畏

畏 U+754F, 畏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-754F ← 畎 [U+754E] CJK Unified Ideographs 畐 → [U+7550]

Translingual

Han character

畏 (Kangxi radical 102, 田+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 田一女 (WMV), four-corner 6073₂, composition ⿳田一⿰𠄌⿺乀丿(GJKV) or ⿱田⿸⿱一𠄌⿺乀丿(HT))

Derived characters

• 偎 喂 㙗 㛱 㞇 㟪 愄 揋 渨 猥 隈 𣉍 椳 㱬 煨 腲 碨 䋿 鍡 餵 鰃 鳂
• 𡀧 𤲼 嵔 葨 㾯

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 760, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21778
• Dae Jaweon: page 1170, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2532, character 3
• Unihan data for U+754F

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		畏
alternative forms		𠂽 𤰣 𤰰 𤰲 𤰴 𠂽 𤰣 𤰰 𤰲 𤰴 𤰵 𤱖 𤱫 𪽉 𰢼

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 畏
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
煨	*quːl
偎	*quːl
隈	*quːl, *quːls
椳	*quːl
鰃	*quːl
渨	*quːl
葨	*quːl
揋	*quːl
猥	*quːlʔ
嵔	*quːlʔ, *qulʔ
鍡	*quːlʔ
碨	*quːlʔ, *qruːl
腲	*quːlʔ
餵	*qrols
畏	*quls

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) .

In oracle bone script form, this character depicts a ghost (鬼 (guǐ)) holding a stick. (Hsiao-ting Li)

The small seal glyph was analysed by Shuo Wen as a ghost head (甶 (fú)) with part of a tiger, including its claw.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 畏

1. to fear

   畏難／畏难  ―  wèinán  ―  to be afraid of difficulty

   佢好畏行夜路。 [Meixian Hakka, trad. and simp.]

   From: 梅县客家方言标准音词典 p. 279

   gi² hau³ vi⁴ hang² ya⁴ lu⁴. [Hakka Transliteration Scheme]

   They are so afraid of walking in the night.

   • 民不畏死，奈何以死懼之？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     民不畏死，奈何以死惧之？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Tao Te Ching, 4^th century BCE

     Mín bù wèi sǐ, nàihé yǐ sǐ jù zhī? [Pinyin]

     The people do not fear death; to what purpose is it to (try to) frighten them with death?

2. to respect; to admire

   • 後生可畏，焉知來者之不如今也？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     后生可畏，焉知来者之不如今也？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Hòushēng kě wèi, yān zhī láizhě zhī bùrú jīn yě? [Pinyin]

     A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present?

