倭

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Adjective 5.2 Noun 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

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

1. docile
2. dwarf, short
3. (historical) Japan
4. (historical) Japanese

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 109, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 796
• Dae Jaweon: page 232, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 179, character 8
• Unihan data for U+502D

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

倭 (Yale wo1)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

倭

[edit] Readings

• On: い (i) < ゐ (wi), わ (wa)
• Kun: したがう (shitagau), やまと (yamato)

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[edit] Korean

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倭
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 위, 왜 (< Middle Korean 와) (revised: wi, wae (< wa), McCune-Reischauer: wi, wae (< wa))

• Name (hangeul): 왜나라 (revised: wae nara, McCune-Reischauer: wae nara)

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倭 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin wēi)

1. (archaic) obedient
2. (archaic) winding; meandering

倭 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin wǒ)

1. (archaic) describes a hairstyle for women that was popular during the Han Dynasty in which the hair was gathered up in a lopsided bun.

[edit] Noun

倭 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin wō)

1. (archaic) Japanese people; Japan

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

倭 (uy, oải, nuỵ, oa)