蔚

蔚 U+851A, 蔚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-851A ← 蔙 [U+8519] CJK Unified Ideographs 蔛 → [U+851B]

Translingual

Han character

蔚 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿尸火戈 (TSFI), four-corner 4424₀, composition ⿱艹尉)

Derived characters

• 𣞨

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1054, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31805
• Dae Jaweon: page 1517, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3285, character 12
• Unihan data for U+851A

Chinese

trad.		蔚
simp. #		蔚

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
尉	*quds, *qud
熨	*quds, *quns, *qud
慰	*quds
罻	*quds
犚	*quds
蔚	*quds, *qud
螱	*quds
褽	*quds
鳚

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *quds, *qud): semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 尉 (OC *quds, *qud).

Etymology 1

Probably related to 鬱 (OC *qud, “a kind of fragrant herb”) (Unger, 1992).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèi (wei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèi
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴
    • Yale: wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wey
    • Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹/
• 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: 'jw+jH, 'jut

Rime
Character	蔚	蔚
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	微 (21)	物 (60)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於胃切	紆物切
Baxter	'jw+jH	'jut
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʉiH/	/ʔɨut̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷɨiH/	/ʔiut̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuəiH/	/ʔiuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔujH/	/ʔut̚/
Li Rong	/ʔiuəiH/	/ʔiuət̚/
Wang Li	/ĭwəiH/	/ĭuət̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔwe̯iH/	/ʔi̯uət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wèi	yu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai3	wat1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔut-s/, /*ʔut/

  (Zhengzhang): /*quds/, /*qud/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蔚	蔚
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wèi	yù
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjwɨjH ›	‹ ʔjut ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔut-s/	/*ʔut/
English	Artemisia	Artemisia
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蔚	蔚
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12956	12963
Phonetic component	尉	尉
Rime group	隊	物
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	尉	鬱
Old Chinese	/*quds/	/*qud/
Notes		見張衡賦

Definitions

蔚

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Artemisia japonica

   Synonym: 牡蒿 (mǔhāo)

Compounds

• 茺蔚 (chōngwèi)

Etymology 2

Cognate with 鬱 (OC *qud, “luxuriant; depressed”), 薈 (OC *qoːbs, “luxuriant”). Compare Thai โอบ (òop, “to cover up; to shut”), อุด (ùt, “to compress; to crowd in together”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèi (wei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai³
• Eastern Min (BUC): ói
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hui⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ùi / ùiⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): uê³

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶we

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèi
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴
    • Yale: wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wey
    • Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wai³
    • Yale: wai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ói
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui²¹³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hui⁴
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hu̍i
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ùi
    • Tâi-lô: uì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /ui²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ui¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ùiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: uìnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: vuix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /uĩ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: uê³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ue²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁶we
    • MiniDict: we^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhue
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦue²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ɦue²³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jw+jH

Rime
Character	蔚
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於胃切
Baxter	'jw+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʉiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷɨiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuəiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔujH/
Li Rong	/ʔiuəiH/
Wang Li	/ĭwəiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔwe̯iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*quds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蔚
Reading #	1/2
No.	12956
Phonetic component	尉
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	尉
Old Chinese	/*quds/

Definitions

蔚

1. (literary, of vegetation) exuberant; luxuriant; lush
2. (literary) grand; magnificent
3. (literary) ornate; elaborate
4. (literary, of mist) permeating

Compounds

• 岑蔚
• 岪蔚
• 彬蔚
• 炳蔚
• 蔚成
• 蔚映
• 蔚為大觀 / 蔚为大观 (wèiwéidàguān)
• 蔚為奇觀 / 蔚为奇观 (wèiwéiqíguān)
• 蔚然 (wèirán)
• 蔚然成風 / 蔚然成风 (wèiránchéngfēng)
• 蔚藍 / 蔚蓝 (wèilán)
• 蔚起
• 薈蔚 / 荟蔚
• 彪蔚
• 豐蔚 / 丰蔚
• 離離蔚蔚 / 离离蔚蔚
• 雲蒸霞蔚 / 云蒸霞蔚
• 雲興霞蔚 / 云兴霞蔚

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yù (yu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yù
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yù
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴
    • Yale: yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wat¹
    • Yale: wāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: wed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐt̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jut

Rime
Character	蔚
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	物 (60)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	紆物切
Baxter	'jut
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨut̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiut̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔut̚/
Li Rong	/ʔiuət̚/
Wang Li	/ĭuət̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯uət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wat1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qud/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蔚
Reading #	2/2
No.	12963
Phonetic component	尉
Rime group	物
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	鬱
Old Chinese	/*qud/
Notes	見張衡賦

Definitions

蔚

1. alternative form of 鬱 / 郁 (yù, “depressed; pent-up”)

   蔚蔚  ―  yùyù  ―  gloomy

Compounds

• 蔚結 / 蔚结 (yùjié)
• 蔚蔚 (yùyù)
• 蔚貼 / 蔚贴

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yù (Yu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wat¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Ut

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ug⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yù
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yù
    • Wade–Giles: Yü⁴
    • Yale: Yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yuh
    • Palladius: Юй (Juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wat¹
    • Yale: wāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: wed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ut
    • Tâi-lô: Ut
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ud
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ut̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ut̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ut̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ut̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ut̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ug⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jut

Rime
Character	蔚
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	物 (60)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	紆物切
Baxter	'jut
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨut̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiut̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔut̚/
Li Rong	/ʔiuət̚/
Wang Li	/ĭuət̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯uət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wat1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qud/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蔚
Reading #	2/2
No.	12963
Phonetic component	尉
Rime group	物
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	鬱
Old Chinese	/*qud/
Notes	見張衡賦

Definitions

蔚

1. a surname
2. Used in place names.

Compounds

• 蔚山
• 蔚縣 / 蔚县 (Yùxiàn)

References

• “蔚”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 蔚

蔚

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): うつ (utsu)、い (i)^{←ゐ (wi, historical)}
• Kun: おとこよもぎ (otokoyomogi)

Korean

Hanja

蔚 • (ul, wi) (hangeul 울, 위, revised ul, wi, McCune–Reischauer ul, wi, Yale wul, wi)

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