偉
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TranslingualEdit
| Japanese | 偉 |
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| Simplified | 伟 |
| Traditional | 偉 |
Alternative formsEdit
In Japanese kanji, the bottom component of 韋 is written ヰ with four strokes. In Traditional Chinese, the bottom component is written 㐄 with three strokes.
Han characterEdit
偉 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+9 in Chinese, 人+10 in Japanese, 11 strokes in Chinese, 12 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 人木一手 (ODMQ), four-corner 24256, composition ⿰亻韋)
Derived charactersEdit
Related charactersEdit
ReferencesEdit
- KangXi: page 110, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 837
- Dae Jaweon: page 234, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 198, character 4
- Unihan data for U+5049
ChineseEdit
| trad. | 偉 | |
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| simp. | 伟 | |
Glyph originEdit
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɢʷɯlʔ): semantic 亻 + phonetic 韋／韦 (OC *ɢʷɯl).
PronunciationEdit
DefinitionsEdit
偉
AntonymsEdit
CompoundsEdit
JapaneseEdit
| Shinjitai | 偉 | 
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| Kyūjitai [1] |
偉󠄃 偉+ 󠄃?(Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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KanjiEdit
ReadingsEdit
- Go-on: い (i, Jōyō)←ゐ (wi, historical)
- Kan-on: い (i, Jōyō)←ゐ (wi, historical)
- Kun: えらい (erai, 偉い, Jōyō); すぐれる (sugureru, 偉れる); ひいでる (hīderu)
- Nanori: いさむ (isamu); えら (era); おおい (ōi); たけ (take); より (yori)
Etymology 1Edit
| Kanji in this term |
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| 偉 |
| い Grade: S |
| on’yomi |
/wi/ → /i/
From Middle Chinese 偉 (MC ɦʉiX).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
AdjectiveEdit
偉 • (i) ←ゐ (wi)? -na (adnominal 偉な (i na), adverbial 偉に (i ni))
InflectionEdit
| Stem forms | |||
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| Imperfective (未然形) | 偉だろ | いだろ | i daro |
| Continuative (連用形) | 偉で | いで | i de |
| Terminal (終止形) | 偉だ | いだ | i da |
| Attributive (連体形) | 偉な | いな | i na |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 偉なら | いなら | i nara |
| Imperative (命令形) | 偉であれ | いであれ | i de are |
| Key constructions | |||
| Informal negative | 偉ではない 偉じゃない |
いではない いじゃない |
i de wa nai i ja nai |
| Informal past | 偉だった | いだった | i datta |
| Informal negative past | 偉ではなかった 偉じゃなかった |
いではなかった いじゃなかった |
i de wa nakatta i ja nakatta |
| Formal | 偉です | いです | i desu |
| Formal negative | 偉ではありません 偉じゃありません |
いではありません いじゃありません |
i de wa arimasen i ja arimasen |
| Formal past | 偉でした | いでした | i deshita |
| Formal negative past | 偉ではありませんでした 偉じゃありませんでした |
いではありませんでした いじゃありませんでした |
i de wa arimasen deshita i ja arimasen deshita |
| Conjunctive | 偉で | いで | i de |
| Conditional | 偉なら（ば） | いなら（ば） | i nara (ba) |
| Provisional | 偉だったら | いだったら | i dattara |
| Volitional | 偉だろう | いだろう | i darō |
| Adverbial | 偉に | いに | i ni |
| Degree | 偉さ | いさ | isa |
AffixEdit
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
| Kanji in this term |
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| 偉 |
| えら Grade: S |
| kun’yomi |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 偉 – see えらい. (This term, 偉, is an alternative spelling of the above terms.) |
(The following entry is uncreated: えらい.)
ReferencesEdit
KoreanEdit
HanjaEdit
偉 (eumhun 훌륭할 위 (hullyunghal wi))
- Hanja form? of 위 (“to be extraordinary”).
CompoundsEdit
VietnameseEdit
Han characterEdit
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