維
See also: 维
Translingual
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Han character
維 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女火人土 (VFOG), four-corner 20914, composition ⿰糹隹)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 927, character 15
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27568
- Dae Jaweon: page 1364, character 22
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3415, character 5
- Unihan data for U+7DAD
Chinese
trad. | 維 | |
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simp. | 维 |
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 維 | ||
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Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script |
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ɢʷi) : semantic 糸 (“thread”) + phonetic 隹 (OC *tjul).
The original pronunciation of 隹 (OC *ɢʷi) was lost after the classical period, but can still be seen in other characters of the phonetic series:
- 惟 (OC *ɢʷi, “to think”),
- 唯 (OC *ɢʷi, *ɢʷiʔ, “only”),
- 雖 (OC *sqʰʷi, “although”),
- 帷 (OC *ɢʷril, “curtain, screen”) and
- 淮 (OC *ɡʷriːl, “Huai River”).
Pronunciation 1
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Definitions
- † to tie; to fasten; to tie up
- † to link; to connect
- to hold together; to maintain; to preserve; to safeguard
- † thick rope for tying objects; cord
- † corner; nook; recess
- † net; mesh; netting
- (geometry) dimension
- † order; law; outline
- † long and thin object; fibre; string
- † (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 惟 (wéi, “to think; to contemplate”).
- † (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 唯 (wéi, “only”).
- † (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 惟 (wéi, “meaningless particle of interjection”).
- Short for 維生素/维生素 (wéishēngsù, “vitamin”).
- Short for 維吾爾/维吾尔 (Wéiwú'ěr, “Uyghur”).
- a surname
Compounds
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Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄩㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yong
- Wade–Giles: yung1
- Yale: yūng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iong
- Palladius: юн (jun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: jung1
- Yale: yūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: jung1
- Guangdong Romanization: yung1
- Sinological IPA (key): /jʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Definitions
- † Only used in 盧維/卢维 (“ancient river in the Yan Province”).
Japanese
Kanji
維
Readings
- Go-on: ゆい (yui)←ゆい (yui, historical)←ゆゐ (yuwi, ancient)
- Kan-on: い (i, Jōyō)←ゐ (wi, historical)
- Kun: たもつ (tamotsu, 維); つな (tsuna, 維); つなぐ (tsunagu, 維ぐ)
- Nanori: ゆき (yuki)
Usage notes
- Most dictionaries proscribe historical -uwi readings すゐ (suwi), ずゐ (zuwi), つゐ (tuwi), ゆゐ (yuwi), and るゐ (ruwi) as attested in many historical documents.
Etymology
Kanji in this term |
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維 |
い Grade: S |
kan'on |
/wi/ → /i/
From Middle Chinese 維 (MC ywij).
Pronunciation
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Affix
Korean
Hanja
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
(deprecated template usage) 維 (duy)
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