蘤

蘤 U+8624, 蘤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8624 ← 蘣 [U+8623] CJK Unified Ideographs 蘥 → [U+8625]

Translingual

Han character

蘤 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹日火 (THAF) or 難廿竹日火 (XTHAF), four-corner 4462₇, composition ⿱艹𤾡)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1069, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32502
• Dae Jaweon: page 1536, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3313, character 19
• Unihan data for U+8624

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蘤
alternative forms		𤾡

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
譌	*ŋʷaːl
嬀	*kʷral
潙	*kʷral, *ɢʷal
蟡	*kʷralʔ, *qʷral
僞	*ŋʷrals
噅	*qʰʷral
撝	*qʰʷral
爲	*ɢʷal, *ɢʷal, *ɢʷals
鄬	*ɢʷal, *ɢʷalʔ
蔿	*ɢʷalʔ
儰	*ɢʷalʔ
寪	*ɢʷalʔ
蘤	*ɢʷalʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷalʔ) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 𤾡 ()

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěi (wei³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wěi
    • Wade–Giles: wei³
    • Yale: wěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woei
    • Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wai⁵
    • Yale: wáih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯¹³/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷalʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蘤
Reading #	1/1
No.	12879
Phonetic component	爲
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	蔿
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷalʔ/

Definitions

蘤

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Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 蘤 – see 花 (“flower; blossom; florid; flowery; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 花).

References

• “蘤”, 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

蘤

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): い (i)、は (ha)、ば (ba)、か (ka)、け (ke)
• Kun: はな (hana, 蘤)