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 害怕 (“to fear; to be afraid of”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		懼, 畏, 恐, 怯, 驚, 惶, 悚, 懾, 恇
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		害怕, 懼怕, 畏懼
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	害怕, 怕
	Taiwan	害怕, 怕
	Harbin	害怕, 發毛
	Malaysia	怕
	Singapore	怕, 害怕
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	害怕, 怕, 打怵
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	害怕, 怵
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	害怕, 怕
	Wanrong	驚
	Xi'an	害怕, 怕, 怯火
	Xuzhou	嫌怕, 打怵
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	害怕, 嚇
	Lanzhou	害怕, 怯, 怯乎, 怯豁
	Ürümqi	害怕
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	害怕, 怕, 虛火, 虛
	Wuhan	嚇不過, 怕
	Guiyang	害怕, 怕
	Kunming	害怕
	Guilin	怕
	Liuzhou	慌
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	嚇怕, 怕
	Yangzhou	害怕, 怕, 怕懼, 懼乎
	Hefei	怕
Cantonese	Guangzhou	驚, 怕, 慌, 窒
	Hong Kong	驚, 怕, 慌
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	狂
	Macau	驚
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	驚
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	慌
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	驚
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	好怕
	Foshan	驚, 窒
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	慌, 怕
	Foshan (Shunde)	慌
	Foshan (Sanshui)	慌
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	慌
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	驚
	Zhongshan (Huancheng)	驚
	Zhongshan (Nanlang)	驚
	Zhongshan (Xiaolan)	慌
	Zhongshan (Dongsheng, Xiaolan)	慌
	Zhongshan (Tanbei, Xiaolan)	慌
	Zhongshan (Henglan)	慌
	Zhongshan (Dongfeng)	慌
	Zhongshan (Nantou)	慌
	Zhongshan (Fusha)	慌
	Zhongshan (Shalang)	慌
	Zhongshan (Gangkou)	慌
	Zhongshan (Huangpu)	慌, 驚
	Zhongshan (Sanjiao)	狂, 驚
	Zhongshan (Langwang, Minzhong)	慌, 驚
	Zhongshan (Minzhong)	慌, 驚
	Zhongshan (Guzhen)	𢗉
	Zhongshan (Banfu)	慌, 驚
	Zhongshan (Tanzhou)	慌, 驚
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	驚
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	驚
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	驚
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	驚
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	驚
	Taishan	𢗉
	Kaiping (Chikan)	𢗉
	Enping (Niujiang)	𢗉
	Heshan (Yayao)	慌
	Dongguan	狂
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	驚
	Shaoguan	驚, 窒
	Yunfu	怕, 驚
	Yangjiang	𢗉
	Xinyi	狂
	Lianjiang	驚
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	驚, 怕
	Singapore (Guangfu)	驚, 怕
Gan	Nanchang	怕
	Lichuan	怕
Hakka	Meixian	驚, 怕畏, 畏, 怕
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	狂
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	狂
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	好狂
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	驚
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	怕, 驚, 畏
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	驚
	Wengyuan	驚
	Liannan	驚
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	狂
	Jiexi	驚
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	驚
	Changting	怕
	Wuping	怕
	Wuping (Yanqian)	怕
	Liancheng	嚇
	Ninghua	怕
	Ningdu	怕
	Tonggu (Sandu)	怕
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	怕
	Dayu	怕
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	驚
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	驚
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	驚
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	驚
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	驚
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	驚
	Hong Kong	狂, 驚
	Mengshan (Xihe)	怕
	Luchuan	狂
	Sabah (Longchuan)	狂
	Senai (Huiyang)	狂
	Singkawang	驚
Huizhou	Jixi	怕, 嚇
Jin	Taiyuan	害怕, 怕
	Xinzhou	著怕, 怕
Northern Min	Jian'ou	驚, 怕, 怯, 畏
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	驚
	Songxi	驚
	Zhenghe	驚
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	驚
	Jianyang	驚
	Jianyang (Huangkeng)	畏
	Wuyishan	嚇
	Pucheng (Shibei)	嚇
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	驚
	Fuzhou (Changle)	驚
	Lianjiang	驚
	Fuqing	驚
	Pingtan	驚
	Yongtai	驚
	Minqing	驚
	Gutian	驚
	Pingnan	驚
	Luoyuan	驚
	Fu'an	驚
	Ningde	驚
	Xiapu	驚
	Zherong	驚
	Shouning	驚
	Zhouning	驚
	Fuding	驚
	Singapore (Fuqing)	驚
Southern Min	Xiamen	驚, 著驚, 驚惶, 懾, 懾屎, 會攝, 掣
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	驚
	Quanzhou	驚, 著驚, 懾, 懾屎, 會攝, 掣
	Jinjiang	驚
	Nan'an	驚
	Shishi	驚
	Hui'an	驚
	Anxi	驚
	Yongchun	驚
	Dehua	驚
	Zhangzhou	驚, 著驚, 驚惶, 懾, 會攝, 掣
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	驚
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	驚
	Hua'an	驚
	Nanjing	驚
	Pinghe	驚
	Zhangpu	驚
	Yunxiao	驚
	Zhao'an	驚
	Dongshan	驚
	Kaohsiung	驚
	Yilan	驚
	Changhua (Lukang)	驚
	Taichung	驚
	Taichung (Wuqi)	驚惶
	Tainan	驚
	Taitung	驚
	Hsinchu	驚
	Kinmen	驚
	Penghu (Magong)	驚
	Penang (Hokkien)	驚
	Singapore (Hokkien)	驚
	Manila (Hokkien)	驚
	Longyan	嚇
	Zhangping	驚
	Datian	驚
	Chaozhou	驚, 畏
	Raoping	驚
	Shantou	驚
	Jieyang	驚, 畏
	Haifeng	驚
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	驚
	Singapore (Teochew)	驚
	Leizhou	驚
	Wenchang	驚
	Haikou	驚
	Qionghai	驚
	Singapore (Hainanese)	驚
Puxian Min	Putian	驚
	Xianyou	驚
Central Min	Yong'an	驚
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	驚
	Sanming (Shaxian)	驚
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	驚
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	狂, 怕
Wu	Shanghai	怕, 嚇
	Shanghai (Chongming)	嚇
	Suzhou	怕, 嚇
	Danyang	怕
	Hangzhou	怕, 嚇, 慌, 怕慌, 發毛
	Ningbo	怕, 嚇
	Wenzhou	怕, 嚇
	Jinhua	光
Xiang	Changsha	怕, 畏怯
	Loudi	怕
	Shuangfeng	怕

References

• “畏”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02639

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Japanese

Kanji

畏

(Jōyō kanji)

1. fear, dread, apprehension
2. awe, majesty, reverence

Readings

• Go-on: え (e)^{←ゑ (we, historical)}
• Kan-on: い (i, Jōyō)^{←ゐ (wi, historical)}
• Kun: おそれる (osoreru, 畏れる, Jōyō)、かしこし (kashikoshi, 畏し)、かしこまる (kashikomaru, 畏まる)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
畏
い Grade: S
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 畏 (MC 'jw+jH).

The kan'on, so likely a later borrowing.

Affix

畏(い) • (i) ^{←ゐ (wi)?}

1. fear
2. respect

Derived terms

• 敬(けい)畏(い) (keī): reverence, holding in awe, fear

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
畏
かしこ Grade: S
kun'yomi

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

【かしこ】 [interjection] used by women at the end of letters: yours, sincerely Alternative spellings 恐, 賢

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

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Korean

Hanja

畏 (eum 외 (oe))

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Vietnamese

Han character

畏: Hán Nôm readings: úy/uý, hoáy, hoay

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