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委
委
Translingual
Han character
委 (radical 38 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹木女 (HDV), four-corner 20404, composition ⿱禾女)
References
- KangXi: page 259, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6181
- Dae Jaweon: page 524, character 11
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1038, character 4
- Unihan data for U+59D4
Chinese
simp. and trad. |
委 |
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Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 委
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Large seal script | Small seal script |
Characters in the same phonetic series (委) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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Old Chinese | |
矮 | *qraːlʔ |
躷 | *qraːlʔ |
捼 | *noːl, *nuːl, *njul |
倭 | *qoːl, *qoːlʔ, *qrol |
涹 | *qoːl |
踒 | *qoːl |
餧 | *nuːlʔ, *qrols |
諉 | *nols, *qrolʔ |
痿 | *njol, *qrol |
萎 | *qrol, *qrols |
逶 | *qrol |
覣 | *qrol |
蜲 | *qrol, *qrolʔ |
委 | *qrol, *qrolʔ |
緌 | *njul |
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: wai1, wai2
- Yale: wāi, wái
- Cantonese Pinyin: wai1, wai2
- IPA (key): /wɐi̯⁵⁵/, /wɐi̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ve
- Hakka Romanization System: ve
- Hagfa Pinyim: ve4
- IPA: /ve⁵⁵/
- (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)
- Dialectal data▼
Variety | Location | 委 |
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Mandarin | Beijing | /uei²¹⁴/ |
Harbin | /uei²¹³/ | |
Tianjin | /vei¹³/ | |
Jinan | /vei⁵⁵/ | |
Qingdao | /vəʔ⁵⁵/ | |
Zhengzhou | /uei⁵³/ | |
Xi'an | /uei⁵³/ | |
Xining | /uɨ⁵³/ | |
Yinchuan | /vei⁵³/ | |
Lanzhou | /vei⁴⁴²/ | |
Ürümqi | /vei⁵¹/ | |
Wuhan | /uei⁴²/ | |
Chengdu | /uei⁵³/ | |
Guiyang | /uei⁴²/ | |
Kunming | /uei⁵³/ | |
Nanjing | /uəi²¹²/ | |
Hefei | /ue²⁴/ | |
Jin | Taiyuan | /vei⁵³/ |
Pingyao | /uei⁵³/ | |
Hohhot | /vei⁵³/ | |
Wu | Shanghai | /ue³⁵/ |
Suzhou | /ue̞⁵¹/ | |
Hangzhou | /ʔui⁵³/ | |
Wenzhou | /v̠u³⁵/ | |
Hui | Shexian | /ue³⁵/ |
Tunxi | /ue²⁴/ | |
Xiang | Changsha | /uei⁴¹/ |
Xiangtan | /uəi⁴²/ | |
Gan | Nanchang | /ui²¹³/ |
Hakka | Meixian | /vi⁴⁴/ |
Taoyuan | /vui²⁴/ | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | /wai³⁵/ |
Nanning | /wɐi³⁵/ | |
Hong Kong | /wai³⁵/ | |
Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /ui⁵³/ |
Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /uoi³²/ | |
Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /y²¹/ | |
Shantou (Min Nan) | /ui⁵³/ | |
Haikou (Min Nan) | /ui²¹³/ |
Rime | ||
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Character | 委 | 委 |
Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
Initial (聲) | 影 (34) | 影 (34) |
Final (韻) | 支 (14) | 支 (14) |
Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
Division (等) | Chongniu III | Chongniu III |
Fanqie | 於爲切 | 於詭切 |
Reconstructions | ||
Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ʔˠiuᴇ/ | /ʔˠiuᴇX/ |
Pan Wuyun |
/ʔʷᵚiɛ/ | /ʔʷᵚiɛX/ |
Shao Rongfen |
/ʔiuɛ/ | /ʔiuɛX/ |
Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʔjwiə̆/ | /ʔjwiə̆X/ |
Li Rong |
/ʔjue/ | /ʔjueX/ |
Wang Li |
/ǐwe/ | /ǐweX/ |
Bernard Karlgren |
/ʔwie̯/ | /ʔwie̯X/ |
Expected Mandarin Reflex |
wēi | wěi |
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | ||||
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Character | 委 | 委 | 委 | 委 |
Reading # | 1/4 | 2/4 | 3/4 | 4/4 |
Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
wēi | wěi | wěi | wěi |
Middle Chinese |
‹ ʔjwe › | ‹ ʔjweX › | ‹ ʔjweX › | ‹ ʔjweX › |
Old Chinese |
/*q(r)oj/ | /*q(r)ojʔ/ | /*q(r)ojʔ/ | /*q(r)orʔ/ |
English | 委蛇 compliant, complaisant | entrust to | collect; store | bend; hang down |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; |
Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
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Character | 委 | 委 |
Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
No. | 12901 | 12903 |
Phonetic component |
委 | 委 |
Rime group |
歌 | 歌 |
Rime subdivision |
3 | 3 |
Corresponding MC rime |
逶 | 委 |
Old Chinese |
/*qrol/ | /*qrolʔ/ |
Notes | 小徐禾聲 |
Definitions
委
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Japanese
Kanji
委
- committee
Readings
Korean
Hanja
委 • (wi) (hangeul 위, revised wi, McCune-Reischauer wi, Yale wi)
- put in charge of, commmission
- give up
- petty
Vietnamese
Han character
- Hán Việt: ủy/uỷ, uế
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