See also:
U+7DAD, 維
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7DAD

[U+7DAC]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+7DAE]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 120, +8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女火人土 (VFOG), four-corner 20914, composition )

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 927, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27568
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1364, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3415, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+7DAD

Chinese

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simp.

Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɢʷi): semantic (thread) + abbreviated phonetic (OC *ɢʷi, *ɢʷiʔ).

The original pronunciation of (OC *ɢʷi) was lost after the classical period, but can still be seen in other characters of the phonetic series:

  • (OC *ɢʷi, “to think”),
  • (OC *ɢʷi, *ɢʷiʔ, “only”),
  • (OC *sqʰʷi, “although”),
  • (OC *ɢʷril, “curtain, screen”) and
  • (OC *ɡʷriːl, “Huai River”).

Pronunciation 1

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Note:
  • ûi - literary;
  • î/bî - vernacular.
Note: rui5 - “to think, dimension”.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /uei³⁵/
Harbin /uei⁴⁴/ ~生素
/uei²⁴/ ~持
Tianjin /vei⁴⁵/
Jinan /vei⁵⁵/
Qingdao /ve⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /uei⁵³/
Xi'an /vi²⁴/
Xining /uɨ²⁴/
Yinchuan /vei⁵³/
Lanzhou /vei⁵³/
Ürümqi /vei⁵¹/
Wuhan /uei²¹³/
Chengdu /uei³¹/
Guiyang /uei²¹/
Kunming /uei³¹/
Nanjing /uəi²⁴/
Hefei /ue⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /uei¹¹/
Pingyao /uei¹³/
Hohhot /vei³¹/
Wu Shanghai /vi²³/
Suzhou /vi¹³/
Hangzhou /ɦui²¹³/
Wenzhou /vu³¹/
Hui Shexian /ue⁴⁴/
Tunxi /ue⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /uei¹³/
Xiangtan /uəi¹²/
Gan Nanchang /ui⁴⁵/
Hakka Meixian /vi¹¹/
Taoyuan /vui¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /wɐi²¹/
Nanning /wɐi²¹/
Hong Kong /wɐi²¹/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /ui³⁵/
/bi³⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /mi⁵³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /y²¹/
Shantou (Teochew) /zui⁵⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /vui³¹/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (36)
Final () (16)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter ywij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/jiuɪ/
Pan
Wuyun
/jʷi/
Shao
Rongfen
/juɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/jwi/
Li
Rong
/ui/
Wang
Li
/jwi/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/wi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wéi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wai4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wéi
Middle
Chinese
‹ ywij ›
Old
Chinese
/*ɢʷij/ (? < *ɢʷuj)
English rope for tying

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 12852
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɢʷi/

Definitions

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  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to tie; to fasten; to tie up
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to link; to connect
  3. to hold together; to maintain; to preserve; to safeguard
      ―  wéichí  ―  to maintain
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) thick rope for tying objects; cord
  5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) corner; nook; recess
  6. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) net; mesh; netting
  7. (geometry) dimension
  8. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) order; law; outline
  9. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) long and thin object; fibre; string
      ―  xiānwéi  ―  fibre
  10. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of (wéi, to think; to contemplate)
  11. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of (only)
  12. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) (alt. form , ) meaningless particle of interjection
  13. Used in transcription.
    德角德角  ―  Wéidéjiǎo  ―  Cape Verde
    珍尼亞珍尼亚  ―  Wéizhēnníyà  ―  Virginia
      ―  wéinóng  ―  Avignon
    也納也纳  ―  Wéiyěnà  ―  Vienna
    多利亞港多利亚港  ―  Wéiduōlìyàgǎng  ―  Victoria Harbor
    摩詰菩薩摩诘菩萨  ―  Wéimójiépúsà  ―  Vimalakirti
    1. Short for 維生素维生素 (wéishēngsù, “vitamin”).
      AA  ―  wéi-ēi  ―  vitamin A
    2. Short for 維吾爾维吾尔 (Wéiwú'ěr, “Uyghur”).
        ―  Wéi  ―  Uyghur language
  14. a surname

Compounds

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Pronunciation 2

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Definitions

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  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Only used in 盧維卢维 (“ancient river in the Yan Province”).

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Kanji

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(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

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Usage notes
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Compounds

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kan'on

/wi//i/

From Middle Chinese (MC ywij).

Pronunciation

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Affix

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() (i (wi)?

  1. hold together; keep; maintain
  2. what holds together; net, supportive

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
これ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
これ
[pronoun] this
[pronoun] (deictically) this one (near the speaker)
[pronoun] (anaphorically) this one I am talking about (only the speaker knows)
[pronoun] (archaic) I; me
[pronoun] (archaic) you
[pronoun] (literary, calque of Literary Chinese , , , etc.) Repeats the topic with a correct case marker to avoid any misunderstanding if it is not a subject.
Alternative spellings
此れ, , ,
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

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Hanja

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(eumhun 벼리 (byeori yu))

  1. hanja form? of (the guide ropes at the edge of a fishing net; fishing net)

Compounds

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Việt readings: duy[1][2][3][4]
: Nôm readings: duy[1]

  1. chữ Hán form of duy (tie, maintain).

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