萎

See also: 荽

萎	U+840E, 萎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-840E

← 萍
[U+840D]

CJK Unified Ideographs

萏 →
[U+840F]

Translingual

Han character

萎 (radical 140, 艸+8, 12 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 11 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿竹木女 (THDV), four-corner 4440₄, composition ⿱艹委)

Derived characters

𠾭, 𮟋

References

KangXi: page 1041, character 10
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31269
Dae Jaweon: page 1500, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3235, character 5
Unihan data for U+840E

Chinese

simp. and trad.		萎

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (委) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
矮	*qraːlʔ
躷	*qraːlʔ
捼	noːl, nuːl, *njul
倭	qoːl, qoːlʔ, *qrol
涹	*qoːl
踒	*qoːl
餧	nuːlʔ, qrols
諉	nols, qrolʔ
痿	njol, qrol
萎	qrol, qrols
逶	*qrol
覣	*qrol
蜲	qrol, qrolʔ
委	qrol, qrolʔ
緌	*njul

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wěi, wēi (wei³, wei¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ, ㄨㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai², wai¹, wai³
Min Nan (POJ): úi / ui

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, only used in 萎蕤 (Taiwan))⁺
  - Pinyin: wěi
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ
  - Wade–Giles: wei³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woei
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, colloquial variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: wēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ
  - Wade–Giles: wei¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uei
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai², wai¹, wai³
  - Yale: wái, wāi, wai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai², wai¹, wai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei², wei¹, wei³
  - IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³⁵/, /wɐi̯⁵⁵/, /wɐi̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: úi
  - Tâi-lô: uí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uie
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ui⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ui
  - Tâi-lô: ui
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uy
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ui⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: /ʔˠiuᴇ/, /ʔˠiuᴇ^H/▼

Rime
Character	萎	萎
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	支 (14)	支 (14)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	Chongniu III	Chongniu III
Fanqie	於爲切	於僞切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠiuᴇ/	/ʔˠiuᴇ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷᵚiɛ/	/ʔʷᵚiɛ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuɛ/	/ʔiuɛ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔjwiə̆/	/ʔjwiə̆^H/
Li Rong	/ʔjue/	/ʔjue^H/
Wang Li	/ǐwe/	/ǐwe^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔwie̯/	/ʔwie̯^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wēi	wèi

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*qrol/, /*qrols/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	萎	萎
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12896	12907
Phonetic component	委	委
Rime group	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	逶	餧
Old Chinese	/*qrol/	/*qrols/
Notes	說文作歹委	後作餧今作喂

Definitions

萎

to wither; to wilt

Compounds

凋萎
哲人其萎
枯萎 (kūwěi)
猗萎
萎縮／萎缩 (wěisuō)

萎蕤
萎謝／萎谢 (wěixiè)
萎靡 (wěimǐ)
萎靡不振 (wěimǐbùzhèn)

萎黃病／萎黄病
萱萎北堂
陽萎／阳萎
黃萎病／黄萎病

Japanese

Kanji

萎

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

Go-on: い (i, Jōyō)^{←ゐ (wi, historical)}
Kan-on: い (i, Jōyō)^{←ゐ (wi, historical)}
Kun: なえる (naeru, 萎える, Jōyō); しぼむ (shibomu, 萎む); しおれる (shioreru, 萎れる)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
萎
い Grade: S
on’yomi

/wi/ → /i/

From Middle Chinese 萎 (MC ʔˠiuᴇ).

Affix

萎 (hiragana い, rōmaji i, historical hiragana ゐ)

wither; droop

Derived terms

萎縮 (いしゅく) (ishuku): withering; atrophy
萎 (い)靡 (び) (ibi): decline; decay

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
萎
しおり Grade: S
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 萎 – see しおり. (This term, 萎, is a kanji spelling of しおり.)

Korean

Hanja

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

to wither; to wilt

Vietnamese

Han character

萎 (nuy, uỳ)

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References

Nom Foundation

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