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

Derived characters

• 𫣤, 𭺁, 𨗨

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1045, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31437
• Dae Jaweon: page 1507, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): 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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɢʷɯlʔ): semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 韋 (OC *ɢʷɯl)

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěi (wei³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wěi
    • Wade–Giles: wei³
    • Yale: wěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woei
    • Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: wai⁵
    • Yale: wáih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: hjw+jX

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
Baxter	hjw+jX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦʉiX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɨiX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuəiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦujX/
Li Rong	/ɣiuəiX/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwəiX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/we̯iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wěi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai5

• 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

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) reed; rush

   Synonym: 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
• 葦鶯 / 苇莺 (wěiyīng)
• 蒲葦 / 蒲苇 (púwěi)
• 蘆葦 / 芦苇 (lúwěi)
• 行葦 / 行苇
• 黑孜葦 / 黑孜苇 (Hēizīwěi)
• 黑葦鳽 / 黑苇𫛚 (hēiwěijiān)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěi (wei³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wěi
    • Wade–Giles: wei³
    • Yale: wěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woei
    • Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴/

Definitions

葦

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 緯 / 纬 (wěi, “to weave”)

Japanese

Wikispecies has information on:

Phragmites australis

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 葦

葦

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Readings

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

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
葦
あし Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 葦 – see the following entry.

【あしアシ】 [noun] common reed, Phragmites australis Alternative spellings 芦, 蘆, 葭

(This term, 葦, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
葦
よし Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 葦 – see the following entry.

【よし】 [noun] ヨシ, 葦, 蘆, 葭, 芦: alternative form of あし (ashi) Alternative spellings ヨシ, 蘆, 葭, 芦

(This term, 葦, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

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

1. reed