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

References

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

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)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wěi
    • Wade–Giles: wei³
    • Yale: wěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woei
    • Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: wai⁵
    • Yale: wáih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: hjw+jX

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
Baxter	hjw+jX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦʉiX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɨiX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuəiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦujX/
Li Rong	/ɣiuəiX/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwəiX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/we̯iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wěi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai5

• 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; correct; proper
2. propriety

Usage notes

Commonly used in the negative.

Compounds

• 不韙 / 不韪 (bùwěi)
• 五韙 / 五韪
• 冒大不韙 / 冒大不韪 (mào dàbùwěi)
• 冒天下之大不韙 / 冒天下之大不韪 (mào tiānxià zhī dàbùwěi)
• 大不韙 / 大不韪 (dàbùwěi)
• 犯天下之大不韙 / 犯天下之大不韪 (fàn tiānxià zhī dàbùwěi)
• 韙德 / 韪德

Japanese

Kanji

韙

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. right
2. proper
3. propriety

Readings

• Go-on: い (i)
• Kan-on: い (i)
• Kun: ただしい (tadashii, 韙しい)

Korean

Hanja

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

1. correct
2. right