謂

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See also: 谓
謂 U+8B02, 謂
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B02
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 謃 →

Translingual

Han character

謂 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜口田月 (YRWB), four-corner 06627, composition ⿰訁胃)

  1. say, tell
  2. call, name
  3. be called

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1173, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35759
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1638, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3997, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+8B02

Chinese

trad. 謂
simp. 谓

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 訁 + phonetic 胃 (OC *ɢuds).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 謂
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/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/we̯iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		wèi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		wai6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 謂
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		wèi
Middle
Chinese 		‹ hjw+jH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ʷə-s/
English say, tell, call

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 謂
Reading # 1/1
No. 12943
Phonetic
component 		胃
Rime
group 		隊
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		胃
Old
Chinese 		/*ɢuds/

Definitions

謂

  1. to say; to tell
  2. to call; to name
  3. meaning; sense
  4. a surname

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

謂

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. reason
  2. origin
  3. history
  4. oral tradition

Readings

  • Go-on: い (i)←ゐ (wi, historical)
  • Kan-on: い (i)←ゐ (wi, historical)
  • Kun: いう (iu, 謂う)、いい (ii, 謂)、おもう (omou, 謂う)

Korean

Etymology 1

Verb

謂 (eumhun 고할 위 (gohal wi))

  1. say
  2. tell

Etymology 2

Verb

謂 (eumhun 이를 위 (ireul wi))

  1. call
  2. name
  3. be called

Vietnamese

Han character

謂: Hán Nôm readings: vị

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References

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