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維
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Translingual
Han character
維 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女火人土 (VFOG), four-corner 20914, composition ⿰糹隹)
Derived characters
Related characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 927, character 15
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27568
- Dae Jaweon: page 1364, character 22
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3415, character 5
- Unihan data for U+7DAD
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Chinese
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɢʷi): semantic 糸 (“thread”) + abbreviated phonetic 唯 (OC *ɢʷi, *ɢʷiʔ).
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:
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): wei2
- (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): ví / véi
- (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): wéi
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wai4
- (Dongguan, Jyutping++): woi4
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): vei3
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wai4
- Gan (Wiktionary): ui4
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): ui1
- Northern Min (KCR): ṳ̌
- Eastern Min (BUC): mì
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bi2
- Southern Min
- Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): wai4
- Wu (Wugniu)
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): uei2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: wéi
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wéi
- Wade–Giles: wei2
- Yale: wéi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wei
- Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /weɪ̯³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: wei2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ui
- Sinological IPA (key): /uei²¹/
- (Xi'an)
- Guanzhong Pinyin: ví / véi
- Sinological IPA (key): /vi²⁴/, /vei²⁴/
- (Nanjing)
- Nanjing Pinyin: wéi
- Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): wei2
- Sinological IPA (key): /uəi²⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
- Jyutping: wai4
- Yale: wàih
- Cantonese Pinyin: wai4
- Guangdong Romanization: wei4
- Sinological IPA (key): /wɐi̯²¹/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
- Jyutping++: woi4
- Sinological IPA (key): /vɔi²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: vei3
- Sinological IPA (key): /vei²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: ui4
- Sinological IPA (key): /ui³⁵/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vì
- Hakka Romanization System: viˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: vi2
- Sinological IPA: /vi¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: vui
- Sinological IPA: /vui⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: ui1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /uei¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ṳ̌
- Sinological IPA (key): /y²¹/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: mì
- Sinological IPA (key): /mi⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: bi2
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bí
- Sinological IPA (key): /pi¹³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: bi2
- Sinological IPA (key): /pi²⁴/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î
- Tâi-lô: î
- Phofsit Daibuun: ii
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²³/
- IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei): /i²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bî
- Tâi-lô: bî
- Phofsit Daibuun: bii
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi¹³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /bi²⁴/
Note:
- ûi - literary;
- î/bî - vernacular.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: rui6 / rui5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jŭi / jûi
- Sinological IPA (key): /d͡zui³⁵/, /d͡zui⁵⁵/
- (Teochew)
- Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
- Jyutping++: wai4
- Sinological IPA (key): /βəi²¹/
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
- Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
- Wugniu: 6vi
- MiniDict: vi去
- Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 3vi
- Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vi²³/
- (Northern: Jiading, Songjiang, Chongming, Suzhou, Changzhou, Jiaxing, Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Ningbo, Zhoushan)
- Wugniu: 2vi
- MiniDict: vi平
- Sinological IPA (Jiading): /vi³¹/
- Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /βi³¹/
- Sinological IPA (Chongming): /fvi²⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /vi²²³/
- Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /vi¹³/
- Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /vi³¹/
- Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /vi²³/
- Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /vi²³¹/
- Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /vi³¹³/
- Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /vi²²/
- (Jinhua)
- (Northern: Shanghai)
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: uei2
- Sinological IPA (key): /u̯e̞i̯¹³/
- (Changsha)
Note: rui5 - “to think, dimension”.
- Dialectal data
- Middle Chinese: ywij
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*ɢʷij/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷi/
Definitions
維
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to tie; to fasten; to tie up
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to link; to connect
- to hold together; to maintain; to preserve; to safeguard
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) thick rope for tying objects; cord
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) corner; nook; recess
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) net; mesh; netting
- (geometry) dimension
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) order; law; outline
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) long and thin object; fibre; string
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 惟 (wéi, “to think; to contemplate”)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 唯 (“only”)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) (alt. form 惟, 唯) meaningless particle of interjection
- Used in transcription.
