緯

See also: 纬

緯 U+7DEF, 緯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7DEF ← 緮 [U+7DEE] CJK Unified Ideographs 緰 → [U+7DF0]

Translingual

Han character

緯 (radical 120, 糸+9 in Chinese, 糸+10 in Japanese, 15 strokes in Chinese, 16 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 女火木一手 (VFDMQ), four-corner 2495₆, composition ⿰糸韋)

References

• KangXi: page 931, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27682
• Dae Jaweon: page 1370, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3432, character 6
• Unihan data for U+7DEF

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Chinese

trad.		緯
simp.		纬

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): wai⁶, wai⁵
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): úi / ūi / hūi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ui²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ
    • Wade–Giles: wei3
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woei
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wěi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁶, wai⁵
    • Yale: waih, wáih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶, wai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶, wei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²²/, /wɐi̯¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: úi
    • Tâi-lô: uí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uie
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ūi
    • Tâi-lô: uī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ui
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ui³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ui²²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hūi
    • Tâi-lô: huī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hui
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hui³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ui²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: úi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦʉi^H/

Rime
Character	緯
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	于貴切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦʉiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɨiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuəiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦujH/
Li Rong	/ɣiuəiH/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwəiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/we̯iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wèi

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷɯls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	緯
Reading #	1/1
No.	12833
Phonetic component	韋
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	胃
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷɯls/

Definitions

緯

1. weft; woof (horizontal thread in a woven fabric)

   Antonym: 經

2. (geography) latitude

   Antonym: 經

3. ^† planet
4. ^† to weave; to wrap
5. Short for 緯書／纬书 (wěishū, “Confucian occult”).

Compounds

• 七緯／七纬
• 中緯度／中纬度
• 低緯度／低纬度
• 六緯／六纬
• 北緯／北纬 (běiwěi)
• 南緯／南纬 (nánwěi)
• 圖緯／图纬
• 嫠不恤緯／嫠不恤纬
• 嫠緯之憂／嫠纬之忧
• 文經武緯／文经武纬
• 沒了經緯／没了经纬

• 沒經緯／没经纬
• 絡緯／络纬 (luòwěi)
• 經天緯地／经天纬地 (jīngtiānwěidì)
• 經文緯武／经文纬武
• 經武緯文／经武纬文
• 經緯／经纬 (jīngwěi)
• 經緯儀／经纬仪 (jīngwěiyí)
• 經緯天下／经纬天下
• 經緯度／经纬度
• 緯世／纬世
• 緯地經天／纬地经天

• 緯帽／纬帽
• 緯度／纬度 (wěidù)
• 緯書／纬书 (wěishū)
• 緯武經文／纬武经文
• 緯線／纬线 (wěixiàn)
• 緯繣／纬繣
• 緯象／纬象
• 讖緯／谶纬 (chènwěi)
• 赤緯／赤纬
• 高緯度／高纬度

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Japanese

Kanji

緯

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: い (i, Jōyō)^{←ゐ (wi, historical)}
• Kan-on: い (i, Jōyō)^{←ゐ (wi, historical)}
• Kun: よこいと (yokoito, 緯)

Compounds

• 緯(よこ)経(たて) (yokotate): breadth and length; woof and warp

Etymology 1

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

/wi/ → /i/

From Middle Chinese 緯 (MC ɦʉi^H).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) い​ [íꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [i]

Noun

緯(い) • (i)  (historical kana ゐ)

1. weft, woof
2. parallels of latitude

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
緯
ぬき Grade: S
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 緯 – see ぬき. (This term, 緯, is an alternative spelling of the above terms.)

(The following entry is uncreated: ぬき.)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
緯
よこいと Grade: S
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 緯 – see よこいと. (This term, 緯, is an alternative spelling of the above terms.)

(The following entry is uncreated: よこいと.)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

緯: Hán Nôm readings: vĩ, vỉa

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