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

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/

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	/ɦʉi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɨi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuəi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuj^H/
Li Rong	/ɣiuəi^H/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwəi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/we̯i^H/
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

(～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

(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