Wiktionary

偉

See also: 伟
偉 U+5049, 偉
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5049
← 偈
[U+5048] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 偊 →
[U+504A]

Translingual edit

Japanese 偉
Simplified 伟
Traditional 偉

Alternative forms edit

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 character edit

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 characters edit

Related characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: 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

Chinese edit

trad. 偉
simp. 伟

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 偉
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
   
Small seal script
 

s05691

Transcribed ancient scripts
 

L34579

 

L34580

 

L34581

 

L34582

 

L15287

 

L15288

 

L15289

 

L15290

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷɯlʔ) : semantic 亻 + phonetic 韋 (OC *ɢʷɯl).

Pronunciation edit

Rime
Character 偉
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/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/we̯iX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		wěi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		wai5
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 偉
Reading # 1/1
No. 12825
Phonetic
component 		韋
Rime
group 		微
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		韙
Old
Chinese 		/*ɢʷɯlʔ/

Definitions edit

偉

  1. extraordinary; magnificent; great; robust

Antonyms edit

Compounds edit

Japanese edit

Shinjitai 偉  
Kyūjitai
[1]
偉󠄃
偉+󠄃?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho) 		 
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Kanji edit

偉

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. admirable

Readings edit

Etymology edit

Kanji in this term
偉
い
Grade: S
on’yomi

/wi/ → /i/

From Middle Chinese 偉 (MC hjw+jX).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

偉(い) • (i) ←ゐ (wi)?

  1. (literary) greatness

Adjective edit

偉(い) • (i) ←ゐ (wi)?-na (adnominal 偉(い)な (i na), adverbial 偉(い)に (i ni))

  1. (literary) great

Inflection edit

Inflection of 偉
Stem forms
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

Affix edit

偉(い) • (i) ←ゐ (wi)?

  1. great, excellent, magnificent, extraordinary

Derived terms edit

Derived terms

References edit

  1. ^ “偉”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎[1] (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja edit

偉 (eumhun 훌륭할 위 (hullyunghal wi))

  1. Hanja form? of 위 (“to be extraordinary”).

Compounds edit

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

偉: Hán Nôm readings: vĩ, vỉ

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Derived terms edit

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