謂

See also 谓

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 訁 + phonetic 畏

Han character

謂 (radical 149 言+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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

謂 (simplified 谓, Yale wai6)

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Japanese

Kanji

謂

Readings

• On: い (i)
• Kun: いう (iu), おもう (omou), いい (ii)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

謂 (simplified 谓, pinyin wèi (wei4), Wade-Giles wei⁴)