瑋

See also: 玮

瑋 U+744B, 瑋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-744B ← 瑊 [U+744A] CJK Unified Ideographs 瑌 → [U+744C]

Translingual

Han character

瑋 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一土木一手 (MGDMQ), four-corner 1415₆, composition ⿰𤣩韋)

1. type of jade
2. rare, valuable

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 737, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21107
• Dae Jaweon: page 1148, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1129, character 1
• Unihan data for U+744B

Chinese

trad.		瑋
simp.		玮

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
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): vî

  (Meixian, Guangdong): vi³

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): úi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ui²

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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)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁵
    • Yale: wáih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vî
    • Hakka Romanization System: vi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /vi²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: vi³
    • Sinological IPA: /ʋi³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: úi
    • Tâi-lô: uí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ui²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: úi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: hjw+jX

Rime
Character	瑋
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

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷɯlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瑋
Reading #	1/1
No.	12826
Phonetic component	韋
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	韙
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷɯlʔ/
Notes	見宋玉賦

Definitions

瑋

1. (obsolete) fine jade
2. (literary) rare; precious

Compounds

• 琦瑋／琦玮
• 瑋寶／玮宝
• 瑋質／玮质
• 瑰瑋／瑰玮

 

Japanese

Kanji

瑋

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. type of jade, rare, valuable

Readings

• On (unclassified): い (i)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

瑋: Hán Nôm readings: vĩ

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