# 萎

| 萎 | U+840E, &#33806; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-840E |
| ← 萍 [U+840D] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 萏 → [U+840F] |

## Translingual
### Han character

萎 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+8, 12 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 11 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿竹木女 (THDV), four-corner 4440$_4$, composition ⿱艹委)

#### Derived characters

* 𠾭, 𮟋, 𰹇

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1041, character 10
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31269
* Dae Jaweon: page 1500, character 4
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3235, character 5
* Unihan data for U+840E

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 矮 | *qraːlʔ |
| 躷 | *qraːlʔ |
| 捼 | *noːl, *nuːl, *njul |
| 倭 | *qoːl, *qoːlʔ, *qrol |
| 涹 | *qoːl |
| 踒 | *qoːl |
| 餧 | *nuːlʔ, *qrols |
| 諉 | *nols, *qrolʔ |
| 痿 | *njol, *qrol |
| 萎 | *qrol, *qrols |
| 逶 | *qrol |
| 覣 | *qrol |
| 蜲 | *qrol, *qrolʔ |
| 委 | *qrol, *qrolʔ |
| 緌 | *njul |

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *hwaːj (“to wither; to fade”) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wěi, wēi (wei$^3$, wei$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ, ㄨㄟ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wai$^2$ / wai$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): úi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wěi
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wěi
*** Wade–Giles: wei$^3$
*** Yale: wěi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woei
*** Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /weɪ̯²¹⁴/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, colloquial variant in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wēi
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wei
*** Wade–Giles: wei$^1$
*** Yale: wēi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uei
*** Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /weɪ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wai$^2$ / wai$^1$
*** Yale: wái / wāi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wai$^2$ / wai$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wei$^2$ / wei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɐi̯³⁵/, /wɐi̯⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: úi
*** Tâi-lô: uí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: uie
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ui⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ui⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui⁴¹/
* Middle Chinese: 'jwe
Rime :
| Character | 萎 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (14) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 於爲切 |
| Baxter | 'jwe |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔˠiuᴇ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔʷᵚiɛ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔiuɛ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔjwiə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔjue/ |
| Wang Li | /ǐwe/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔwie̯/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wēi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wai$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qrol/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 萎 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 12896 |
| Phonetic component | 委 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 逶 |
| Old Chinese | /*qrol/ |
| Notes | 說文作歹委 |

#### Definitions

萎
* to wither; to wilt
* to decline; to weaken

#### Compounds

* 凋萎
* 哲人其萎
* 枯萎 (kūwěi)
* 猗萎
* 番茄斑萎病毒 (fānqié bān wěi bìngdú)
* 萎約 / 萎约 (wěiyuē)
* 萎縮 / 萎缩 (wěisuō)
* 萎腇
* 萎蕤 (wěiruí)
* 萎謝 / 萎谢 (wěixiè)
* 萎靡
* 萎靡不振
* 萎黃病 / 萎黄病
* 萱萎北堂
* 陽萎 / 阳萎 (yángwěi)
* 黃萎病 / 黄萎病

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wèi, wēi (wei$^4$, wei$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ, ㄨㄟ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wai$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wèi
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wèi
*** Wade–Giles: wei$^4$
*** Yale: wèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wey
*** Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /weɪ̯⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wēi
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wei
*** Wade–Giles: wei$^1$
*** Yale: wēi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uei
*** Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /weɪ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wai$^3$
*** Yale: wai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wai$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wei$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɐi̯³³/
* Middle Chinese: 'jweH
Rime :
| Character | 萎 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (14) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 於僞切 |
| Baxter | 'jweH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔˠiuᴇ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔʷᵚiɛ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔiuɛ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔjwiə̆$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔjue$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ǐwe$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔwie̯$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wèi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wai$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qrols/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 萎 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 12907 |
| Phonetic component | 委 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 餧 |
| Old Chinese | /*qrols/ |
| Notes | 後作餧今作喂 |

#### Definitions

萎
* (literary) to feed (oxen, horses, etc.)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ui
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ui$^1$
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ui
*** Tâi-lô: ui
*** Phofsit Daibuun: uy
*** IPA (Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ui⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ui$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ui
*** Sinological IPA : /ui³³/

#### Definitions

萎
* (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, Teochew) to wear; to erode

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: い (i, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: い (i, Jōyō)
* Kun: なえる (naeru, 萎える, Jōyō)、しぼむ (shibomu, 萎む)、しおれる (shioreru, 萎れる)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 萎
* い Grade: S
* on'yomi
/wi/ → /i/
From Middle Chinese 萎 (MC 'jwe).

#### Affix

萎(い) • (i)
* wither; droop

##### Derived terms

* 萎(い)縮(しゅく) (ishuku): withering; atrophy
* 萎(い)靡(び) (ibi): decline; decay​

### Etymology 2

(Can this etymology be sourced?)
* Kanji in this term
* 萎
* しおり Grade: S
* kun'yomi
* For pronunciation and definitions of 萎 – see the following entry: しおり
(The following entry is uncreated: しおり.)

## Korean
### Hanja

萎 • (wi) (hangeul 위, revised wi, McCune–Reischauer wi, Yale wi)
* to wither; to wilt

## Vietnamese
### Han character

萎: Hán Nôm readings: nuy, ùy/uỳ
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### References

* Nom Foundation