䭳

䭳 U+4B73, 䭳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4B73 ← 䭲 [U+4B72] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 䭴 → [U+4B74]

Translingual

Han character

䭳 (Kangxi radical 186, 香+18, 27 strokes, composition ⿱魏香)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1429, character 36
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4426, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4B73

Chinese

simp. and trad.		䭳

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : phonetic 魏 (OC *ŋɡuls) + semantic 香 (“fragrant”).

Etymology

Clipping of 阿魏 (ēwèi).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèi (wei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁶

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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: ngai⁶
    • Yale: ngaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²²/

Definitions

䭳

1. a kind of herb (asafoetida)