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萎 (Kangxi radical 140,艸+8, 12 strokesin traditional Chinese and Korean, 11 strokesin mainland China and Japanese,cangjie input廿竹木女 (THDV),four-corner44404,composition⿱艹委)
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声,OC*qrol, *qrols): semantic 艹(“grass; plant”) + phonetic 委(OC*qrol, *qrolʔ).[1]
| trad. | 萎 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp.# | 萎 | |
| 2nd round simp. | 委 | |
FromProto-Sino-Tibetan*ʔoj(“to wither; to fade”) (Proto-Tibeto-Burman *hwaːy: STEDT;Schuessler, 2007).
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 萎 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (14) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 於爲切 |
| Baxter | 'jwe |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔˠiuᴇ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔʷᵚiɛ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔiuɛ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔjwiə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔjue/ |
| Wang Li | /ǐwe/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔwie̯/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wēi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wai1 |
萎
| trad. | 萎 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp.# | 萎 | |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 萎 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (14) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 於僞切 |
| Baxter | 'jweH |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔˠiuᴇH/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔʷᵚiɛH/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔiuɛH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔjwiə̆H/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔjueH/ |
| Wang Li | /ǐweH/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔwie̯H/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wèi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wai3 |
萎
| trad. | 萎 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp.# | 萎 | |
| alternative forms | 虧/亏 唩 踒 | |
萎
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 萎 |
| い Grade: S |
| on'yomi |
/wi/ →/i/
FromMiddle Chinese萎 (MC 'jwe).
(Canthis(+) etymology besourced?)
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 萎 |
| しおり Grade: S |
| kun'yomi |
| For pronunciation and definitions of萎 – see the following entry:しおり |
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萎• (wi) (hangeul위,revised wi,McCune–Reischauer wi,Yale wi)
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