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維
維
See also: 维
Translingual
Han character
維 (radical 120 糸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女火人土 (VFOG), four-corner 20914, composition ⿰糹隹)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- KangXi: page 927, character 15
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27568
- Dae Jaweon: page 1364, character 22
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3415, character 5
- Unihan data for U+7DAD
Chinese
| trad. | 維 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 维 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (唯) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 匯 | *ɢʷrɯːlʔ, *kʰʷriːl |
| 擓 | *kʰʷriːl |
| 淮 | *ɡʷriːl |
| 睢 | *qʰʷel, *sqʰʷil, *qʰʷi, *qʰʷils |
| 嶉 | *sqʷi |
| 趡 | *skʰʷilʔ |
| 踓 | *skʰʷilʔ, *ɢʷilʔ |
| 雖 | *sqʰʷi |
| 濉 | *sqʰʷi |
| 倠 | *qʰʷi |
| 婎 | *qʰʷil, *qʰʷils |
| 蓶 | *ɢʷi, *ɢʷiʔ |
| 維 | *ɢʷi |
| 惟 | *ɢʷi |
| 唯 | *ɢʷi, *ɢʷiʔ |
| 濰 | *ɢʷi |
| 琟 | *ɢʷil |
| 鷕 | *ɢʷiʔ, *ɢʷiʔ |
| 帷 | *ɢʷril |
| 鵻 | *sɢʷinʔ, *tjul |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɢʷi) : semantic 糸 (“thread”) + phonetic 隹 – to tie fast, to maintain.
The original pronunciation of 隹 (OC *ɢʷi) was lost after the classical period, but can still be seen in other characters of the phonetic series:
- 惟 (OC *ɢʷi, “to think”),
- 唯 (OC *ɢʷi, *ɢʷiʔ, “only”),
- 雖 (OC *sqʰʷi, “although”),
- 帷 (OC *ɢʷril, “curtain, screen”) and
- 淮 (OC *ɡʷriːl, “Huai River”).
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): wai4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vì
- Min Dong (BUC): mì
- Min Nan (POJ): ûi / î
- Wu (Wiktionary): vi (T3)
- 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
- Yale: wàih
- Cantonese Pinyin: wai4
- IPA (key): /wɐi̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vì
- Hakka Romanization System: viˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: vi2
- IPA: /vi¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: mì
- IPA (key): /mi⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi / î
- Tâi-lô: uî / î
- Phofsit Daibuun: uii, ii
- IPA (Xiamen): /ui²⁴/, /i²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ui²⁴/, /i²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui¹³/, /i¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /ui²⁴/, /i²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui²³/, /i²³/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: vi (T3)
- IPA (key): /v̻i²³/
- (Shanghainese)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 維 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /uei³⁵/ |
| Harbin |
/uei⁴⁴/ ～生素 /uei²⁴/ ～持 |
|
| Tianjin | /vei⁴⁵/ | |
| Jinan | /vei⁵⁵/ | |
| Qingdao | /ve⁵⁵/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /uei⁵³/ | |
| Xi'an | /vi²⁴/ | |
| Xining | /uɨ²⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /vei⁵³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /vei⁵³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /vei⁵¹/ | |
| Wuhan | /uei²¹³/ | |
| Chengdu | /uei³¹/ | |
| Guiyang | /uei²¹/ | |
| Kunming | /uei³¹/ | |
| Nanjing | /uəi²⁴/ | |
| Hefei | /ue⁵⁵/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /uei¹¹/ |
| Pingyao | /uei¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /vei³¹/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /vi²³/ |
| Suzhou | /vi¹³/ | |
| Hangzhou | /ɦui²¹³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /vu³¹/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /ue⁴⁴/ |
| Tunxi | /ue⁴⁴/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /uei¹³/ |
| Xiangtan | /uəi¹²/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /ui⁴⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /vi¹¹/ |
| Taoyuan | /vui¹¹/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /wɐi²¹/ |
| Nanning | /wɐi²¹/ | |
| Hong Kong | /wɐi²¹/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) |
/ui³⁵/ /bi³⁵/ 俗 |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /mi⁵³/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /y²¹/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /zui⁵⁵/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /vui³¹/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 維 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (16) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 以追切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/jiuɪ/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/jʷi/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/juɪ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/jwi/ |
| Li Rong |
/ui/ |
| Wang Li |
/jwi/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/wi/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
wéi |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 維 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
wéi |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ ywij › |
| Old Chinese |
/*ɢʷij/ (? < *ɢʷuj) |
| English | rope for tying |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 維 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12852 |
| Phonetic component |
唯 |
| Rime group |
脂 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
惟 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ɢʷi/ |
Definitions
維
- † to tie; to fasten; to tie up
- † to link; to connect
- to hold together; to maintain; to preserve; to safeguard
- †thick rope for tying objects; cord
- †corner; nook; recess
- †net; mesh; netting
- (geometry) dimension
- †order; law; outline
- †long and thin object; fibre; string
- †Alternative form of 惟 (wéi, “to think; to contemplate”).
- †Alternative form of 唯 (wéi, “only”).
- †Alternative form of 惟 (wéi, “meaningless particle of interjection”).
- Short for 維生素／维生素 (wéishēngsù, “vitamin”).
- Short for 維吾爾／维吾尔 (Wéiwú'ěr, “Uyghur”).
- A surname.
Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄩㄥ
- Wade-Giles: yung1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iong
- IPA (key): /i̯ʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: jung1
- Yale: yūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: jung1
- IPA (key): /jʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
Definitions
維
- †Only used in 盧維／卢维 (“ancient river in the Yan Province”).
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
維
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
維 • (yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune-Reischauer yu, Yale yu)
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Vietnamese
Han character
維 (duy)
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