葿

葿 U+847F, 葿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-847F ← 葾 [U+847E] CJK Unified Ideographs 蒀 → [U+8480]

Translingual

Han character

葿 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿日竹山 (TAHU), composition ⿱艹眉)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1047, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31474
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3258, character 5
• Unihan data for U+847F

Chinese

trad.		葿
simp. #		葿

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
眉	*mril
楣	*mril
嵋	*bril
湄	*mril
鶥	*mril
瑂	*mril
郿	*mril, *mrils
葿	*mril
媚	*mrils
篃	*mrils
蝞	*mrills
煝	*mrils

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

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	葿
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	武悲切
Baxter	mij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚi/
Shao Rongfen	/miɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mji/
Li Rong	/mji/
Wang Li	/mi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mei4

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	葿
Reading #	1/1
No.	8945
Phonetic component	眉
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	眉
Old Chinese	/*mril/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méi (mei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méi
    • Wade–Giles: mei²
    • Yale: méi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei
    • Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: mij

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mril/

Definitions

葿

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a kind of medicinal herb