葵

葵 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 13 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 12 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿弓人大 (TNOK), four-corner 4480₄ or 4443₀, composition ⿱艹癸)

• 𭢦, 𣿮, 𣋒, 𬄲, 𤢑, 𤩸, 𧬧, 𨆠, 𩦟, 𪆴(𬸮), 𫶙

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1046, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31458
• Dae Jaweon: page 1507, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3258, character 14
• Unihan data for U+8475

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡʷil) : semantic 艹 (“grass, plant”) + phonetic 癸 (OC *kʷilʔ) – a kind of plant.

葵

1. name of several plants
   1. Short for 冬葵 (“Malva verticillata (syn. Malva crispa)”).
   2. Short for 蒲葵 (púkuí, “Livistona chinensis”).
   3. Short for 落葵 (luòkuí, “Basella alba”).
   4. Short for 向日葵 (xiàngrìkuí, “sunflower”).
   5. Used in compounds.
2. Alternative form of 揆 (kuí)
3. (Hong Kong) Short for 葵涌 (Kuíchōng, “Kwai Chung”).
4. a surname

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

• Go-on: ぎ (gi, 葵)
• Kan-on: き (ki, 葵)
• Kun: あおい (aoi, 葵)^{←あふひ (afufi, あふひ, historical)}
• Nanori: まもる (mamoru, 葵)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): [kʲi]

葵(き) • (ki) 

1. Synonym of 葵 (aoi): plant name

   紅(こう)蜀(しょっ)葵(き) ― kōsho'ki ― scarlet rosemallow

• 葵(き)藿(かく) (kikaku)

 

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葵

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Likely related to Japanese 青い (aoi, “blue, green”).

• (Tokyo) あおい [àóí] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [a̠o̞i]

葵(あおい) • (aoi) ^{←あふひ (afufi)?}

2. For plant names:
   1. アオイ: Any plant in the genera Alcea or Hibiscus: hollyhock, hibiscus
   2. アオイ: Any plant in the Malvaceae family: mallow
   3. アオイ: Synonym of 冬葵 (fuyuaoi, “Chinese mallow, Malva verticillata”)
   4. アオイ: Synonym of 双葉葵 (futabaaoi, “Asarum caulescens”)
3. (heraldry) A design of mon using the image of Asarum caulescens.
4. A symbol for the Tokugawa shogunate.
5. One of the colour schemes used in Japanese traditional garment, with the outer layer in light blue color and the inner layer in light purple color; it is used in the fourth month of the lunar calendar.

   Hypernym: 襲の色目 (kasane no irome)

6. (women's speech) soba

   Synonym: 蕎麦 (soba)

葵(あおい) • (Aoi) ^{←あふひ (Afufi)?}

1. a surname
2. a male or female given name
3. Aoi (a ward and neighborhood of Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan)
4. Aoi (neighborhoods in Japan):
   1. The neighborhoods of Naka and Higashi, Nagoya and of Okazaki and Nishio; in Aichi Prefecture.
   2. A neighborhood of Okayama, Okayama Prefecture.
   3. A neighborhood of Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture.
   4. The neighborhoods of Kakegawa and Fukuroi, Shizuoka Prefecture.
   5. A neighborhood of Kurayoshi, Tottori Prefecture.
   6. A neighborhood of Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi Prefecture.
   7. A neighborhood of Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): [ma̠mo̞ɾɯ̟]

葵(まもる) • (Mamoru) 

1. a male given name

   重(しげ)光(みつ)葵(まもる)

   Shigemitsu Mamoru

   Mamoru Shigemitsu, Japanese diplomat

葵 • (gyu) (hangeul 규, revised gyu, McCune–Reischauer kyu, Yale kyu)

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葵: Hán Nôm readings: quỳ

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