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偉
偉
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See also: 伟
Translingual
Han character
偉 (radical 9 人+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 人木一手 (ODMQ), four-corner 24256, composition ⿰亻韋)
Descendants
Antonyms
References
- KangXi: page 110, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 837
- Dae Jaweon: page 234, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 198, character 4
- Unihan data for U+5049
Chinese
trad. | 偉 | |
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simp. | 伟 |
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 偉 | |||||||||
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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Characters in the same phonetic series (韋) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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Old Chinese | |
禕 | *qral |
郼 | *qʷɯl |
褘 | *qʰʷɯl |
諱 | *qʰʷɯls |
媁 | *qʷɯl, *ɢʷɯlʔ |
幃 | *ɢʷɯl |
違 | *ɢʷɯl |
圍 | *ɢʷɯl, *ɢʷɯls |
韋 | *ɢʷɯl |
闈 | *ɢʷɯl |
湋 | *ɢʷɯl |
鍏 | *ɢʷɯl, *ɢʷɯlʔ |
潿 | *ɢɯl |
韙 | *ɢʷɯlʔ |
煒 | *ɢʷɯlʔ |
暐 | *ɢʷɯlʔ |
偉 | *ɢʷɯlʔ |
瑋 | *ɢʷɯlʔ |
葦 | *ɢʷɯlʔ |
椲 | *ɢʷɯlʔ |
韡 | *ɢʷɯlʔ |
愇 | *ɢʷɯlʔ |
緯 | *ɢʷɯls |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ
- Wade-Giles: wei3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woei
- IPA (key): /u̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: wai5
- Yale: wáih
- Cantonese Pinyin: wai5
- IPA (key): /wɐi̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vî
- Hakka Romanization System: vi´
- Hagfa Pinyim: vi1
- IPA: /vi²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: úi
- Tâi-lô: uí
- Phofsit Daibuun: uie
- IPA (Xiamen): /ui⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /ui⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
Rime | |
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Character | 偉 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
Initial (聲) | 云 (35) |
Final (韻) | 微 (21) |
Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
Openness (開合) | Closed |
Division (等) | III |
Fanqie | 于鬼切 |
Reconstructions | |
Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɦʉiX/ |
Pan Wuyun |
/ɦʷɨiX/ |
Shao Rongfen |
/ɣiuəiX/ |
Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɦujX/ |
Li Rong |
/ɣiuəiX/ |
Wang Li |
/ɣĭwəiX/ |
Bernard Karlgren |
/we̯iX/ |
Expected Mandarin Reflex |
wěi |
Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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Character | 偉 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
No. | 12825 |
Phonetic component |
韋 |
Rime group |
微 |
Rime subdivision |
2 |
Corresponding MC rime |
韙 |
Old Chinese |
/*ɢʷɯlʔ/ |
Definitions
偉
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
偉
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Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
偉 • (wi) (hangeul 위, revised wi, McCune-Reischauer wi)
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Vietnamese
Han character
偉 (vĩ, vỉ)
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