葨

葨 U+8468, 葨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8468 ← 葧 [U+8467] CJK Unified Ideographs 葩 → [U+8469]

Translingual

Han character

葨 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿田一女 (TWMV), four-corner 4473₂, composition ⿱艹畏)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1045, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31440
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3248, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8468

Chinese

trad.		葨
simp. #		葨

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
煨	*quːl
偎	*quːl
隈	*quːl, *quːls
椳	*quːl
鰃	*quːl
渨	*quːl
葨	*quːl
揋	*quːl
猥	*quːlʔ
嵔	*quːlʔ, *qulʔ
鍡	*quːlʔ
碨	*quːlʔ, *qruːl
腲	*quːlʔ
餵	*qrols
畏	*quls

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēi (wei¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ

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• 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/

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• Middle Chinese: 'woj

Rime
Character	葨
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	烏恢切
Baxter	'woj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔuʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔuoi/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔuɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔwəj/
Li Rong	/ʔuᴀi/
Wang Li	/uɒi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔuɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wēi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wui1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*quːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	葨
Reading #	1/1
No.	12928
Phonetic component	畏
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	隈
Old Chinese	/*quːl/

Definitions

葨

1. ^† a kind of grass that grows in the mountains