緯

Translingual edit

Han character edit

緯 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+9 in Chinese, 糸+10 in Japanese, 15 strokes in Chinese, 16 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 女火木一手 (VFDMQ), four-corner 2495₆, composition ⿰糹韋)

References edit

Kangxi Dictionary: page 931, character 26
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27682
Dae Jaweon: page 1370, character 10
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3432, character 6
Unihan data for U+7DEF

Chinese edit

trad.		緯
simp.		纬

Glyph origin edit

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷɯls) : semantic 糸 (“thread”) + phonetic 韋 (OC *ɢʷɯl). In earlier forms of 韋, the components above and below 囗 were feet, each facing in opposite lateral directions (left and right).(In this way, 韋 is also a semantic element representing horizontality.)

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wěi (wei³)
(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁶, wai⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vî
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): úi / ūi / hūi
(Teochew, Peng'im): ui²

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: wai⁶, wai⁵
  - Yale: waih, wáih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶, wai⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶, wei⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²²/, /wɐi̯¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vî
  - Hakka Romanization System: vi´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /vi²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: úi
  - Tâi-lô: uí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uie
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ūi
  - Tâi-lô: uī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ui
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ui³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ui²²/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hūi
  - Tâi-lô: huī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hui
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hui³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ui²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: úi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui⁵²/

Middle Chinese: hjw+jH

Rime
Character	緯
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/
Bernard Karlgren	/we̯i^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷɯls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	緯
Reading #	1/1
No.	12833
Phonetic component	韋
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	胃
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷɯls/

Definitions edit

緯

weft; woof (horizontal thread in a woven fabric)
Coordinate term: 經／经
- 凡地形，東西為緯，南北為經，……。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  凡地形，东西为纬，南北为经，……。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Huainanzi, 2^nd century BCE
  Fán dìxíng, dōngxī wèi wěi, nánběi wèi jīng,....... [Pinyin]
  In the [fabric of] the earth’s shape, east and west are the weft / woof; north and south are the warp; [...].
(geography) latitude
Coordinate term: 經／经
^† planet
^† to weave; to wrap
Short for 緯書／纬书 (wěishū, “Confucian occult”).

Compounds edit

七緯／七纬
中緯度／中纬度
低緯度／低纬度
六緯／六纬
北緯／北纬 (běiwěi)
南緯／南纬 (nánwěi)
圖緯／图纬
嫠不恤緯／嫠不恤纬
嫠緯之憂／嫠纬之忧
文經武緯／文经武纬
沒了經緯／没了经纬
沒經緯／没经纬
絡緯／络纬 (luòwěi)
經天緯地／经天纬地 (jīngtiānwěidì)
經文緯武／经文纬武
經武緯文／经武纬文
經緯／经纬 (jīngwěi)
經緯儀／经纬仪 (jīngwěiyí)
經緯天下／经纬天下
經緯度／经纬度
緯世／纬世
緯地經天／纬地经天
緯帽／纬帽
緯度／纬度 (wěidù)
緯書／纬书 (wěishū)
緯武經文／纬武经文
緯線／纬线 (wěixiàn)
緯繣／纬𰬠
緯象／纬象
讖緯／谶纬 (chènwěi)
赤緯／赤纬 (chìwěi)
高緯度／高纬度

Japanese edit

Shinjitai	緯
Kyūjitai ^[1]	緯󠄃 緯+`󠄃`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji edit

緯

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings edit

Go-on: い (i, Jōyō)^{←ゐ (wi, historical)}
Kan-on: い (i, Jōyō)^{←ゐ (wi, historical)}
Kun: ぬき (nuki, 緯); よこ (yoko, 緯); よこいと (yokoito, 緯)
Nanori: つかね (tsukane)

Compounds edit

緯(よこ)経(たて) (yokotate): breadth and length; woof and warp

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
緯
い Grade: S
on’yomi

/wi/ → /i/

From Middle Chinese 緯 (MC hjw+jH).

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) い [íꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
IPA^(key): [i]

Noun edit

緯(い) • (i) ^{←ゐ (wi)^?}

weft, woof
parallels of latitude

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
緯
ぬき Grade: S
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 緯 – see the following entry: ぬき

(The following entry is uncreated: ぬき.)

Etymology 3 edit

Kanji in this term
緯
よこいと Grade: S
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 緯 – see the following entry: よこいと

(The following entry is uncreated: よこいと.)

References edit

^ “緯”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎^[1] (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja edit

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

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

緯: Hán Nôm readings: vĩ, vỉa

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[1] “緯”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎^[1] (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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