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衛
衛
Translingual
Han character
衛 (radical 144 行+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹人木手弓 (HODQN), four-corner 21227, composition ⿴行韋)
References
- KangXi: page 1109, character 29
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34073
- Dae Jaweon: page 1574, character 11
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 845, character 4
- Unihan data for U+885B
Chinese
| trad. | 衛/衞 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 卫 | |
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɢʷads) : semantic 行 + phonetic 韋 (OC *ɢʷɯl).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ
- Wade-Giles: wei4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wey
- IPA (key): /u̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: wai6
- Yale: waih
- Cantonese Pinyin: wai6
- IPA (key): /wɐi̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōe
- Tâi-lô: uē
- Phofsit Daibuun: oe
- IPA (Xiamen): /ue²²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ue⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ue²²/
- IPA (Taipei): /ue³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ue³³/
- (Hokkien)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 衛 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /uei⁵¹/ |
| Harbin | /uei²¹³/ | |
| Tianjin | /vei⁵³/ | |
| Jinan | /vei²¹/ | |
| Qingdao | /ve⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /uei³¹²/ | |
| Xi'an | /uei⁴⁴/ | |
| Xining | /uɨ²¹³/ | |
| Yinchuan |
/vei⁵³/ 保～ /vei¹³/ ～生 |
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| Lanzhou | /vei³¹/ | |
| Ürümqi | /vei²¹³/ | |
| Wuhan | /uei³⁵/ | |
| Chengdu | /uei¹³/ | |
| Guiyang | /uei²¹³/ | |
| Kunming | /uei²¹²/ | |
| Nanjing | /uəi⁴⁴/ | |
| Hefei | /ue⁵³/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /vei⁴⁵/ |
| Pingyao | /uei³⁵/ | |
| Hohhot | /vei⁵⁵/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ɦue²³/ |
| Suzhou | /ɦue̞³¹/ | |
| Hangzhou | /ɦui¹³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /vu²²/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /ue²²/ |
| Tunxi | /ue¹¹/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha |
/uei⁵⁵/ /uei¹¹/ |
| Xiangtan | /uəi⁵⁵/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /ui²¹/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /vi⁵³/ |
| Taoyuan | /vui⁵⁵/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /wɐi²²/ |
| Nanning | /wɐi²²/ | |
| Hong Kong | /wɐi²²/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /ue²²/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /uɔi²⁴²/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /y⁴⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /ue³⁵/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /hui³⁵/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 衛 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 云 (35) |
| Final (韻) | 祭 (38) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | Chongniu III |
| Fanqie | 于歲切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɦˠiuᴇiH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɦʷᵚieiH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ɣiuæiH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɦjwiajH/ |
| Li Rong |
/ɣjuɛiH/ |
| Wang Li |
/ɣĭwɛiH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/i̯wɛiH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
wèi |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 衛 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
wèi |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ hjwejH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[ɢ]ʷ(r)a[t]-s/ |
| English | to guard |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 衛 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12964 |
| Phonetic component |
衛 |
| Rime group |
祭 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
衞 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ɢʷads/ |
| Notes | 金文象四圍巡衛，與韋有異 |
Definitions
衛
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Compounds
Terms derived from 衛
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Japanese
Kanji
衛
(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 衞)
Readings
Proper noun
衛 (hiragana まもる, romaji Mamoru)
- A male given name
Korean
Hanja
衛 • (wi) (hangeul 위, revised wi, McCune-Reischauer wi, Yale wi)
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Vietnamese
Han character
衛 (vệ)
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