# 葦

| 葦 | U+8466, &#33894; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8466 |
| ← 葥 [U+8465] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 葧 → [U+8467] |

## Translingual
### Han character

葦 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿木一手 (TDMQ), four-corner 4450$_6$, composition ⿱艹韋)

#### Derived characters

* 𫣤, 𭺁, 𨗨

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1045, character 28
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31437
* Dae Jaweon: page 1507, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3258, character 4
* Unihan data for U+8466

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 禕 | *qral |
| 郼 | *qʷɯl |
| 褘 | *qʰʷɯl |
| 諱 | *qʰʷɯls |
| 媁 | *qʷɯl, *ɢʷɯlʔ |
| 幃 | *ɢʷɯl |
| 違 | *ɢʷɯl |
| 圍 | *ɢʷɯl, *ɢʷɯls |
| 韋 | *ɢʷɯl |
| 闈 | *ɢʷɯl |
| 湋 | *ɢʷɯl |
| 鍏 | *ɢʷɯl, *ɢʷɯlʔ |
| 潿 | *ɢɯl |
| 韙 | *ɢʷɯlʔ |
| 煒 | *ɢʷɯlʔ |
| 暐 | *ɢʷɯlʔ |
| 偉 | *ɢʷɯlʔ |
| 瑋 | *ɢʷɯlʔ |
| 葦 | *ɢʷɯlʔ |
| 椲 | *ɢʷɯlʔ |
| 韡 | *ɢʷɯlʔ |
| 愇 | *ɢʷɯlʔ |
| 緯 | *ɢʷɯls |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɢʷɯlʔ): semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 韋 (OC *ɢʷɯl)

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wěi (wei$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wai$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wěi
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wěi
*** Wade–Giles: wei$^3$
*** Yale: wěi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woei
*** Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /weɪ̯²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wai$^5$
*** Yale: wáih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wai$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wei$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɐi̯¹³/
* Middle Chinese: hjw+jX
Rime :
| Character | 葦 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 云 (35) |
| Final (韻) | 微 (21) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 于鬼切 |
| Baxter | hjw+jX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦʉi$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦʷɨi$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣiuəi$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦuj$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣiuəi$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣĭwəi$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /we̯i$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wěi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wai$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷɯlʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 葦 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12827 |
| Phonetic component | 韋 |
| Rime group | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 韙 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɢʷɯlʔ/ |

#### Definitions

葦
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) reed; rush
    Synonym: 蘆葦 / 芦苇 (lúwěi)

#### Compounds

* 一葦 / 一苇 (yīwěi)
* 一葦渡江 / 一苇渡江
* 不上蘆葦 / 不上芦苇
* 布衣葦帶 / 布衣苇带
* 葦塘 / 苇塘 (wěitáng)
* 葦戟桃杖 / 苇戟桃杖
* 葦杖 / 苇杖
* 葦箔 / 苇箔
* 葦苕繫巢 / 苇苕系巢
* 葭葦 / 葭苇
* 葦鶯 / 苇莺 (wěiyīng)
* 蒲葦 / 蒲苇 (púwěi)
* 蘆葦 / 芦苇 (lúwěi)
* 行葦 / 行苇
* 黑孜葦 / 黑孜苇 (Hēizīwěi)
* 黑葦鳽 / 黑苇𫛚 (hēiwěijiān)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wěi (wei$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wěi
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wěi
*** Wade–Giles: wei$^3$
*** Yale: wěi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woei
*** Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /weɪ̯²¹⁴/

#### Definitions

葦
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 緯 / 纬 (wěi, “to weave”)

## Japanese

Wikispecies

### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: い (i)
* Kan-on: い (i)
* Kun: あし (ashi, 葦)、よし (yoshi, 葦)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 葦
* あし Jinmeiyō
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 葦 – see the following entry. :
| 【あしアシ】 | [noun] common reed, Phragmites australis Alternative spellings 芦, 蘆, 葭 |
(This term, 葦, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 葦
* よし Jinmeiyō
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 葦 – see the following entry. :
| 【よし】 | [noun] ヨシ, 葦, 蘆, 葭: Alternative form of あし (ashi) Alternative spellings ヨシ, 蘆, 葭 |
(This term, 葦, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Hanja

葦 • (wi) (hangeul 위, revised wi, McCune–Reischauer wi, Yale wi)
* reed

## Vietnamese
### Han character

葦: Hán Việt readings: vy, vĩ
葦: Nôm readings: vi
* chữ Hán form of vy (“reed”).

### References

* 1 2 Trần (2004).
* 1 2 Trần (1999).
* ↑ Nguyễn (1974).
* ↑ Thiều Chửu (1942).