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

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 *hwaːj (“to wither; to fade”) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěi, wēi (wei³, wei¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ, ㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai² / wai¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): úi

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• 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/

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• 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/
Bernard 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

1. to wither; to wilt
2. to decline; to weaken

Compounds

• 凋萎
• 哲人其萎
• 枯萎 (kūwěi)
• 猗萎
• 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

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• 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/

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• 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	/ʔˠiuᴇH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷᵚiɛH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuɛH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔjwiə̆H/
Li Rong	/ʔjueH/
Wang Li	/ǐweH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔwie̯H/
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

1. (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

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• 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

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

Japanese

Kanji

萎

(common “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)?}

1. wither; droop

Derived terms

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 is uncreated: しおり.)

Korean

Hanja

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

1. to wither; to wilt

Vietnamese

Han character

萎: Hán Nôm readings: nuy, ùy/uỳ

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References

• Nom Foundation