瑋

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word 瑋. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word 瑋, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say 瑋 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word 瑋 you have here. The definition of the word 瑋 will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of瑋, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: 玮
瑋 U+744B, 瑋
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-744B
← 瑊
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 瑌 →

Translingual

Han character

瑋 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一土木一手 (MGDMQ), four-corner 14156, composition ⿰𤣩韋)

  1. type of jade
  2. rare, valuable

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 737, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21107
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1148, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1129, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+744B

Chinese

trad. 瑋
simp. 玮

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (韋) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
禕 *qral
郼 *qʷɯl
褘 *qʰʷɯl
諱 *qʰʷɯls
媁 *qʷɯl, *ɢʷɯlʔ
幃 *ɢʷɯl
違 *ɢʷɯl
圍 *ɢʷɯl, *ɢʷɯls
韋 *ɢʷɯl
闈 *ɢʷɯl
湋 *ɢʷɯl
鍏 *ɢʷɯl, *ɢʷɯlʔ
潿 *ɢɯl
韙 *ɢʷɯlʔ
煒 *ɢʷɯlʔ
暐 *ɢʷɯlʔ
偉 *ɢʷɯlʔ
瑋 *ɢʷɯlʔ
葦 *ɢʷɯlʔ
椲 *ɢʷɯlʔ
韡 *ɢʷɯlʔ
愇 *ɢʷɯlʔ
緯 *ɢʷɯls

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 瑋
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 云 (35)
Final (韻) 微 (21)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 于鬼切
Baxter hjw+jX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦʉiX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦʷɨiX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣiuəiX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦujX/
Li
Rong 		/ɣiuəiX/
Wang
Li 		/ɣĭwəiX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/we̯iX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		wěi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		wai5
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 瑋
Reading # 1/1
No. 12826
Phonetic
component 		韋
Rime
group 		微
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		韙
Old
Chinese 		/*ɢʷɯlʔ/
Notes 見宋玉賦

Definitions

瑋

  1. (obsolete) fine jade
  2. (literary) rare; precious

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

瑋

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. type of jade, rare, valuable

Readings

  • On (unclassified): い (i)

Korean

Hanja

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

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Vietnamese

Han character

瑋: Hán Nôm readings: vĩ

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia