喂

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See also: 餵
喂 U+5582, 喂
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5582
← 喁
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 喃 →

Translingual

Han character

喂 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口田一女 (RWMV), four-corner 66032, composition ⿰口畏)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 197, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3900
  • Dae Jaweon: page 418, character 34
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 653, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+5582

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 口 + phonetic 畏 (OC *quls).

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 喂 – see 餵 (“to feed; to raise; to keep”).
(This character is the simplified form of 餵).
Notes:

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
 喂

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

喂

  1. (used to call attention) Hey!
    起身喇喂！ [Cantonese]  ―  hei2 san1 laa3 wai3!   ―  Hey, get up!
    喂，你阻住條路喎！ [Cantonese, trad.]
    喂，你阻住条路㖞！ [Cantonese, simp.]
    wai3, nei5 zo2 zyu6 tiu4 lou6 wo3!
    Hey, you're in the way!

Pronunciation 2

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Particularly: “oi? (Chaoyang)”
Interjection

喂

  1. hello?; yes? (greeting, used when responding to a call, such as a phone call)
  2. (dated) Response when spoken to directly face-to-face: yes?

Further reading

Japanese

Kanji

喂

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

喂 • (wi) (hangeul 위)

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Vietnamese

Han character

喂: Hán Nôm readings: ỏi, ói, ôi, òi, uy, hôi, ổi, úi

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