蕤

蕤

蕤 U+8564, 蕤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8564 ← 蕣 [U+8563] CJK Unified Ideographs 蕥 → [U+8565]

蕤 U+2F9AC, 蕤 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F9AC ← 𧏊 [U+2F9AB] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 𦼬 → [U+2F9AD]

Translingual

Han character

蕤 (radical 140, 艸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿一人一 (TMOM), four-corner 4423₁, composition ⿱艹甤)

1. drooping leaves
2. fringe soft, delicate

References

• KangXi: page 1058, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31995
• Dae Jaweon: page 1521, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3289, character 12
• Unihan data for U+8564

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		蕤

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (甤) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
甤	*njolʔ, *njul, *njulʔ
蕤	*njul

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ruí (rui²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jeoi⁴, jeoi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: ruí
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄟˊ
    • Wade–Giles: jui²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruei
    • IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jeoi⁴, jeoi⁶
    • Yale: yèuih, yeuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joey⁴, joey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêu⁴, yêu⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /jɵy̯²¹/, /jɵy̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /ȵiuɪ/▼

Rime
Character	蕤
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	脂 (16)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	儒隹切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiuɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵʷi/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjuɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵwi/
Li Rong	/ȵui/
Wang Li	/ȵʑwi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑwi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ruí

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*njul/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蕤
Reading #	1/1
No.	10916
Phonetic component	甤
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	蕤
Old Chinese	/*njul/

Definitions

蕤

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Compounds

威蕤 翠蕤 芳蕤

萎蕤 葳蕤 (wēiruí)

蕤賓／蕤宾 蕤賓佳節／蕤宾佳节

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Japanese

Kanji

蕤

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ずい (zui), に (ni), そう (sō), しょう (shō), すい (sui)

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Korean

Hanja

蕤 • (yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune–Reischauer yu, Yale yu)

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