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Translingual

Han character

(radical 149 +9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜口田月 (YRWB), four-corner 06627)

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

References

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

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kʰruːds, *kʰruds
*ɢuds
*ɢuds
*ɢuds
*ɢuds
*ɢuds
*ɢuds
*ɢuds

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɢuds) : semantic  + phonetic  (OC *quls).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (35)
Final () (21)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦʉiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦʷɨiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣiuəiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦujH/
Li
Rong
/ɣiuəiH/
Wang
Li
/ɣĭwəiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/we̯iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wèi
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 12943
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɢuds/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Korean

Hanja

(wi) (hangeul , revised wi, McCune-Reischauer wi, Yale wi)

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