 / 蔚结 (yùjié)
蔚蔚 (yùyù)
蔚貼 / 蔚贴

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yù (Yu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wat¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Ut

(Teochew, Peng'im): ug⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yù
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Yù
  - Wade–Giles: Yü⁴
  - Yale: Yù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yuh
  - Palladius: Юй (Juj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: wat¹
  - Yale: wāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: wed¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐt̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ut
  - Tâi-lô: Ut
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ud
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ut̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ut̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ut̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ut̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ut̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ug⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uk̚²/

Middle Chinese: 'jut

Rime
Character	蔚
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	物 (60)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	紆物切
Baxter	'jut
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨut̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiut̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔut̚/
Li Rong	/ʔiuət̚/
Wang Li	/ĭuət̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯uət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wat¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qud/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蔚
Reading #	2/2
No.	12963
Phonetic component	尉
Rime group	物
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	鬱
Old Chinese	/*qud/
Notes	見張衡賦

Definitions

蔚

a surname
Used in place names.

Compounds

蔚山
蔚縣 / 蔚县 (Yùxiàn)

References

“蔚”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

蔚

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): うつ (utsu)、い (i)^{←ゐ (wi, historical)}
Kun: おとこよもぎ (otokoyomogi)

Korean

Hanja

蔚 • (ul, wi) (hangeul 울, 위, revised ul, wi, McCune–Reischauer ul, wi, Yale wul, wi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蔚: Hán Việt readings: uất^[1], úy/uý^[1]

animated; energetic.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Trần (2004).

[gdhn-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Trần (2004).

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