韙

See also: 韪

韙	U+97D9, 韙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-97D9

← 韘
[U+97D8]

CJK Unified Ideographs

韚 →
[U+97DA]

Translingual

Han character

韙 (Kangxi radical 178, 韋+9, 18 strokes, cangjie input 日人木一手 (AODMQ), four-corner 6480₅, composition ⿺是韋)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1394, character 34
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43176
Dae Jaweon: page 1910, character 7
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4507, character 18
Unihan data for U+97D9

Chinese

trad.		韙
simp.		韪

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
禕	*qral
郼	*qʷɯl
褘	*qʰʷɯl
諱	*qʰʷɯls
媁	qʷɯl, ɢʷɯlʔ
幃	*ɢʷɯl
違	*ɢʷɯl
圍	ɢʷɯl, ɢʷɯls
韋	*ɢʷɯl
闈	*ɢʷɯl
湋	*ɢʷɯl
鍏	ɢʷɯl, ɢʷɯlʔ
潿	*ɢɯl
韙	*ɢʷɯlʔ
煒	*ɢʷɯlʔ
暐	*ɢʷɯlʔ
偉	*ɢʷɯlʔ
瑋	*ɢʷɯlʔ
葦	*ɢʷɯlʔ
椲	*ɢʷɯlʔ
韡	*ɢʷɯlʔ
愇	*ɢʷɯlʔ
緯	*ɢʷɯls

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wěi (wei³)

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wěi
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wěi
  - Wade–Giles: wei³
  - Yale: wěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woei
  - Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: wai⁵
  - Yale: wáih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯¹³/

Middle Chinese: hjw+jX

Rime
Character	韙
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	于鬼切
Baxter	hjw+jX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦʉi^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɨi^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuəi^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuj^X/
Li Rong	/ɣiuəi^X/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwəi^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/we̯i^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wěi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷɯlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	韙
Reading #	1/1
No.	12822
Phonetic component	韋
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷɯlʔ/

Definitions

韙

right; correct; proper
propriety

Usage notes

Commonly used in the negative.

Compounds

不韙 / 不韪 (bùwěi)
五韙 / 五韪
冒大不韙 / 冒大不韪 (mào dàbùwěi)
冒天下之大不韙 / 冒天下之大不韪 (mào tiānxià zhī dàbùwěi)
大不韙 / 大不韪 (dàbùwěi)
犯天下之大不韙 / 犯天下之大不韪 (fàn tiānxià zhī dàbùwěi)
韙德 / 韪德

Japanese

Kanji

韙

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

Go-on: い (i)
Kan-on: い (i)
Kun: ただしい (tadashii, 韙しい)

Korean

Hanja

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