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

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

References

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

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 / 形声, OC *ɢuds): semantic 言 + phonetic 胃 (OC *ɢuds).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèi (wei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): vi

  (Hailu, HRS): vui^˖

• Eastern Min (BUC): ôi
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ui⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ūi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ui³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèi
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴
    • Yale: wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wey
    • Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wai⁶
    • Yale: waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vi
    • Hakka Romanization System: vi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /vi⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: vui^˖
    • Sinological IPA: /vui³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ôi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui²⁴²/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ui⁵
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ūi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui¹¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ui⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (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: hjw+jH

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
Baxter	hjw+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦʉiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɨiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuəiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦujH/
Li Rong	/ɣiuəiH/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwəiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/we̯iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai6

• 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
2. to call; to name
3. meaning; sense
4. a surname

Compounds

• 一之謂甚 / 一之谓甚
• 不謂 / 不谓 (bùwèi)
• 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 (wèicí)
• 謂語 / 谓语 (wèiyǔ)

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 謂

謂

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. reason
2. origin
3. history
4. oral tradition

Readings

• Go-on: い (i)^{←ゐ (wi, historical)}
• Kan-on: い (i)^{←ゐ (wi, historical)}
• Kun: いう (iu, 謂う)、いい (ii, 謂)、おもう (omou, 謂う)

Korean

Etymology 1

Verb

謂 (eumhun 고할 위 (gohal wi))

1. say
2. tell

Etymology 2

Verb

謂 (eumhun 이를 위 (ireul wi))

1. call
2. name
3. be called

Vietnamese

Han character

謂: Hán Nôm readings: vị

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References

• Nôm Foundation