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韋
韋
See also: 韦
Translingual
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Han character
韋 (radical 178 韋+0, 9 strokes, cangjie input 木一口手 (DMRQ), four-corner 40506, composition ⿳𫝀口㐄)
- Kangxi radical #178, ⾱ (“tanned leather”).
Derived characters
Descendants
References
- KangXi: page 1393, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43108
- Dae Jaweon: page 1908, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4503, character 1
- Unihan data for U+97CB
Chinese
| trad. | 韋 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 韦 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ
- Wade-Giles: wei2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wei
- IPA (key): /u̯eɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: wai4, wai5
- Yale: wàih, wáih
- Cantonese Pinyin: wai4, wai5
- IPA (key): /wɐi̯²¹/, /wɐi̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vûi, vúi
- Hakka Romanization System: vui´, vui`
- Hagfa Pinyim: vui1, vui3
- IPA: /vu̯i²⁴ vu̯i³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi
- Tâi-lô: uî
- Phofsit Daibuun: uii
- IPA (Xiamen): /ui²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ui²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /ui²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui²³/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
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| Character | 韋 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 云 (35) |
| Final (韻) | 微 (21) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 雨非切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɦʉi/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɦʷɨi/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ɣiuəi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɦuj/ |
| Li Rong |
/ɣiuəi/ |
| Wang Li |
/ɣĭwəi/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/we̯i/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
wéi |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | ||
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| Character | 韋 | 韋 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
wéi | wéi |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ hjwɨj › | ‹ hjwɨj › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[ɢ]ʷə[j]/ | /*[ɢ]ʷə[j]/ |
| English | leather | go against |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | ||
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 韋 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12817 |
| Phonetic component |
韋 |
| Rime group |
微 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
幃 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ɢʷɯl/ |
Noun
韋
Proper noun
韋
- A surname.
References
Japanese
Kanji
韋
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Readings
Compounds
Compounds
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Korean
Hanja
韋 • (wi) (hangeul 위, revised wi, McCune-Reischauer wi, Yale wi)
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Etymology
| Historical forms of the character 韋
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| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɢʷɯl) : 舛 + 囗 – footsteps around an enclosure.