渭

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渭 U+6E2D, 渭
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E2D
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 渮 →

Translingual

Han character

渭 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水田月 (EWB), four-corner 36127, composition ⿰氵胃)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 635, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17781
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1041, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1677, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+6E2D

Chinese

trad. 渭
simp. # 渭

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (胃) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
喟 *kʰruːds, *kʰruds
胃 *ɢuds
謂 *ɢuds
媦 *ɢuds
蝟 *ɢuds
渭 *ɢuds
煟 *ɢuds
緭 *ɢuds

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢuds) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 胃 (OC *ɢuds)

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 渭
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
Baxter hjw+jH
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		wai6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 渭
Reading # 1/1
No. 12946
Phonetic
component 		胃
Rime
group 		隊
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		胃
Old
Chinese 		/*ɢuds/

Definitions

渭

  1. (～河) the Wei River

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

渭

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

渭: Hán Nôm readings: vây, vấy, vị, vơi, vời

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References

  • Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
  • Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
  • Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
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