謂

謂

See also: 谓

謂 U+8B02, 謂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B02 ← 謁 [U+8B01] CJK Unified Ideographs 謃 → [U+8B03]

Translingual

Han character

謂 (radical 149, 言+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜口田月 (YRWB), four-corner 0662₇, composition ⿰言胃)

1. say, tell
2. call, name
3. be called

References

• KangXi: page 1173, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35759
• Dae Jaweon: page 1638, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3997, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8B02

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Chinese

trad.		謂
simp.		谓

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (胃) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
喟	*kʰruːds, *kʰruds
胃	*ɢuds
謂	*ɢuds
媦	*ɢuds
蝟	*ɢuds
渭	*ɢuds
煟	*ɢuds
緭	*ɢuds

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɢuds) : semantic 訁 + phonetic 胃 (OC *ɢuds).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèi (wei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁶
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): ūi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ui³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wey
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁶
    • Yale: waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ūi
    • Tâi-lô: uī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ui
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ui²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ui³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ui³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ùi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦʉi^H/▼

Rime
Character	謂
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	于貴切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦʉiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɨiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuəiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦujH/
Li Rong	/ɣiuəiH/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwəiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/we̯iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wèi

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷə[t]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢuds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	謂
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wèi
Middle Chinese	‹ hjw+jH ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷə[t]-s/
English	say, tell, call
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	謂
Reading #	1/1
No.	12943
Phonetic component	胃
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	胃
Old Chinese	/*ɢuds/

Definitions

謂

1. to say; to tell; to call

Compounds

一之謂甚／一之谓甚 不謂／不谓 何謂／何谓 (héwèi) 可謂／可谓 (kěwèi) 名不虛謂／名不虚谓 將謂／将谓 (jiāngwèi) 意謂／意谓

意謂動詞／意谓动词 意謂繁句／意谓繁句 或謂／或谓 (huòwèi) 所謂／所谓 (suǒwèi) 無所謂／无所谓 (wúsuǒwèi) 無謂／无谓 (wúwèi)

稱謂／称谓 (chēngwèi) 稱謂錄／称谓录 莫知所謂／莫知所谓 親屬稱謂／亲属称谓 謂詞／谓词 謂語／谓语 (wèiyǔ)

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Japanese

Kanji

謂

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): い (i)
• Kun: いう (iu, 謂う); いい (ii, 謂); おもう (omou, 謂う)

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Korean

Hanja

謂 (eum 위 (wi))

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Vietnamese

Han character

謂: Hán Nôm readings: vị

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References

• Nom Foundation