蕤

蕤 U+8564, 蕤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8564 ← 蕣 [U+8563] CJK Unified Ideographs 蕥 → [U+8565]

蕤 U+2F9AC, 蕤 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F9AC ← 𧏊 [U+2F9AB] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 𦼬 → [U+2F9AD]

Translingual

Han character

蕤 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿一人一 (TMOM), four-corner 4423₁, composition ⿱艹甤)

1. drooping leaves
2. fringe soft, delicate

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1058, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31995
• Dae Jaweon: page 1521, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3289, character 12
• Unihan data for U+8564

• Unihan data for U+2F9AC

Chinese

trad.		蕤
simp. #		蕤
alternative forms		苼 甤

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
甤	*njolʔ, *njul, *njulʔ
蕤	*njul

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ruí (rui²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jeoi⁴, jeoi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ruí
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ruéi
    • Wade–Giles: jui²
    • Yale: rwéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruei
    • Palladius: жуй (žuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jeoi⁴, jeoi⁶
    • Yale: yèuih, yeuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joey⁴, joey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêu⁴, yêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɵy̯²¹/, /jɵy̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: nywij

Rime
Character	蕤
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	脂 (16)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	儒隹切
Baxter	nywij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiuɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵʷi/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjuɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵwi/
Li Rong	/ȵui/
Wang Li	/ȵʑwi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑwi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ruí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jeoi4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*njul/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蕤
Reading #	1/1
No.	10916
Phonetic component	甤
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	蕤
Old Chinese	/*njul/

Definitions

蕤

1. (of leaves or flowers) drooping
2. flower
3. Used in 葳蕤 (wēiruí).

Compounds

• 威蕤
• 翠蕤
• 芳蕤 (fāngruí)
• 萎蕤 (wěiruí)
• 葳蕤 (wēiruí)
• 蕤賓／蕤宾
• 蕤賓佳節／蕤宾佳节
• 貞蕤／贞蕤

 

References

• “蕤”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

蕤

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ずい (zui); に (ni); そう (sō); しょう (shō); すい (sui)

Korean

Hanja

蕤 • (yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune–Reischauer yu, Yale yu)

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