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Translingual

Han character

(radical 38 +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 戈竹一女 (IHMV), four-corner 53200, composition)

  1. pomp, power
  2. powerful, majestic
  3. dominate

References

  • KangXi: page 261, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6259
  • Dae Jaweon: page 527, character 27
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1404, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+5A01

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*qruːl
*qul
*qul
*qul
*qul
*qul
*qul

Ideogrammic compound (會意) :  + .

Pronunciation



  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /uei⁵⁵/
Harbin /uei⁴⁴/
Tianjin /vei²¹/
Jinan /vei²¹³/
Qingdao /ve²¹³/
Zhengzhou /uei²⁴/
Xi'an /uei²¹/
Xining /uɨ⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /vei⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /vei³¹/
Ürümqi /vei⁴⁴/
Wuhan /uei⁵⁵/
Chengdu /uei⁵⁵/
Guiyang /uei⁵⁵/
Kunming /uei⁴⁴/
Nanjing /uəi³¹/
Hefei /ue²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /vei¹¹/
Pingyao /uei¹³/
Hohhot /vei³¹/
Wu Shanghai /ue⁵³/
Suzhou /ue̞⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /ʔui³³/
Wenzhou /v̠u³³/
Hui Shexian /ue³¹/
Tunxi /ue¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /uei³³/
Xiangtan /uəi³³/
Gan Nanchang /ui⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /vi⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /vui²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /wɐi⁵³/
Nanning /wɐi⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /wɐi⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /ui⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /uoi⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /y⁵⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /ui³³/
Haikou (Min Nan) /ui²³/
/ui³⁵/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (34)
Final () (21)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔʉi/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔʷɨi/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔiuəi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔuj/
Li
Rong
/ʔiuəi/
Wang
Li
/ĭwəi/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔwe̯i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wēi
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wēi
Middle
Chinese
‹ ʔjwɨj ›
Old
Chinese
/*ʔuj/
English awe-inspiring

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 12789
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qul/

Definitions

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Compounds


Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. intimidate

Readings

Compounds

  • 威力 (iryoku): power, might
  • 威勢 (isei): spirits, power
  • 威張る (ibaru): put on airs, boast
  • 権威 (ken'i): authority, power
  • 示威 (jii): show of force
  • 猛威 (mōi): fierceness, fury
  • 球威の有る投球 (kyūi no aru tōkyū): powerful delivery
  • 威厳 (igen): solemn dignity
  • 威風 (ifū): majesty, dignity
  • 威容 (iyō): dignified appearance
  • 威儀 (igi): dignity, dignified manner
  • 威信 (ishin): prestige, dignity
  • 威圧 (iatsu): coercion, high-handedness
  • 威嚇 (ikaku): intimidate, threaten
  • 脅威 (kyōi): threat, menace

Korean

Hanja

(wi) (hangeul , revised wi, McCune-Reischauer wi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(uy, oai, thanh)

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