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倭

倭

倭 U+502D, 倭
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-502D
← 倬
[U+502C] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 倮 →
[U+502E]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 倭

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 倭
Large seal script

L34578
Small seal script

s05700
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 (large seal) and
  • Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (委) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
矮 *qraːlʔ
躷 *qraːlʔ
捼 *noːl, *nuːl, *njul
倭 *qoːl, *qoːlʔ, *qrol
涹 *qoːl
踒 *qoːl
餧 *nuːlʔ, *qrols
諉 *nols, *qrolʔ
痿 *njol, *qrol
萎 *qrol, *qrols
逶 *qrol
覣 *qrol
蜲 *qrol, *qrolʔ
委 *qrol, *qrolʔ
緌 *njul

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 倭 倭 倭
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial (聲) 影 (34) 影 (34) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 支 (14) 戈 (95) 戈 (95)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed Closed
Division (等) Chongniu III I I
Fanqie 於爲切 烏禾切 烏果切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔˠiuᴇ/ /ʔuɑ/ /ʔuɑX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔʷᵚiɛ/ /ʔuɑ/ /ʔuɑX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔiuɛ/ /ʔuɑ/ /ʔuɑX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔjwiə̆/ /ʔwa/ /ʔwaX/
Li
Rong		 /ʔjue/ /ʔuɑ/ /ʔuɑX/
Wang
Li		 /ǐwe/ /uɑ/ /uɑX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʔwie̯/ /ʔuɑ/ /ʔuɑX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 wēi wō wǒ
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 倭 倭 倭
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 12888 12891 12902
Phonetic
component		 委 委 委
Rime
group		 歌 歌 歌
Rime
subdivision		 3 3 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 倭 婐 逶
Old
Chinese		 /*qoːl/ /*qoːlʔ/ /*qrol/
Notes 見漢書

Definitions

倭

  1. dwarf
  2. (archaic) describes a hairstyle for women that was popular during the Han Dynasty in which the hair was gathered up in a lopsided bun.
  3. (historical, now pejorative) Japan; Yamato
  4. (historical, now pejorative) Japanese
  5. dwarfish, short
  6. (archaic) obedient
  7. (archaic) winding; meandering

See also

Compounds

  • 倭刀
  • 倭墮髻／倭堕髻
  • 倭子
  • 倭遲／倭迟
  • 老倭瓜

Japanese

Kanji

倭

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. Yamato
  2. the country of Japan

Readings

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Proper noun

倭 ‎(hiragana やまと, romaji Yamato)

  1. Yamato
  2. the country of Japan

Korean

Hanja

倭 • ‎(wi, wae)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 위, 왜 (McCune-Reischauer: wi, wae)
  • Name (hangeul): 왜나라 (revised: wae nara, McCune-Reischauer: wae nara)
  1. (유순할 왜, yusunhal-): docile, obedient
  2. (나라 이름 왜, nara-ireum-): ancient Japan, Yamato
    • 樂浪海中有倭人, 分爲百餘國 <漢書> [1]

References

  1. ↑ 新字海, 民衆書林, 서울, 1967, p. 27.

Vietnamese

Han character

倭 (uy, oải, nuỵ, oa)

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