韙

韙

See also: 韪

韙 U+97D9, 韙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-97D9 ← 韘 [U+97D8] CJK Unified Ideographs 韚 → [U+97DA]

Translingual

Han character

韙 (radical 178, 韋+9, 18 strokes, cangjie input 日人木一手 (AODMQ), four-corner 6480₅, composition ⿺是韋)

References

• KangXi: page 1394, character 34
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43176
• Dae Jaweon: page 1910, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4507, character 18
• Unihan data for U+97D9

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Chinese

trad.		韙
simp.		韪

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (韋) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	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

  (Pinyin): wěi (wei³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ
    • Wade–Giles: wei³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woei
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁵
    • Yale: wáih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦʉi^X/▼

Rime
Character	韙
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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷɯlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	韙
Reading #	1/1
No.	12822
Phonetic component	韋
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	韙
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷɯlʔ/

Definitions

韙

1. right
2. proper
3. propriety

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Japanese

Kanji

韙

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. right
2. proper
3. propriety

Readings

• On (unclassified): い (i)
• Kun: ただしい (tadashii)

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Korean

Hanja

韙 • (wi) (hangeul 위, revised wi, McCune–Reischauer wi, Yale wi)

1. correct
2. right