薇

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Osmunda regalis

HSK 10

Nature →Plants →Grasses

wēi

ラ、ビ

ぜんまい

미

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 微 represents the sound.

Components

艹 grass (top)+ 微 tiny =

薇 Osmunda regalis

艹 Meaning component

cao grass (top)

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

微 Phonetic component

wēi tiny

small, prefix micro-, trifling

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Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

薇

Regular

Modern

Chinese

薇 [wēi]

Osmunda regalis, a species of fern; Taiwan pr. [wéi]

Japanese

薇、紫萁 (rare) ぜんまい、ゼンマイ同音

noun usually kana Japanese royal fern (Osmunda japonica); Asian royal fern; flowering fern

Example Sentences

Japanese Names

薇うえい

Uei unclassified name

CHINESE WORDS (12)

赵薇 [ZhàoWēi] #14,442

Zhao Wei or Vicky Zhao (1976-), Chinese film star

赵薇 [ZhàoWēi] #14,442

Zhao Wei or Vicky Zhao (1976-), Chinese film star

蔷薇 [qiángwēi] #20,888

Japanese rose (Rosa multiflora)

蔷薇 [qiángwēi] #20,888

Japanese rose (Rosa multiflora)

紫薇 [zǐwēi] #26,629

crape myrtle

安·海瑟薇 [An· Hǎisèwēi]

see 安妮·海瑟薇[An1 ni2 · Hai3 se4 wei1]

安妮·海瑟薇 [Anní· Hǎisèwēi]

Anne Hathaway (1982-), American actress

胡紫薇 [HúZǐwēi] #72,996

Hu Ziwei (1970-), PRC lady TV presenter

蔷薇十字团 [qiángwēishízìtuán]

the Rosicrucian order (masonic order)

蔷薇花蕾 [qiángwēihuālěi]

rosebud

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JAPANESE WORDS (30)

⭐ 素晴らしい [すばらしい] #1,766

薔薇のつぼみ [ばらのつぼみ] #86,278

rosebud

薇 [ぜんまい] #87,445

Japanese royal fern (Osmunda japonica)

つる薔薇 [つるバラ] #99,629

climbing rose

野薔薇 [のいばら] #127,940

multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora)

冬薔薇 [ふゆそうび] #130,877

winter rose

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KOREAN WORDS (1)

장미 #27,943

rose