薇

薇	U+8587, 薇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8587

← 薆
[U+8586]

CJK Unified Ideographs

薈 →
[U+8588]

Translingual

Han character

薇 (radical 140, 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹人大 (THOK), four-corner 4424₈, composition ⿱艹微)

References

KangXi: page 1060, character 21

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32092

Dae Jaweon: page 1524, character 9

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3303, character 12

Unihan data for U+8587

Chinese

trad.		薇
simp. ^#		薇

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (微) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
矀	mrɯl, mɯl
覹	*mrɯl
黴	mrɯl, mɯːls
薇	mrɯl, mɯl
媺	*mrɯlʔ
微	*mɯl
溦	*mɯl
癓	*mɯl
徽	*hmɯl
幑	*hmɯl

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mrɯl, *mɯl) : semantic 艸 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 微 (OC *mɯl).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wēi, wéi

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ, ㄨㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴
Min Nan (POJ): bî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: wēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ
  - Wade–Giles: wei¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uei
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: wéi
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ
  - Wade–Giles: wei²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wei
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁴
  - Yale: mèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bî
  - Tâi-lô: bî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bi²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bi²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bi²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi²³/

Middle Chinese: /mˠiɪ/, /mʉi/▼

Rime
Character	薇	薇
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	Chongniu III	III
Fanqie	武悲切	無非切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiɪ/	/mʉi/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚi/	/mʷɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/miɪ/	/miuəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mji/	/muj/
Li Rong	/mji/	/miuəi/
Wang Li	/mi/	/mĭwəi/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi/	/mwe̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mí	wéi

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*mrɯl/, /*mɯl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	薇	薇
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12798	12803
Phonetic component	微	微
Rime group	微	微
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	眉	微
Old Chinese	/*mrɯl/	/*mɯl/

Definitions

薇

Osmunda regalis, a species of fern (also known as royal fern or flowering fern)

Compounds

採薇／采薇
白薇 (báiwēi)
紫薇 (zǐwēi)
薇蕨

薔薇／蔷薇 (qiángwēi)
薔薇戰爭／蔷薇战争
薔薇硝／蔷薇硝
薔薇科／蔷薇科

薔薇露／蔷薇露
采薇
野薔薇／野蔷薇

Japanese

Kanji

薇

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Goon: み (mi)

Kan’on: び (bi)

Kun: ぜんまい (zemmai)

Compounds

薔薇 (bara, “rose”)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
薇
ぜんまい Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

紫萁

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) ぜんまい [zèńmáí] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA^(key): [d͡zẽ̞mːa̠i]
Homophones: 発条, 撥条

Noun

薇 (hiragana ぜんまい, katakana ゼンマイ, rōmaji zenmai)

Japanese flowering fern

Korean

Hanja

薇 • (mi) (hangeul 미, revised mi, McCune–Reischauer mi, Yale mi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

薇 (vi)

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