渭

渭 U+6E2D, 渭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E2D ← 測 [U+6E2C] CJK Unified Ideographs 渮 → [U+6E2E]

Translingual

Han character

渭 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水田月 (EWB), four-corner 3612₇, composition ⿰氵胃)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 635, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17781
• Dae Jaweon: page 1041, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1677, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6E2D

Chinese

trad.		渭
simp. #		渭

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
喟	*kʰruːds, *kʰruds
胃	*ɢuds
謂	*ɢuds
媦	*ɢuds
蝟	*ɢuds
渭	*ɢuds
煟	*ɢuds
緭	*ɢuds

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢuds) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 胃 (OC *ɢuds)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèi (wei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ūi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèi
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴
    • Yale: wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wey
    • Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁶
    • Yale: waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ūi
    • Tâi-lô: uī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ui
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ui²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ui³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui³³/

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• Middle Chinese: hjw+jH

Rime
Character	渭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	于貴切
Baxter	hjw+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦʉiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɨiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuəiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦujH/
Li Rong	/ɣiuəiH/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwəiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/we̯iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢuds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	渭
Reading #	1/1
No.	12946
Phonetic component	胃
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	胃
Old Chinese	/*ɢuds/

Definitions

渭

1. (～河) the Wei River

Compounds

• 江雲渭樹／江云渭树
• 沸渭
• 涇渭／泾渭
• 涇渭不分／泾渭不分
• 涇渭分明／泾渭分明 (jīngwèifēnmíng)
• 清渭濁涇／清渭浊泾
• 渭城 (Wèichéng)
• 渭水 (Wèishuǐ)
• 渭河 (Wèihé)
• 渭河盆地 (Wèihé Péndì)
• 渭陽／渭阳 (wèiyáng)
• 渭陽之思／渭阳之思
• 渭陽之情／渭阳之情
• 濁涇清渭／浊泾清渭

 

Japanese

Kanji

渭

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: い (i)^{←ゐ (wi, historical)}
• Kan-on: い (i)^{←ゐ (wi, historical)}
• Kun: いく (iku); しく (shiku)

Korean

Hanja

渭 • (wi) (hangeul 위, revised wi, McCune–Reischauer wi, Yale wi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

渭: Hán Nôm readings: vây, vấy, vị, vơi, vời

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References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999