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Translingual
Han character
帷 (Kangxi radical 50, 巾+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 中月人土 (LBOG), four-corner 40214, composition ⿰巾隹)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 333, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8954
- Dae Jaweon: page 639, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 745, character 8
- Unihan data for U+5E37
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 匯
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*ɢʷrɯːlʔ, *kʰʷriːl
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| 擓
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*kʰʷriːl
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| 淮
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*ɡʷriːl
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| 睢
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*qʰʷel, *sqʰʷil, *qʰʷi, *qʰʷils
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| 嶉
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*sqʷi
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| 趡
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*skʰʷilʔ
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| 踓
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*skʰʷilʔ, *ɢʷilʔ
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| 雖
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*sqʰʷi
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| 濉
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*sqʰʷi
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| 倠
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*qʰʷi
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| 婎
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*qʰʷil, *qʰʷils
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| 蓶
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*ɢʷi, *ɢʷiʔ
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| 維
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*ɢʷi
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| 惟
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*ɢʷi
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| 唯
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*ɢʷi, *ɢʷiʔ
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| 濰
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*ɢʷi
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| 琟
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*ɢʷil
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| 鷕
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*ɢʷiʔ, *ɢʷiʔ
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| 帷
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*ɢʷril
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| 鵻
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*sɢʷinʔ, *tjul
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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帷
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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wéi
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ hwij ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɢʷrij/
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| English
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curtain
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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帷
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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12861
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Phonetic
component
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唯
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Rime
group
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脂
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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帷
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɢʷril/
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| Notes
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古文從匚韋聲
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Definitions
帷
- tent
- curtain, screen
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
帷
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
Readings
Compounds
Etymology 1
/wi/ → /i/
From Middle Chinese 帷 (MC hwij).
Pronunciation
Noun
帷 • (i) ←ゐ (wi)?
- a curtain or hanging that covers all sides
Derived terms
Affix
帷 • (i) ←ゐ (wi)?
- hanging; curtain
Derived terms
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 帷 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 帷, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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References
Korean
Hanja
帷 • (yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune–Reischauer yu)
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Vietnamese
Han character
帷 (duy)