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

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/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /we̯iX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 wěi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 wai5
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. ⁜ reed; rush
    Synonym: 蘆葦／芦苇 (lúwěi)

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

葦

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

Japanese

Wikispecies

Kanji
葦

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

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: Alternative form of あし (ashi)
Alternative spellings
ヨシ, 蘆, 葭
(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

Vietnamese

Han character

葦: Hán Việt readings: vy[1][2][3][4], vĩ[2]
葦: Nôm readings: vi[1]

  1. chữ Hán form of vy (“reed”).

References
  1. Trần (2004).
  2. Trần (1999).
  3. Nguyễn (1974).
  4. Thiều Chửu (1942).
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