緯

See also: 纬
緯 U+7DEF, 緯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7DEF
← 緮
[U+7DEE]
CJK Unified Ideographs 緰 →
[U+7DF0]

Translingual

Han character

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

  • KangXi: 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

trad. 緯
simp. 纬

Glyph origin

Pronunciation



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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦʉiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦʷɨiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣiuəiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦujH/
Li
Rong
/ɣiuəiH/
Wang
Li
/ɣĭwəiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/we̯iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wèi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wai6
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

緯

  1. weft; woof (horizontal thread in a woven fabric)
    Coordinate term: 經/经 (jīng)
  2. (geography) latitude
    Coordinate term: 經/经 (jīng)
  3. † planet
  4. † to weave; to wrap
  5. Short for 緯書/纬书 (wěishū, “Confucian occult”).

Compounds

  • 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

Japanese

Shinjitai 緯
Kyūjitai
[1]

緯󠄃
緯+󠄃?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

緯

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

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

/wi/ → /i/

From Middle Chinese 緯 (MC ɦʉiH).

Pronunciation

Noun

緯(い) • (i) ←ゐ (wi)?

  1. weft, woof
  2. parallels of latitude

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
緯
ぬき
Grade: S
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 緯 – see ぬき.
(This term, 緯, is an alternative spelling of the above terms.)

(The following entry is uncreated: ぬき.)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
緯
よこいと
Grade: S
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 緯 – see よこいと.
(This term, 緯, is an alternative spelling of the above terms.)

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

References

  1. “緯”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

緯: Hán Nôm readings: vĩ, vỉa

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