韋

See also: 韦

韋 U+97CB, 韋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-97CB ← 韊 [U+97CA] CJK Unified Ideographs 韌 → [U+97CC]

⾱ U+2FB1, ⾱ KANGXI RADICAL TANNED LEATHER ← ⾰ [U+2FB0] Kangxi Radicals ⾲ → [U+2FB2]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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Radical 178 韋

韋 (Kangxi radical 178, 韋+0, 9 strokes, cangjie input 木一口手 (DMRQ), four-corner 4050₆, composition ⿳𫝀口㐄)

1. Kangxi radical #178, ⾱.

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/韋
• 偉, 喡, 㙔, 媁, 幃, 徫, 愇, 湋, 暐, 椲, 煒, 瑋, 禕, 稦, 褘, 緯, 䍷, 諱, 鍏
• 違, 颹, 郼, 葦, 闈, 衛, 圍, 䘙

Additional Derived Characters

• 𡺨, 𪫀, 𢯷, 𦝛, 𪾃, 𥀊, 𪾳, 𥔬, 𫁨, 𦗇, 𧍫, 𫌱, 𫎞, 𩋾, 𩤮, 𮬄
• 𩳷, 𭄵, 𢾁, 𢾝, 𣪡, 𦑻, 𨜢, 𩘚, 𭞈, 𥯤, 𤸆, 𠥎

Descendants

• 韦

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1393, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43108
• Dae Jaweon: page 1908, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4503, character 1
• Unihan data for U+97CB

Chinese

trad.		韋
simp.		韦

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 韋
Shang		Western Zhou	Spring and Autumn	Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

	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

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

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 舛 + 囗 – footsteps around an enclosure. Possibly the original character for 圍 (OC *ɢʷɯl, *ɢʷɯls, “to surround”). Phonetically borrowed to indicate "tanned leather".

The footprint on top is stylized as 𫝀, which is similar but unrelated to 五.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	韋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	雨非切
Baxter	hjw+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦʉi/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuj/
Li Rong	/ɣiuəi/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwəi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/we̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wéi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai4

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	韋	韋
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wéi	wéi
Middle Chinese	‹ hjwɨj ›	‹ hjwɨj ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷə[j]/	/*[ɢ]ʷə[j]/
English	leather	go against
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	韋
Reading #	1/1
No.	12817
Phonetic component	韋
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	幃
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷɯl/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wéi (wei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴ / wai⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vì
• Eastern Min (BUC): uòi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ûi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ui² / ui⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶we

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéi
    • Wade–Giles: wei²
    • Yale: wéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wei
    • Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wai⁴ / wai⁵
    • Yale: wàih / wáih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴ / wai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴ / wei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹/, /wɐi̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vì
    • Hakka Romanization System: vi^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vi²
    • Sinological IPA: /vi¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: uòi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi
    • Tâi-lô: uî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ui²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ui²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ui² / ui⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: úi / ûi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui⁵²/, /ui⁵⁵/

Note: ui5 - surname.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶we
    • MiniDict: we^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhue
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦue²³/

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• Middle Chinese: hjw+j

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷə[j]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷɯl/

Definitions

韋

1. (archaic) tanned leather
2. Original form of 圍／围 (wéi, “to surround”).
3. a surname

   韋昌輝／韦昌辉  ―  Wéi Chānghuī  ―  Wei Changhui (North King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom)

Compounds

• 三絕韋編 / 三绝韦编 (sānjuéwéibiān)
• 乘韋 / 乘韦
• 佩韋 / 佩韦
• 依韋 / 依韦
• 佩韋佩弦 / 佩韦佩弦
• 十韋 / 十韦
• 室韋 / 室韦 (Shìwéi)
• 尚韋 / 尚韦
• 布衣韋帶 / 布衣韦带
• 布韋 / 布韦
• 庸韋 / 庸韦
• 弦韋 / 弦韦
• 彭韋 / 彭韦
• 杜韋娘 / 杜韦娘
• 桑條韋 / 桑条韦
• 桑樞韋帶 / 桑枢韦带
• 桑韋 / 桑韦
• 氈韋 / 毡韦
• 溫韋 / 温韦
• 爵韋 / 爵韦
• 狶韋 / 狶韦
• 石韋 / 石韦 (shíwěi)
• 絕韋 / 绝韦
• 絕韋編 / 绝韦编
• 編韋 / 编韦
• 脂韋 / 脂韦
• 豕韋 / 豕韦
• 豕韋氏 / 豕韦氏
• 陶韋 / 陶韦
• 鞅儀韋斯 / 鞅仪韦斯
• 韋丹碑 / 韦丹碑
• 韋人 / 韦人
• 韋伯 / 韦伯 (wéibó)
• 韋叡樹麾 / 韦睿树麾
• 韋后
• 韋娘 / 韦娘
• 韋布 / 韦布
• 韋布交 / 韦布交
• 韋布匹夫 / 韦布匹夫
• 韋帶 / 韦带
• 韋平 / 韦平
• 韋康 / 韦康
• 韋弁 / 韦弁
• 韋弦 / 韦弦
• 韋弱 / 韦弱
• 韋德羅 / 韦德罗 (wéidéluó)
• 韋曲 / 韦曲
• 韋杜 / 韦杜
• 韋柔 / 韦柔
• 韋柳 / 韦柳
• 韋氏學 / 韦氏学
• 韋沓 / 韦沓
• 韋當 / 韦当
• 韋笥 / 韦笥
• 韋篋 / 韦箧
• 韋素 / 韦素
• 韋絃 / 韦弦
• 韋絮 / 韦絮
• 韋經 / 韦经
• 韋編 / 韦编
• 韋編三絕 / 韦编三绝 (wéibiānsānjué)
• 韋縞 / 韦缟
• 韋脂 / 韦脂
• 韋舄 / 韦舄
• 韋藩 / 韦藩
• 韋衣 / 韦衣 (wéiyī)
• 韋袍 / 韦袍
• 韋裳 / 韦裳
• 韋褐 / 韦褐
• 韋護 / 韦护
• 韋轂 / 韦毂
• 韋金 / 韦金
• 韋陀 / 韦陀 (wéituó)
• 韋陟朵雲 / 韦陟朵云
• 韋革 / 韦革
• 韋韝 / 韦𫖕
• 韋馱 / 韦驮 (Wéituó)
• 韋馱天 / 韦驮天
• 麟韋 / 麟韦
• 麥克斯韋 / 麦克斯韦 (Màikèsīwéi)
• 黃頭室韋 / 黄头室韦

References

• “韋”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 韋

韋

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: い (i)^{←ゐ (wi, historical)}
• Kan-on: い (i)^{←ゐ (wi, historical)}
• Kun: なめしがわ (nameshigawa, 韋)^{←なめしがは (namesigafa, 韋, historical)}、そむく (somuku, 韋く)

Compounds

• 韋駄天(いだてん) (idaten): Skanda (Buddhism); fast-footed person

Korean

Hanja

韋 (eum 위 (wi))

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Vietnamese

Han character

韋: Hán Nôm readings: vi

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