How to write 葦

葦 1. Reed. 芦苇。 "葦" refers to a type of reed. According to the "Shuowen Jiezi • Cāobù" (说文•艸部): “葦, 大葭也.” In the "Guangyun • Wěiyùn" (廣韻•尾韻): “葦, 蘆葦.” In the Song dynasty, Shen Kuo wrote in "Mengxi Bitan" (梦溪补笔谈) Volume 3: “These various names: 葭, 蘆, 葦, all refer to reeds. Therefore, 菼, 薍, and 萑 should be considered as reeds as well.” In the poem "Shijing • Pinfeng • Qiyue" (詩•豳風•七月): “In July, the fire flows, in August, the reeds.” Confucius Yingda commented: “When they first sprout, they are called 葭, when they grow large, they are called 蘆, and when they mature, they are named 葦.” In "Hanshu • Zhongjun Zhuan" (漢書•終軍傳): “South Vietnam fled to the reeds, which are in the same group as birds and fish, and traditional customs do not reach their practices.” In Tang poet Gu Kuang's "Staying at the Lakeside Mountain Temple" (宿湖邊山寺): “The monk sat silently on his cushion as the wind moved through the mat, the fishing songs by the reed banks fell under the moonlight upon the river.” 2. Appearance of fluctuation. 变动貌。 In "Hanshu • Wang Mang Zhuan Zhong" (漢書•王莽傳中): “With fear and trepidation, he foresaw the end of the Han dynasty, which was as unmanageable as reeds.” Yan Shigu's commentary noted: “葦然, it denotes an appearance of fluctuation.” 3. Homophone of “緯”. Weaving. 通“緯”。编织。 In "Zhuangzi • Lie Yu Kou" (莊子•列禦寇): “On the riverbank, there was a poor family that relied on weaving sedge to make a living.” Tang scholar Lu Deming explained that “緯” means to weave, and “蕭” refers to bulrush. They wove sedge to make burdens to sell. It was originally written as 葦.