萎

Information about character(s)

Radical: 艸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 8
Total Strokes: 11
Variants: 荽

Pronunciation

Pinyin: wèi, wěi, wēi
Cantonese: wai1 wai2
JapaneseKun: NAERU
JapaneseOn: I
Korean: WI

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: wither, wilt

CE-Dict: wither

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to wilt or wither

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: decline; fade; wither
【醫】 Piper betle L.

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: decline; fade; wither

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《艸部》萎食牛也。从艸委聲。

康熙字典文字版 【申集上】【艸字部】萎
【唐韻】於危切，音逶。蔫也。【詩·小雅】無木不萎。【屈原·離騷】雖萎絕其何傷兮。　又病也。【禮·檀弓】哲人其萎乎。　又【集韻】鄔毀切，音委。藥草。【爾雅·釋草】熒，委萎。【註】萎蕤也。【韓愈詩】萎蕤綴藍瑛。【註】萎蕤，靑花圓實。亦作荽蕤。　又【正韻】蓄𦄲貌。【後漢·馬援傳】萎腇咋舌。　又地名。【晉書·匈奴傳】萎莎胡等詣王駿降。　又【集韻】同餧。詳餧字註。

CF-Dict: se dessécher/se flétrir/se faner

Han-De-Dict: verdorren, verblühen, verwelken (u.E.) (V)