Read Edit View history 葦 wěi reed Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 韋 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas wěi × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 苇 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 艹 is a component form of 艸. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 葦 Simp strokes 葦 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 葦 Simp strokes 葦 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 葦 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 361, 816 ], [ 399, 793 ], [ 428, 662 ] ], [ [ 217, 722 ], [ 263, 709 ], [ 281, 710 ], [ 474, 753 ] ], [ [ 617, 865 ], [ 630, 858 ], [ 648, 828 ], [ 617, 732 ], [ 592, 677 ] ], [ [ 574, 778 ], [ 610, 769 ], [ 761, 782 ], [ 807, 775 ], [ 829, 764 ] ], [ [ 474, 684 ], [ 502, 647 ], [ 484, 544 ], [ 464, 520 ] ], [ [ 332, 594 ], [ 362, 589 ], [ 429, 595 ], [ 645, 632 ], [ 664, 625 ], [ 682, 606 ], [ 665, 565 ], [ 634, 545 ] ], [ [ 119, 469 ], [ 179, 459 ], [ 423, 496 ], [ 796, 531 ], [ 859, 532 ], [ 933, 512 ] ], [ [ 336, 426 ], [ 373, 388 ], [ 400, 301 ] ], [ [ 349, 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868 610 858 Q 616 843 609 787 L 601 754 Q 597 733 589 709 Q 582 688 582 673 Q 583 661 597 668 Q 610 680 647 751 L 667 793 Z", "M 647 751 Q 647 752 652 752 Q 730 765 821 753 Q 834 752 838 759 Q 842 768 832 780 Q 795 817 715 799 Q 691 798 667 793 L 609 787 Q 594 787 580 785 Q 556 784 572 770 Q 587 760 601 754 C 619 746 619 746 647 751 Z", "M 532 626 Q 533 630 534 632 Q 538 639 541 646 Q 545 653 531 669 Q 504 690 485 696 Q 472 702 464 695 Q 457 691 461 676 Q 470 661 468 615 L 466 588 Q 463 554 458 513 C 454 483 493 489 500 518 Q 510 560 522 598 L 532 626 Z", "M 679 541 Q 700 578 721 587 Q 736 602 724 618 Q 664 672 613 649 Q 570 636 532 626 L 468 615 Q 404 606 338 602 Q 322 602 324 593 Q 325 586 342 579 Q 364 569 396 577 Q 430 583 466 588 L 522 598 Q 631 617 644 606 Q 650 597 629 534 C 620 505 663 515 679 541 Z", "M 458 513 Q 301 497 122 479 Q 100 478 116 459 Q 149 426 190 436 Q 508 517 920 496 Q 941 496 946 505 Q 953 518 935 533 Q 875 578 811 563 Q 753 554 679 541 L 629 534 Q 575 528 517 520 Q 507 520 500 518 L 458 513 Z", "M 342 434 Q 332 435 328 431 Q 324 425 332 412 Q 354 381 373 327 Q 377 311 389 301 Q 407 283 410 297 Q 410 300 411 302 C 413 310 413 310 408 333 Q 398 382 395 402 C 390 432 372 433 342 434 Z", "M 662 361 Q 684 395 704 403 Q 720 416 709 434 Q 667 476 630 477 Q 624 477 618 475 Q 474 427 342 434 C 312 435 365 397 395 402 Q 611 438 623 430 Q 624 429 626 427 Q 630 421 613 366 C 604 337 645 336 662 361 Z", "M 543 317 Q 598 324 675 328 Q 685 329 687 337 Q 687 344 662 361 C 646 372 642 372 613 366 Q 499 344 408 333 C 378 329 381 303 411 302 Q 418 301 428 303 Q 452 307 487 311 L 543 317 Z", "M 560 213 Q 693 237 697 238 Q 706 245 702 253 Q 696 265 670 273 Q 643 280 563 257 L 503 245 Q 451 239 394 237 Q 360 233 384 217 Q 417 190 474 201 Q 487 205 504 205 L 560 213 Z", "M 556 106 Q 650 115 803 98 Q 825 95 835 107 Q 842 116 823 130 Q 763 178 712 160 Q 676 156 637 150 Q 595 147 557 143 L 504 137 Q 420 130 342 116 Q 315 109 325 132 Q 341 166 351 178 Q 363 187 359 198 Q 353 210 321 231 Q 305 243 293 237 Q 281 230 289 215 Q 296 196 285 151 Q 279 132 251 110 Q 241 101 241 87 Q 242 75 258 60 Q 271 50 285 61 Q 358 94 504 103 L 556 106 Z", "M 504 103 Q 505 84 505 60 Q 505 -58 519 -77 Q 523 -84 531 -82 Q 555 -66 556 106 L 557 143 Q 558 174 560 213 L 563 257 Q 563 260 564 261 Q 567 273 569 283 Q 572 299 559 308 Q 550 314 543 317 C 516 331 473 338 487 311 Q 502 287 503 245 L 504 205 Q 504 174 504 137 L 504 103 Z" ] } 13 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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