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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
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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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