葦

See also: 苇

葦	U+8466, 葦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8466

← 葥
[U+8465]

CJK Unified Ideographs

葧 →
[U+8467]

Translingual

Han character

葦 (radical 140, 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿木一手 (TDMQ), four-corner 4450₆, composition ⿱艹韋)

References

KangXi: page 1045, character 28

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31437

Dae Jaweon: page 1507, character 2

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3258, character 4

Unihan data for U+8466

Chinese

trad.		葦
simp.		苇

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (韋) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
禕	*qral
郼	*qʷɯl
褘	*qʰʷɯl
諱	*qʰʷɯls
媁	qʷɯl, ɢʷɯlʔ
幃	*ɢʷɯl
違	*ɢʷɯl
圍	ɢʷɯl, ɢʷɯls
韋	*ɢʷɯl
闈	*ɢʷɯl
湋	*ɢʷɯl
鍏	ɢʷɯl, ɢʷɯlʔ
潿	*ɢɯl
韙	*ɢʷɯlʔ
煒	*ɢʷɯlʔ
暐	*ɢʷɯlʔ
偉	*ɢʷɯlʔ
瑋	*ɢʷɯlʔ
葦	*ɢʷɯlʔ
椲	*ɢʷɯlʔ
韡	*ɢʷɯlʔ
愇	*ɢʷɯlʔ
緯	*ɢʷɯls

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wěi (wei³)
(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wěi
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ
  - Wade–Giles: wei³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woei
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai⁵
  - Yale: wáih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯¹³/

Middle Chinese: /ɦʉi^X/▼

Rime
Character	葦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	于鬼切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦʉi^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɨi^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuəi^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuj^X/
Li Rong	/ɣiuəi^X/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwəi^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/we̯i^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wěi

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷɯlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	葦
Reading #	1/1
No.	12827
Phonetic component	韋
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	韙
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷɯlʔ/

Definitions

葦

^⁜ reed; rush
Synonyms: 蘆葦／芦苇 (lúwěi)

Compounds

一葦／一苇 (yīwěi)
一葦渡江／一苇渡江
不上蘆葦／不上芦苇
布衣葦帶／布衣苇带
葦塘／苇塘 (wěitáng)

葦戟桃杖／苇戟桃杖
葦杖／苇杖
葦箔／苇箔
葦苕繫巢／苇苕系巢

葭葦／葭苇
蒲葦／蒲苇 (púwěi)
蘆葦／芦苇 (lúwěi)
行葦／行苇

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wěi (wei³)
(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wěi
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ
  - Wade–Giles: wei³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woei
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/

Definitions

葦

^† Alternative form of 緯／纬 (wěi, “to weave”).

Japanese

Wikispecies

Kanji

葦

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

Go-on: い (i)^{←ゐ (wi, historical)}
Kan-on: い (i)^{←ゐ (wi, historical)}
Kun: あし (ashi, 葦); よし (yoshi, 葦)

Noun

葦 (hiragana よし, katakana ヨシ, rōmaji yoshi)

common reed, Phragmites australis

Alternative forms

あし (ashi)

Korean

Hanja

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

reed

Vietnamese

Han character

葦 (vi)

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