倭

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 䔀, 𬕥

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 109, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 796
• Dae Jaweon: page 232, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 179, character 8
• Unihan data for U+502D
• Shuowen Jiezi: volume 15, page 46, character 18

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Chinese

trad.		倭
simp. #		倭

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 倭
Small seal script s05700 Transcribed ancient scripts L34578
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (委) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
矮	*qraːlʔ
躷	*qraːlʔ
捼	*noːl, *nuːl, *njul
倭	*qoːl, *qoːlʔ, *qrol
涹	*qoːl
踒	*qoːl
餧	*nuːlʔ, *qrols
諉	*nols, *qrolʔ
痿	*njol, *qrol
萎	*qrol, *qrols
逶	*qrol
覣	*qrol
蜲	*qrol, *qrolʔ
委	*qrol, *qrolʔ
緌	*njul

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 倭

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) dwarf
2. (historical, now derogatory) Japan; Yamato
3. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) dwarfish, short

See also

• 大和 (Dàhé)
• 日本 (Rìběn)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēi (wei¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai¹ / wai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wei
    • Wade–Giles: wei¹
    • Yale: wēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uei
    • Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wai¹ / wai²
    • Yale: wāi / wái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai¹ / wai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei¹ / wei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯⁵⁵/, /wɐi̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jwe

Rime
Character	倭
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	支 (14)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於爲切
Baxter	'jwe
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠiuᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷᵚiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔjwiə̆/
Li Rong	/ʔjue/
Wang Li	/ǐwe/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔwie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wēi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qrol/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	倭
Reading #	3/3
No.	12902
Phonetic component	委
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	逶
Old Chinese	/*qrol/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 倭

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (archaic) obedient
2. Used in 倭遲／倭迟, (deprecated template usage) alternative form of 逶迤 (wēiyí, “winding; meandering”).

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǒ (wo³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wo²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǒ
    • Wade–Giles: wo³
    • Yale: wǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woo
    • Palladius: во (vo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wo²
    • Yale: wó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔː³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'waX

Rime
Character	倭
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	烏果切
Baxter	'waX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔuɑX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔuɑX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔuɑX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔwaX/
Li Rong	/ʔuɑX/
Wang Li	/uɑX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔuɑX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wǒ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wo2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qoːlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	倭
Reading #	2/3
No.	12891
Phonetic component	委
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	婐
Old Chinese	/*qoːlʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 倭

1. Only used in 倭墮髻／倭堕髻 (wǒduòjì, “a hairstyle for women that was popular during the Han Dynasty in which the hair was gathered up in a lopsided bun”).

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Japanese

Kanji

倭

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. Yamato
2. the country of Japan

Readings

• Go-on: い (i)^{←ゐ (wi, historical)}; わ (wa)
• Kan-on: い (i)^{←ゐ (wi, historical)}; わ (wa)
• Kun: やまと (yamato, 倭); したがう (shitagau, 倭う)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
倭
やまと Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 倭 – see the following entry.

【大和やまと】 [proper noun] a town in the Shikinoshimo district in the Yamato Province of Japan, generally equivalent to modern Tenri area [proper noun] A city in Kanagawa Prefecture [proper noun] one of the old provinces that made up Japan, generally equivalent to modern Nara prefecture [proper noun] the country of Japan Alternative spelling 和

(This term, 倭, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
倭
わ Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Proper noun

倭(わ) • (Wa) 

1. ancient Japan

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Korean

Hanja

倭 • (wi, wae)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 위, 왜 (McCune–Reischauer: wi, wae)
  • 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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Vietnamese

Han character

倭: Hán Nôm readings: uy, oải, nụy/nuỵ, oa

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