# 䔺

| 䔺 | U+453A, &#17722; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-453A |
| ← 䔹 [U+4539] | CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A | 䔻 → [U+453B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

䔺 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓中月 (TNLB), four-corner 4422$_7$, composition ⿱艹隋)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1057, character 37
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3285, character 16
* Unihan data for U+453A

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 艸 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 隋 (OC *l̥ʰoːlʔ, *l'oːlʔ, *ljol).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wéi (wei$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wéi
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wéi
*** Wade–Giles: wei$^2$
*** Yale: wéi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wei
*** Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /weɪ̯³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: ywe
Rime :
| Character | 䔺 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (12) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 悅吹切 |
| Baxter | ywe |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /jiuᴇ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /jʷiɛ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /juɛ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /jwiə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /iue/ |
| Wang Li | /jǐwe/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /wie̯/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wéi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wai$^4$ |

#### Definitions

䔺
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, of smartweed) to ear and blossom

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* 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/
* Middle Chinese: yweX
Rime :
| Character | 䔺 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (12) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 羊捶切 |
| Baxter | yweX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /jiuᴇ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /jʷiɛ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /juɛ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /jwiə̆$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /iue$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /jǐwe$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /wie̯$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wěi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wai$^5$ |

#### Definitions

䔺
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) footstalk (of a flower or fruit)
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, of leaves) newly budding

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wéi, suí (wei$^2$, sui$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ, ㄙㄨㄟˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wéi
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wéi
*** Wade–Giles: wei$^2$
*** Yale: wéi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wei
*** Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /weɪ̯³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: suí
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: suéi
*** Wade–Giles: sui$^2$
*** Yale: swéi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: swei
*** Palladius: суй (suj)
*** Sinological IPA : /su̯eɪ̯³⁵/

#### Definitions

䔺
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) sedge

##### Synonyms

* 莎草 (suōcǎo)

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C11880