餵

Translingual

Etymology

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

Han character

餵 (radical 184 食+9, 18 strokes, cangjie input 人戈田一女 (OIWMV), four-corner 8673₂)

1. to feed, to raise

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1423, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44294
• Dae Jaweon: page 1949, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4464, character 6
• Unihan data for U+9935

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Chinese

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trad.		餵
simp.		喂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèi (wei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai³
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): vi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: wèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ
    • Wade-Giles: wei⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wey
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai³
    • Yale: wai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai³
    • IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vi
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /vi⁵⁵/

Old Chinese pronunciation (餵, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
餵					12937					畏					歌					3					餧					/*qrols/					餧後起字

Definitions

餵

1. to feed (animal, baby)

   • 別忘了餵貓。 [MSC, trad.]

     别忘了喂猫。 [MSC, simp.]

     Bié wàng le wèi māo. [Pinyin]

     Don' t forget to feed the cat.

   • 她給嬰兒餵了飯，換了尿布。 [MSC, trad.]

     她给婴儿喂了饭，换了尿布。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tā gěi yīngér wèi le fàn, huàn le niàobù. [Pinyin]

     She fed the baby and changed its nappy.

2. to raise; to keep (animal)

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Japanese

Kanji

餵

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: だい (dai)
• Kun: うえる (ueru)