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維 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女火人土 (VFOG), four-corner 20914, composition ⿰糹隹)
- 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
trad. | 維 | |
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simp. | 维 |
Old Chinese | |
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匯 | *ɢʷrɯːlʔ, *kʰʷriːl |
擓 | *kʰʷriːl |
淮 | *ɡʷriːl |
睢 | *qʰʷel, *sqʰʷil, *qʰʷi, *qʰʷils |
嶉 | *sqʷi |
趡 | *skʰʷilʔ |
踓 | *skʰʷilʔ, *ɢʷilʔ |
雖 | *sqʰʷi |
濉 | *sqʰʷi |
倠 | *qʰʷi |
婎 | *qʰʷil, *qʰʷils |
蓶 | *ɢʷi, *ɢʷiʔ |
維 | *ɢʷi |
惟 | *ɢʷi |
唯 | *ɢʷi, *ɢʷiʔ |
濰 | *ɢʷi |
琟 | *ɢʷil |
鷕 | *ɢʷiʔ, *ɢʷiʔ |
帷 | *ɢʷril |
鵻 | *sɢʷinʔ, *tjul |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ɢʷi) : semantic 糸 (“thread”) + abbreviated phonetic 唯 (OC *ɢʷi, *ɢʷiʔ).
The original pronunciation of 隹 (OC *ɢʷi) was lost after the classical period, but can still be seen in other characters of the phonetic series:
- 惟 (OC *ɢʷi, “to think”),
- 唯 (OC *ɢʷi, *ɢʷiʔ, “only”),
- 雖 (OC *sqʰʷi, “although”),
- 帷 (OC *ɢʷril, “curtain, screen”) and
- 淮 (OC *ɡʷriːl, “Huai River”).
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): ui4
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): ui1
- Northern Min (KCR): ṳ̌
- Eastern Min (BUC): mì
- Southern Min
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 6vi / 2vi
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): uei2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: wéi
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wéi
- Wade–Giles: wei2
- Yale: wéi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wei
- Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /weɪ̯³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: wei2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ui
- Sinological IPA (key): /uei²¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: wai4
- Yale: wàih
- Cantonese Pinyin: wai4
- Guangdong Romanization: wei4
- Sinological IPA (key): /wɐi̯²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: vei3
- Sinological IPA (key): /vei²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: ui4
- Sinological IPA (key): /ui³⁵/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vì
- Hakka Romanization System: viˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: vi2
- Sinological IPA: /vi¹¹/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: ui1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /uei¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ṳ̌
- Sinological IPA (key): /y²¹/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: mì
- Sinological IPA (key): /mi⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î
- Tâi-lô: î
- Phofsit Daibuun: ii
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²³/
- IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei): /i²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bî
- Tâi-lô: bî
- Phofsit Daibuun: bii
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi¹³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /bi²⁴/
Note:
- ûi - literary;
- î/bî - vernacular.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: rui6 / rui5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jŭi / jûi
- Sinological IPA (key): /d͡zui³⁵/, /d͡zui⁵⁵/
Note: rui5 - “to think, dimension”.
- Dialectal data
- Middle Chinese: ywij
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*ɢʷij/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷi/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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Character | 維 |
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; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |
Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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Character | 維 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
No. | 12852 |
Phonetic component |
唯 |
Rime group |
脂 |
Rime subdivision |
2 |
Corresponding MC rime |
惟 |
Old Chinese |
/*ɢʷi/ |
維
- † to tie; to fasten; to tie up
- † to link; to connect
- to hold together; to maintain; to preserve; to safeguard
- † thick rope for tying objects; cord
- † corner; nook; recess
- † net; mesh; netting
- (geometry) dimension
- † order; law; outline
- † long and thin object; fibre; string
- † Alternative form of 惟 (wéi, “to think; to contemplate”)
- † Alternative form of 唯 (“only”)
- † (alt. form 惟, 唯) meaningless particle of interjection
- Used in transcription.
