畏日

Chinese

to fear
day; sun; date
day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
 
simp. and trad.
(畏日) 		畏 日

Etymology

“summer sun”
From Du Yu's commentary on Zuo zhuan:
冬日可愛，夏日可畏。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
冬日可爱，夏日可畏。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Dōngrì kě ài, xiàrì kě wèi. [Pinyin]
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Pronunciation

Rime
Character 畏 日
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34) 日 (38)
Final (韻) 微 (21) 質 (48)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 於胃切 人質切
Baxter 'jw+jH nyit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔʉiH/ /ȵiɪt̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔʷɨiH/ /ȵit̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔiuəiH/ /ȵʑjet̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔujH/ /ȵit̚/
Li
Rong 		/ʔiuəiH/ /ȵiĕt̚/
Wang
Li 		/ĭwəiH/ /ȵʑĭĕt̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ʔwe̯iH/ /ȵʑi̯ĕt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		wèi rì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		wai3 jat6

Noun

畏日

  1. (literary) summer sun; scorching sun

Verb

畏日

  1. (literary) to fear 日忌 (doing things that would be inauspicious on certain dates)
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