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U+502D, 倭
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-502D

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 9, +8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人竹木女 (OHDV), four-corner 22244, composition )

Derived characters

References

Chinese

trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character


References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *qoːl, *qoːlʔ, *qrol) : semantic + phonetic (OC *qrol, *qrolʔ).

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Various theories suggest that 倭 was influenced by Old Japanese (wa, I, me) or referring to the practice of bowing among the ancient Japanese.

Pronunciation


Note:
  • e - vernacular;
  • oe - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 2/3
Initial () (34)
Final () (95)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter 'wa
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔuɑ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔuɑ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔuɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔwa/
Li
Rong
/ʔuɑ/
Wang
Li
/uɑ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔuɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wo1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/3
No. 12888
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qoːl/
Notes

Definitions

  1. (historical, now derogatory) Japan; Yamato
  2. (in some animal names) dwarf; pygmy
      ―    ―  Nanorana pleskei
    河馬河马  ―  hémǎ  ―  pygmy hippopotamus
    黑猩猩  ―  hēixīngxīng  ―  bonobo; pygmy chimpanzee
Synonyms
  • (Japan):

Compounds

See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/3
Initial () (34)
Final () (14)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter 'jwe
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔˠiuᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔʷᵚiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔiuɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔjwiə̆/
Li
Rong
/ʔjue/
Wang
Li
/ǐwe/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔwie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wēi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wai1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 3/3
No. 12902
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qrol/

Definitions

  1. Used in 倭遲倭迟, alternative form of 逶迤 (wēiyí, winding; meandering)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 3/3
Initial () (34)
Final () (95)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter 'waX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔuɑX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔuɑX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔuɑX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔwaX/
Li
Rong
/ʔuɑX/
Wang
Li
/uɑX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔuɑX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wo2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/3
No. 12891
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qoːlʔ/

Definitions

  1. Only used in 倭墮髻倭堕髻 (wǒduòjì, “a hairstyle for women that was popular during the Han Dynasty in which the hair was gathered up in a lopsided bun”).

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. Yamato
  2. the country of Japan

Readings

  • Go-on: (i) (wi, historical) (wa)
  • Kan-on: (i) (wi, historical) (wa)
  • Kun: やまと (yamato, )したがう (shitagau, 倭う)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
やまと
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
大和やまと
a town in the Shikinoshimo district in the Yamato Province of Japan, generally equivalent to modern Tenri area
A city in Kanagawa Prefecture
one of the old provinces that made up Japan, generally equivalent to modern Nara prefecture
the country of Japan
Alternative spelling
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese (MC 'wa). Various theories suggest that 倭 was influenced by Old Japanese (wa, I, me) or referring to the practice of bowing among the ancient Japanese.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

() (Wa

  1. ancient Japan

Usage notes

During the Nara period, Japanese scholars believed that 倭 was derogatory as a name for their own country, because the Chinese word depicted a man bending down. Around 757 CE, Japan replaced 倭 with () (Wa), which had the same pronunciation in Old Japanese, but instead meant "harmonious".

References

  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology 1

From a corrupted or unorthodox reading. The original reading is (wa) based on Middle Chinese (MC 'wa).

Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun 왜나라 (waenara wae))

  1. hanja form? of (ancient Japan, Yamato)

Compounds

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese (MC 'jwe).

Hanja

(eumhun 유순할 (yusunhal wi))

  1. (literary Chinese) hanja form? of (docile, obedient)

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: uy, oải, nụy/nuỵ, oa

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