- a surname
- 三維空間/三维空间
- 伏維尚饗/伏维尚飨
- 八維/八维
- 創業維艱/创业维艰
- 哈維/哈维
- 四維/四维 (sìwéi)
- 國維/国维
- 地維/地维
- 坤維/坤维
- 塞爾維亞/塞尔维亚
- 多維/多维 (duōwéi)
- 奧維爾/奥维尔
- 孟什維克/孟什维克 (mèngshíwéikè)
- 屋大維/屋大维 (Wūdàwéi)
- 巴勒維/巴勒维
- 布干維爾/布干维尔 (Bùgānwéi'ěr)
- 思維/思维 (sīwéi)
- 恭維/恭维 (gōngwéi)
- 恭維話/恭维话
- 我武維揚/我武维扬
- 拉脫維亞/拉脱维亚 (Lātuōwéiyà)
- 新疆維吾爾自治區/新疆维吾尔自治区 (Xīnjiāng Wéiwú'ěr Zìzhìqū)
- 明治維新/明治维新 (Míngzhì Wéixīn)
- 步履維艱/步履维艰 (bùlǚwéijiān)
- 物力維艱/物力维艰
- 玻利維亞/玻利维亚 (Bōlìwéiyà)
- 百日維新/百日维新 (Bǎirì Wéixīn)
- 睢維/睢维
- 維也納/维也纳 (Wéiyěnà)
- 維京人/维京人 (wéijīngrén)
- 維他命/维他命 (wéitāmìng)
- 維修/维修 (wéixiū)
- 維吉尼亞/维吉尼亚 (Wéijíníyà)
- 維吾爾/维吾尔 (Wéiwú'ěr)
- 維基/维基 (wéijī)
- 維多米/维多米
- 維天之命/维天之命
- 維妙維肖/维妙维肖 (wéimiàowéixiào)
- 維持/维持 (wéichí)
- 維摩經/维摩经
- 維摩詰/维摩诘
- 維斗
- 維新/维新 (wéixīn)
- 維新圖強/维新图强
- 維新運動/维新运动 (Wéixīn Yùndòng)
- 維清/维清
- 維生/维生 (wéishēng)
- 維生素/维生素 (wéishēngsù)
- 維管束/维管束 (wéiguǎnshù)
- 維納斯/维纳斯 (Wéinàsī)
- 綱維/纲维 (gāngwéi)
- 維縶/维絷
- 維繫/维系 (wéixì)
- 維艱/维艰 (wéijiān)
- 維護/维护 (wéihù)
- 維那/维那 (wéinà)
- 縶維/絷维
- 纖維/纤维 (xiānwéi)
- 臭恭維/臭恭维
- 臺維斯杯/台维斯杯
- 舉步維艱/举步维艰 (jǔbùwéijiān)
- 蘇維埃/苏维埃 (sūwéi'āi)
- 進退維谷/进退维谷 (jìntuìwéigǔ)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yōng
- Zhuyin: ㄩㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yong
- Wade–Giles: yung1
- Yale: yūng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iong
- Palladius: юн (jun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: jung1
- Yale: yūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: jung1
- Guangdong Romanization: yung1
- Sinological IPA (key): /jʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
維
- † Only used in 盧維/卢维 (“ancient river in the Yan Province”).
維
- Go-on: ゆい (yui)←ゆい (yui, historical)←ゆゐ (yuwi, ancient)
- Kan-on: い (i, Jōyō)←ゐ (wi, historical)
- Kun: つなぐ (tsunagu, 維ぐ)、これ (kore, 維)
- Nanori: しげ (shige)、すみ (sumi)、ただ (tada)、たもつ (tamotsu)、つな (tsuna)、ゆき (yuki)
- Most dictionaries proscribe historical -uwi readings すゐ (suwi), ずゐ (zuwi), つゐ (tuwi), ゆゐ (yuwi), and るゐ (ruwi) as attested in many historical documents.
Kanji in this term |
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維 |
い Grade: S |
kan'on |
/wi/ → /i/
From Middle Chinese 維 (MC ywij).
Kanji in this term |
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維 |
これ Grade: S |
kun'yomi |
For pronunciation and definitions of 維 – see the following entry. |
(This term, 維, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
維: Hán Việt readings: duy[1][2][3][4]
維: Nôm readings: duy[1]