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緯
緯
See also: 纬
Translingual
Han character
緯 (radical 120 糸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女火木一手 (VFDMQ), four-corner 24956)
- woof
- parallels of latitude
References
- KangXi: page 931, character 26
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27682
- Dae Jaweon: page 1370, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3432, character 6
- Unihan data for U+7DEF
Chinese
| trad. | 緯 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 纬 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (韋) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| 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: wai6, wai5
- Yale: waih, wáih
- Cantonese Pinyin: wai6, wai5
- IPA (key): /wɐi̯²²/, /wɐi̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 緯 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 云 (35) |
| Final (韻) | 微 (21) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 于貴切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɦʉiH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɦʷɨiH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ɣiuəiH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɦujH/ |
| Li Rong |
/ɣiuəiH/ |
| Wang Li |
/ɣĭwəiH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/we̯iH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
wèi |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 緯 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12833 |
| Phonetic component |
韋 |
| Rime group |
微 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
胃 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ɢʷɯls/ |
Definitions
緯
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Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
緯
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Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
緯 • (wi) (hangeul 위, revised wi, McCune-Reischauer wi, Yale wi)
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Vietnamese
Han character
緯 (vĩ, vỉa)
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