倭

Translingual

Han character

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

1. dwarf
2. dwarfish, short
3. docile(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
4. (historical) Japan
5. (historical) Japanese

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
• Shuowen Jiezi: volume 15, page 46, character 18. http://kanji.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/db-machine/toho/html/A0200003.html

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Cantonese

Hanzi

倭 (Yale wo1)

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Japanese

Kanji

倭 (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

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

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Korean

Hanja

倭
Eumhun:

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

• 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>

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Mandarin

Adjective

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.

Noun

倭 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin wō)

1. (archaic) Japanese people; Japan

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Vietnamese

Han character

倭 (uy, oải, nuỵ, oa)