蔚

蔚 U+851A, 蔚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-851A ← 蔙 [U+8519] CJK Unified Ideographs 蔛 → [U+851B]

蔚 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿尸火戈 (TSFI), four-corner 4424₀, composition ⿱艹尉)

• 𣞨

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1054, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31805
• Dae Jaweon: page 1517, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3285, character 12
• Unihan data for U+851A

trad.		蔚
simp. #		蔚

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *quds, *qud) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 尉 (OC *quds, *qud).

Probably related to 鬱 (OC *qud, “a kind of fragrant herb”) (Unger, 1992).

蔚

1. ^† Artemisia japonica

   Synonym: 牡蒿 (mǔhāo)

Cognate with 鬱 (OC *qud, “luxuriant; depressed”), 薈 (OC *qoːbs, “luxuriant”). Compare Thai โอบ (òop, “to cover up; to shut”), อุด (ùt, “to compress; to crowd in together”) (Schuessler, 2007).

蔚

1. (literary, of vegetation) exuberant; luxuriant; lush
2. (literary) grand; magnificent
3. (literary) ornate; elaborate
4. (literary, of mist) permeating

蔚

1. Alternative form of 鬱／郁 (yù, “depressed; pent-up”)

   蔚蔚  ―  yùyù  ―  gloomy

蔚

1. a surname
2. Used in place names.

• “蔚”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• On (unclassified): うつ (utsu)、い (i)^{←ゐ (wi, historical)}
• Kun: おとこよもぎ (otokoyomogi)

蔚 • (ul, wi) (hangeul 울, 위, revised ul, wi, McCune–Reischauer ul, wi, Yale wul, wi)

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蔚: Hán Việt readings: uất^[1], úy/uý^[1]

1. animated; energetic.