- a surname
Compounds
- 三維空間 / 三维空间
- 伏維尚饗 / 伏维尚飨
- 八維 / 八维
- 創業維艱 / 创业维艰
- 哈維 / 哈维
- 四維 / 四维 (sìwéi)
- 國維 / 国维
- 地維 / 地维
- 坤維 / 坤维
- 塞爾維亞 / 塞尔维亚
- 多維 / 多维 (duōwéi)
- 奧維爾 / 奥维尔
- 孟什維克 / 孟什维克 (mèngshíwéikè)
- 屋大維 / 屋大维 (Wūdàwéi)
- 巴勒維 / 巴勒维
- 布干維爾 / 布干维尔 (Bùgānwéi'ěr)
- 思維 / 思维 (sīwéi)
- 恭維 / 恭维 (gōngwéi)
- 恭維話 / 恭维话
- 我武維揚 / 我武维扬
- 拉脫維亞 / 拉脱维亚 (Lātuōwéiyà)
- 新疆維吾爾自治區 / 新疆维吾尔自治区 (Xīnjiāng Wéiwú'ěr Zìzhìqū)
- 明治維新 / 明治维新 (Míngzhì Wéixīn)
- 步履維艱 / 步履维艰 (bùlǚwéijiān)
- 物力維艱 / 物力维艰
- 玻利維亞 / 玻利维亚 (Bōlìwéiyà)
- 百日維新 / 百日维新 (Bǎirì Wéixīn)
- 睢維 / 睢维
- 維也納 / 维也纳 (Wéiyěnà)
- 維京人 / 维京人 (wéijīngrén)
- 維他命 / 维他命 (wéitāmìng)
- 維修 / 维修 (wéixiū)
- 維吉尼亞 / 维吉尼亚 (Wéijíníyà)
- 維吾爾 / 维吾尔 (Wéiwú'ěr)
- 維基 / 维基 (wéijī)
- 維多米 / 维多米
- 維天之命 / 维天之命
- 維妙維肖 / 维妙维肖 (wéimiàowéixiào)
- 維持 / 维持 (wéichí)
- 維摩經 / 维摩经
- 維摩詰 / 维摩诘
- 維斗 / 维斗
- 維新 / 维新 (wéixīn)
- 維新圖強 / 维新图强
- 維新運動 / 维新运动 (Wéixīn Yùndòng)
- 維清 / 维清
- 維生 / 维生 (wéishēng)
- 維生素 / 维生素 (wéishēngsù)
- 維管束 / 维管束 (wéiguǎnshù)
- 維納斯 / 维纳斯 (Wéinàsī)
- 綱維 / 纲维 (gāngwéi)
- 維縶 / 维絷
- 維繫 / 维系 (wéixì)
- 維艱 / 维艰 (wéijiān)
- 維護 / 维护 (wéihù)
- 維那 / 维那 (wéinà)
- 縶維 / 絷维
- 纖維 / 纤维 (xiānwéi)
- 臭恭維 / 臭恭维
- 臺維斯杯 / 台维斯杯
- 舉步維艱 / 举步维艰 (jǔbùwéijiān)
- 蘇維埃 / 苏维埃 (sūwéi'āi)
- 進退維谷 / 进退维谷 (jìntuìwéigǔ)
Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yōng
- Zhuyin: ㄩㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yong
- Wade–Giles: yung1
- Yale: yūng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iong
- Palladius: юн (jun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
- Jyutping: jung1
- Yale: yūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: jung1
- Guangdong Romanization: yung1
- Sinological IPA (key): /jʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
Definitions
維
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 盧維／卢维 (“ancient river in the Yan Province”)
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Kanji
維
Readings
- Go-on: ゆい (yui)←ゆい (yui, historical)←ゆゐ (yuwi, ancient)
- Kan-on: い (i, Jōyō)←ゐ (wi, historical)
- Kun: つなぐ (tsunagu, 維ぐ)、これ (kore, 維)
- Nanori: しげ (shige)、すみ (sumi)、ただ (tada)、たもつ (tamotsu)、つな (tsuna)、ゆき (yuki)
Usage notes
Compounds
Etymology 1
/wi/ → /i/
From Middle Chinese 維 (MC ywij).
Pronunciation
Affix
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 維 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 維, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.) |
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